Workshop facilitated by Melanie Kahl, The Third Teacher+ and Sami Nerenberg, Design for America at the StartingBloc October 2012 All-Fellows Summit in Chicago.

1. Real world
design.
prototyping as a methodology

2. Open our office
to the world.

3. Continue the conversation about
design & social innovation.

5. Who are we?

7. Five things you should know about
The Third Teacher+

8. 1
We were born out of
a wicked question.
inquiry to practice.

9. How can design transform
teaching & learning?

11. How can the design process
transform teaching & learning?

12. NOUN. verb.

13. “We’re going to have a BABY.”

14. “We’re going to have a BABY.”
“We’re going to have burping,
messing, cooing, crawling
discovering, spilling, learning,
growing, crying, loving...”

15. NOUN. verb.
SPACES, CLASSROOMS, WORKING, LEARNING, LIVING,
CITIES, HOSPITALS, OFFICES... GROWING, HEALING...

16. Shared inquiry.
Co-created artifact.
Living practice.
A journey from question
to consultancy.

17. 2
We are an interdisciplinary
& t-shaped team.
with our powers combined...

18. Trung Le Christian Long Sarah Malin Melanie Kahl
ARCHITECT EDUCATOR ANTHROPOLOGIST STRATEGIST
@lecannondesign @christianlong @sarahcmalin @melaniekahl
Emi Day
DESIGNER/EDUCATOR

20. 3
We are concerned with the
ecology of learning.
holistic thinking, baby.

22. Setting the table for
connection & conversation
on the future of learning.

25. 4
We are a laboratory for a
global firm.
go-go gadget, intraprenuership!

27. 5
We believe in the power of
design and the empowering
process of design.
yes. we. can.

29. 1. A CULTURE OF CRITICAL COLLABORATION
2. INTERDISCIPLINARY PROBLEM SOLVING, EVERY DAY
3. TINKERING WITH SOLUTIONS AND RECLAIMING FAILURE
4. THE SHARED POWER OF THE PENCIL AND PIXEL

31. how will my
education
serve the
world
positively?

32. OUR PROCESS
DISCOVER. ACTIVATE. DESIGN.
DISCOVER ACTIVATE STRATEGIZE LAUNCH
INQUIRE EMERGE DEVELOP PROTOTYPE REFINE
patterns sketches
observations ideas concepts
stories vision

33. 6
oh yeah, one more thing...
We love what we do.
...and who we work with.

34. Create a new language of play
to inform the design of an
outdoor learning environment.

35. Design a city college that
empowers real world experience
for the health professions.

36. Hack a classroom into a story
studio to prototype a new
classroom strategy for the school.

37. Embody and empower Montessori
pedagogy in Chiaravalle’s
community spaces.

39. DESIGN?

45. Design for America (DFA) is an
award winning network of student-
led studios creating local and social
impact through design.

48. INTERDISCIPLINARY
COLLABORATION

53. small small small

54. small

55. How can we use less water to wash dishes in the cafeteria?
Right Angle

56. How can we reduce hospital acquired infections?
SwipeSense

57. How can we engage children with healthy food in grocery stores?
Fruit Buddi

58. HOW DO WE WORK? J

59. Look Locally

60. Create Fervently

61. Act Fearlessly

62. We are a generation of creative
activists reinventing our world.

65. The
Challenge
Topic: Education
Process
Understand: Personas & Journey
Create: Ideate & Prototype
Pitch

66. Education.

67. More people are starting college.
But of the 70% who
start post secondary,
less than half finish in 6
years.

68. Tuition rates have
grown at three times the
whoa.
rate of inflation.

69. By 2018, two-thirds of all jobs
will require some post secondary
education.
Labor economists
estimate that the
United States will fall
3 million degrees
short.

70. Thirty-three states
have two-year
completion rates at
or below 25%.
In 13 states, less than 15%
of students who start at
two-year colleges
graduated within 150% of
normal time to degree.

71. How might we design a
better bridge between
high school and a
student’s next steps to
college or career?

72. ...help families navigate post-
secondary choices and processes?
...help students preview
careers more effectively?
...help teachers pursue
professional development
opportunities?

73. “School is good at prepping for the student,
but not the whole person”
STUDENT REFLECTION IN TEEN SURVEY

74. “[As an adult] I want to be able to support
myself in every way possible: financially,
emotionally/mentally, physically.”
STUDENT REFLECTION AFTER TEEN DESIGN LAB

75. “Turning a leap into a step”
STUDENT REFLECTION AT TEEN DESIGN LAB
COMMUNITY WORKSHOP
DINNER CONVERSATION STARTER

76. Your turn.
[roll up your sleeves.]

78. UNDERSTAND

79. CREATE

80. IMPLEMENT

81. UNDERSTAND
IDENTIFY IMMERSE REFRAME

82. UNDERSTAND
IDENTIFY IMMERSE REFRAME

83. IMMERSE

84. Liam
Tinkerer
who’s
failing
school
Liam
is
a
Junior
in
Noble
Street
Charter
high
school.
He’s
the
middle
child
of
three
with
a
full-­‐=me
working
mom.
His
parents
divorced
when
he
was
a
kid,
so
it’s
mostly
just
him,
his
mom
and
two
brothers.
Liam
spends
a
lot
of
=me
to
himself.
He
oDen
gets
caught
up
in
his
own
world
and
is
always
fascinated
by
things
around
him.
His
mom
has
yelled
at
him
numerous
=mes
for
taking
apart
their
kitchen
appliances.
What
his
mom
doesn’t
realize
is
that
Liam
is
able
to
put
these
parts
back
and
his
interests
have
even
extended
into
computers.
Liam’s
friends
will
even
bring
him
broken
computers
to
fix
and
re-­‐sell.
What might be the experience of Liam working passionately on his “side
projects” but also failing school?

85. Nancy
Experienced
teacher
seeking
support
Nancy
has
been
a
teacher
for
the
last
20
years.
She
loves
what
she
does,
but
knows
she
can
challenge
herself
more.
The
pressure
of
tes=ng
has
zapped
her
crea=vity
and
she
is
nervous
about
integra=ng
new
technology
into
her
curriculum.
The
stakes
are
geLng
higher
for
her
students,
and
she
is
overwhelmed
by
what
it
might
take
to
teach
skills
for
the
new
workplace.
She
currently
works
in
a
Chicago
Public
School
where
there
are
no
funds
for
her
to
aNend
conferences,
workshops,
or
pursue
coursework
outside
of
school
hours
to
improve
her
skills
or
expand
her
knowledge.
This
makes
her
lose
steam
in
her
work-­‐-­‐
feeling
undervalued
and
under
s=mulated.
What might be the experience of feeling like professional development for
new teaching is overwhelming and inaccessible–– but more needed than
ever?

86. Monica
Nursing
student
balancing
family
Monica
is
in
her
first
year
of
Malcolm
X’s
City
College
of
Chicago
nursing
program.
As
a
first
genera=on
college
student,
Monica
is
incredibly
proud
to
be
geLng
her
degree
and
geLng
one
step
closer
to
achieving
the
life
her
parents
moved
to
the
US
for.
Monica
loves
nursing
and
having
her
own
apartment
and
is
doing
great
in
class.
Unfortunately
however,
Monica’s
mom
was
just
diagnosed
with
cancer.
Her
father
is
a
full-­‐=me
security
guard
and
works
incredibly
hard
to
support
the
family.
Her
already
stretched
lifestyle
of
classes,
independence,
and
work
is
being
pushed
to
the
limits
with
this
new
strain
on
her
family.
She
feels
alone.
What might be the experience of Monica facing the choice to support her
family now versus pursuing an education she know will benefit them all in
the long run?

87. What is your user’s
journey and where
could design make a
difference?

88. UNDERSTAND
IDENTIFY IMMERSE REFRAME

89. REFRAME

90. ect can be too general to solve for in a meaningful way.
How can we conserve more water?
How can we reduce the amount of
water needed to wash dishes in our
school’s cafeteria?
How can we get cafeteria
customers to intuitively scrape
their plates?
Ideate!

96. Prototype

99. IMPACT

100. PITCH

101. Act Fearlessly

102. Thank you
Melanie
mkahl@cannondesign.com
@melaniekahl
@thethirdteacher
www.thethirdteacherplus.com
Sami
sami@designforamerica.com
northwestern@designforamerica.com
@design4america
www.designforamerica.com