Design- Thinking

The Technologist Module provided by eCampus Ontario is a powerful page. The whole premise of the page is designed to talk about how inclusion and technology can go hand in hand. When any reader scrolls through this site; they would be overwhelmed with information about how technology serves a purpose in our education. That purpose is not to prepare our future citizens for a robotic dystopian takeover; but to in-turn address specific learning needs. The module out lines, Design-Thinking, which is the primary focus of my pow town. Design-Thinking, starts with every creator, consumer or educator identifying a need, then problem, whilst finally creating a solution to that problem using technology. I believe that this is a great way to go about both living and teaching. Empathy is put first, to solve a common problem for learning. This is something, that most teachers are already doing when creating a lesson plan. As teachers, we listen to our students to identify said problems, then use our lessons to come up with solutions. The final step in design thinking, is one thing teachers already do; tie your lesson (product) to the curriculum. This module, provides a guide for the teacher who is afraid to try technology in his or her class. Overall, one might come to realize that one can not create a successful product without empathizing first then documenting later. Nor can one be a successful teacher by following the rule of empathy first.

 

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