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The design cycle works
Tuesday, November 08, 2022My 9th and 10 grade (ages 15 and 16) students are working the design cycle as they solve a problem through programming. The problems are all unique, and fit the student's skill / capacity window. An example of some the projects are below:
| How to find the perfect guitar? | A web-based application to help people find a guitar based on certain criteria |
| Which sport should you play? | A web-based application help people decide what sport they might enjoy |
| Dungeons & Dragons character builder helper | A web-based application to help people build a D&D character |
The students have begun to really think and understand their problem. As they dig into the problems, I note they are changing their success criteria and more carefully adding features based on research into solutions. This process - of inquiry into a problem and understanding the problem deeply - reinforces the power of design.
In education, we talk about transfer learning, where students can transfer learning to novel scenario or situation. A key question I like to ask is:
What do I want my students to know / be able to do in 5 years, 10 years
This kind of approach to solving problems is extraordinarily powerful, and a good thing™ to have in schools. Students who do not attend to this process generally do not have high quality solutions.
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