I facilitated this class for Project Work in the first semester of 2015. Teaching and coaching the class using design thinking processes for their group project had been quite an experience. Approaching project work systematically in broad design steps reduces the entire project task to clear and manageable bite sizes. Groups were given full autonomy when it comes to decision making to ensure authenticity in the final product. In the second semester, half the class ended up with me for their Design & Technology subject.
Cannot run away from being assigned another two project work classes in the second semester 2015. This 1E3 class is bright, bubbly but cannot stop talking. I am humbled they learned something from the facilitation especially in the generation of possible practical ideas and fine-tuning of their milk carton boat design. What I liked best was the decision to get every group to work on a single sheet of mahjong paper from the initial design stage to the subsequent stages of modification and improvements. The interaction, iterations and discussions generated through and fro from the recordings on paper and their physical prototype is phenomenon. I have photos of them but wait till I find them I'll post it here. Watch this space.
I'm happy and also humbled that my students get amazed when I teach them. I believe in staying true, honest and steadfast in the facilitation of the Design & Technology Coursework.
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