Swim with the Sharks: How to Bring Design Thinking to Your School

In this hands-on, high-energy workshop, you’ll experience a Shark Tank–style Design Thinking challenge where you will use a variety of tech tools to design a prototype that solves a real-world problem. Participants will work through the five phases of Design Thinking — Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, and Test — to turn everyday classroom standards into authentic, real-world challenges that are fun for both students and teachers.We’ll explore how to:Transform your curriculum standards into meaningful problems students are excited to solve.Guide students as they develop creative solutions and tangible products to show their learning.Foster collaboration, innovation, and critical thinking while simulating real-world entrepreneurship.Establish a Design Thinking lab in your school or classroom. By the end of this session, you’ll walk away with ready-to-use strategies, sample challenges, and a framework for designing high-quality learning experiences to help your students develop innovation and problem-solving skills they’ll need for future careers.