Module 4

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Ideate


“Design Thinking Bootcamp Bootleg” by d school Stanford University is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Ideate stage:

“You ideate in order to transition from identifying problems into exploring solutions for your users. Various forms of ideation are leveraged to:
• Step beyond obvious solutions and thus increase the innovation potential of your solution set
• Harness the collective perspectives and strengths of your teams Uncover unexpected areas of exploration
• Create fluency (volume) and flexibility (variety) in your innovation options
• Get obvious solutions out of your heads, and drive your team beyond them” (d school Stanford University, 2020).

Rosemary Pinales and Jeff Prater complete a storyboard

Activity

You will do an activity called Brainwrite. 

Step one:  For the first three minutes, write down as many ideas as you can about how to solve the problem you defined.

Step two:  Pass your answers to your partner.  Read his/her ideas and for 3 minutes, write down more ideas you have building upon their answers.  If you are working alone, consult the other answers in the blog.

Step three:  For 3 minutes, discuss the answers on both of your sheets.  Agree to a list of five ideas to solve the problem. 

What were your top five ideas for solving your defined problem? Write a reply below.

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Jeff Prater is a career educator with various roles as an Instructional Designer, Librarian, and classroom teacher. An avid outdoorsman, Jeff hiked the entire Appalachian Trail from Maine to Georgia June 30, 2022 to March 10, 2023. He is currently working on the Shenandoah 500 and plans to become a trail maintainer for the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club. Known as "taperjeff," he records live music (by permission) of Americana, bluegrass, and many other genres. Jeff aspires to improve his photography skills and write more often. Married since 2009, he lives with his lovely wife Margaret and adventurous cat, Tabasco.

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