This semester, I signed up for two courses that revolve around technology: Ed Tech & Design Thinking and Design & Education. I expected there would be some redundancy with the two but Design & Education would put more emphasis on readings. I did not expect Ed Tech & Design Thinking to ultimately culminate in an environmental project. I think the environmental\u00a0 problems are a culmination of many societal issues and helping children alleviate some of these issues would be helpful for our future.<\/p>\n
I think the “Thinking in Systems” reading helped shape my understanding of Design Thinking. Design has to be approached as a system and designers must figure how each individual component works together to produce the final product. I also think that Design Thinking could be a way to figure out how to disrupt the way the system works, but not be careful not to have disastrous results. Meaning, as design is about the user – the disruption of the standard should still result in the final product being usable and accessible to people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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