Why are we doing this class? What skills may I gain? Why does this even matter?
SKILL 1: I COMMUNICATE IDEAS TO COLLABORATE ACROSS BOUNDARIES:
- I can use appropriate language, behaviors, and technologies to effectively communicate with diverse audiences
- I use various technological tools depending on the diversity of my audience
- I use visual, mental and physical mapping tools (including diagrams and models) to represent ideas and designs (iD8 notebook)
- I allow others to develop my ideas
- I build on the ideas of others
- I can recognize and describe other people's emotions and needs
- I can place myself in the users' perspective, rather than my own, when seeking information for the design process
- I focus prototyping on user needs
- I use empathy to gain inspiration from the world
- I show a bias toward action and experimentation, adaptability, and tenacity when faced with design challenges. (Grit)
- I show a bias towards action
- I show tenacity when working to overcome challenges
- I am willing to give up my original idea to adapt to new constraints
- I find needed information through multiple sources
- I take risks and try new things
- I prototype. I create models to externalize ideas
- I play-test. I understand the value of improving a design through receiving feedback when testing multiple versions of the design
- I learn from what doesn't work
- I gather, assess, and synthesize information from credible sources.
- I think about solutions through multiple lenses
- I can develop ideas, explore multiple solutions to problems, ask questions, and innovate to solve a complex problem.
- I reframe or rethink problems to develop more thorough and innovative solutions.
- I express abstract ideas using concrete examples.
- I actively seek out new knowledge across disciplines.
Citation: Course outcomes with permission from Juliette LaMontange from Project Breaker.
LaMontange, Juliette. Project Breaker: Future of Stuff Challenge. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Dec. 2014. <http://futureofstuffchallenge.org/page/credits.php>.