EduCon 2024

Join a conversation with Chris Aguda, Jaymes Dec and Lesa Wang from The Marymount School and Don Buckley from Tools At Schools about their experience "Prototyping a School, Space, Program,Project, Class or Lesson". Marymount has developed a culture of Prototyping one example is a course called “Engineering and Interaction Design”. The subject of this course was an introduction to physical computing and programming with a focus on designing for the real world. Students were introduced to lean startup/design thinking methodologies to solve real problem of an engineering nature. Students imagined, built, and tested prototypes of possible products/experiences/systems/services. The course was not planned out in advance, but prototyped and designed “on the fly” as needs and problems were identified.

key words/hastags: engineering, electronics, startup, design thinking, physical computing, innovation, prototype, agility

Q for discussions: How do you build a culture of prototyping. How do you build a culture of agility? Why prototype a class? How do you prototype a class? Who decides the content of the class? How do you design such a experience? What should the space where this experience is taught look like? Who teaches this type of class?