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The Ropes of Design Thinking in Classrooms

April 06, 2019 by Joan Calandria-Nelson in Design Thinking, Education, Entrepreneurship

We live in a world where information is at the tip of our fingers, so why teach design thinking when we can find a solution to almost any query in a matter of seconds?

The Essence of MakerED

March 17, 2019 by Joan Calandria-Nelson in Design Thinking, Education, Entrepreneurship

“What role does Maker Education play in a world with growing social and environmental challenges?”

It’s been a week since I attended FabLearn 2019: The 8th Annual Conference on Maker Education held at NYC at the Teachers College, Columbia University last March 9 & 10, 2019. The theme for this years conference was “What role does Maker Education play in a world with growing social and environmental challenges?”.

The 4C’s of 21st-Century Classroom Designs

March 02, 2019 by Joan Calandria-Nelson in Design Thinking, Education

What does it take to design a child-centered 21st-century classroom that advocates for all learning capacities?

Sparked by a visit at Steelcase, I’ve been pondering about what might be the different aspects of academics one should consider when designing learning environments for students.

Connecting People

February 18, 2019 by Joan Calandria-Nelson in Education, Design Thinking

Diversifying connection around the world.

“What if you could enter a door at the back of your local coffee shop and see live into Lahore, Pakistan? What if you could share your morning coffee with people sipping their evening tea across the world, as if in the same room?”

— Amar Bakshi, Founder and Creative Director, Shared_Studios