Design Thinking

Design thinking isn’t a subject or a topic or a class. It’s more of way of solving problems that encourages risk-taking and creativity. In other words, design thinking is a flexible process for getting the most out of creative work. It begins with the premise of tapping into student curiosity and allowing them to create, test and re-create until they eventually ship what they made to a real audience (sometimes global but often local).

LAUNCH is a flexible design thinking framework tailored specifically to K-12 classrooms developed by John Spencer and A.J. Juliani. Think of it this way: Making is the mindset. Design thinking is the thinking process. The LAUNCH Cycle is the framework.