Before our writing test, Room 9 and 10 had a challenge – to design couture attire using toilet paper in groups of 3-4 friends. We had 8 minutes to create this wearable art. The outcome was both hilarious and stressful.
Our class had a great time collaborating, using their creativity, communicating with each other, and critically evaluating their designer dresses. Check out our PENN
Bula Vinaka – This term we’re using the ‘Design thinking’ process to help us with our inquiry.
Design thinking is a creative problem-solving process that helps students develop empathy, ideation, and active problem-solving skills. Students learn to understand users, challenge assumptions, and redefine problems to create innovative solutions.
This process involves:
Empathise: Understand the user’s needs and pain points.
Define: Frame the problem as a challenge or opportunity.
Ideate: Generate creative solutions.
Prototype: Build and test low-fidelity solutions.
Test: Get feedback from users and iterate on solutions.
Design thinking is a powerful tool for students to learn how to solve real-world problems in a creative and user-centered way.
Check out Room 9’s process, especially prototype and testing process.