The Deep Dive - Part 1 of 3

Today in class we practiced using the d-School Design Process.  I think this process is unique because it starts with empathy.  That is, it starts by first getting to know your 'client' in depth.  A great example of this process is from David Kelly's company IDEO.  Watch below as they complete a Deep Dive while re-imagining a shopping cart.



Many students struggled with empathy.  I typical response I received was:

"She's happy with her wallet, she doesn't want anything to change."  \

~OK...well I believe that is probably true.  However, this was not the stage where we re-design wallets.  That is skipping to the 4th stage of the process.  If you are truly following the process you are gathering information, that perhaps the user/client doesn't even know about themselves.  We then use this information to create something that is useful to THEM.

Lesson 7/13 - HMTL Basics

I wrote this in html!

This is an h3 heading

i guess i need another paragraph

This is an h5 paragraph

CEO

VP

Director

Middle Management

Lowly assistant

Get me some coffee

Design and Build It 02 - Marble Drop

Today's "Design-Build" challenge sees what we can do with the following equipment: 
-14 straws 
-10 toothpicks 
-3 paper cups 
-3 feet of masking tape 
-1 round marble 

Goal: release your marble onto a freestanding contraption of your own design located at the edge of your desk. The goal is for your "structure" to direct your marble into a cup on the floor. The winner is the team who's cup is located furthest (horizontally) from the edge of the desk. 

Rules: You may only use the materials specified above. Your marble must end up in a cup positioned on the floor in order to earn a result. 

Feedback: Score is determined by distance from the table. Your result will be compared against your classmates to determine ranked result (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.) 


Points! Earn one point for each of the following: 
1) Your place in the competition (1st Place = 1 pt, 2nd Place = .9 pt, 3rd Place = .8 pt, etc.) 
2) Document your effort on your online portfolio. Include pictures and a bullet point summary of the goal, rules and results you achieved. 
3) Clean up! Include an image of at least one of your teammates cleaning up your workspace.

RESULTS

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It was real interesting to see all the different interpretations of "the marble must go into the cup"  many groups had the marble go in...but travel through the cup.

Group 1 - "Pass on through"

Group 1 Discussing their idea

Group 2 -"Rubber Band Help"

Pause for a photo-op

Group 3 - "Faster then the eye"

Group 4 - "Sling-Shot"

Your First Post

Time to get you students set up with your blogs. These will serve as an online portfolio and record of your journey in this class.

Please Complete the following to make your blog:
1) Sign in to your Google account. Create one at www.google.com if you don't already have one.
2) Create a blog through www.blogger.com
3) Name your blog. Choose any school appropriate name that you like for your online portfolio. Since this is something that I hope will serve as a reference, please choose a title/web address appropriate to include on a resume. Consider the use of words like "Engineering", "Design", "Problem Solving", "Creativity", "Innovation", your name, etc.


Assignment for your first Post:
1) Title your post "My First Blog Post!"
2) Type some text greeting people that visit your blog.
3) Insert a photo of something you're interested in (hobby, sports team, technology, etc.)
4) Include a sentence or two of text before or after the photo explaining your interest.
5) Insert a link relevant to the photo.
6) Use the spell check feature to check your spelling.
7) Make sure your post is formatted in a presentable way.
8) Add a Label to the post
9) Comment on this blog post with your blog title and blog url listed.  

I will use these addresses to make a list of class links on the right sidebar. Thanks!

As an example:
"Hello class Hi Mr. Palmer!
My blog is called Creating Change!
The url is www.creatingChange.blogspot.com"