Students know and use a deliberate design process for generating ideas, testing theories, creating innovative artifacts or solving authentic problems.
Example: Design Thinking Project
Empathize
Define
Ideate
Prototype
Test
Illustration: Students engage in a design process and employ it to generate ideas, consider solutions, plan to solve a problem, and create innovative products or solutions for authentic problems and share with others.
Students select and use digital tools to plan and manage a design process that considers design constraints and calculated risks.
Example: Engineering Design Process, Project Management Tools (e.g., calendars, organizers)
Illustration: Students select and use digital tools to plan, manage, and support a design process
Students develop, test and refine prototypes as part of a cyclical design process.
Example: Design Thinking Project
Empathize
Define
Ideate
Prototype
Test
Illustration: Students use a cyclical design process to develop and test prototypes. They use trial and error to identify problems or setbacks and use them as opportunities for improvement.
Students exhibit a tolerance for ambiguity, perseverance and the capacity to work with open-ended problems.
Example: Portfolio of student generated solutions to open-ended problems
Illustration: Students demonstrate perseverance when working to solve challenging open-ended problems