Take a look at the Design & Thinking Official Trailer. When you think about design let your thoughts move away from typical school issues. Be ready to share your thinking.
Listen to David Kelley as he presents to TED about what it takes to build your creative confidence. You can then go to Stanford's D.School to follow his process.
The video on the d.school Bootcamp Experience depicts what I want our class to look and fee like. If your are willing to go for it then let's do something similar and see where it goes.
Take a look at Portland's Project Breaker. This is the conference I attended last year that galvanized my thinking about our current class. The students and staff at Project Breaker were so filled with creative energy it was contagious.
Straight from Stanford's D.School take a look at the template they provide to simplify the process.