Empathize
Empathize
Students will conduct interviews with their peers and family members to explore current slang terms, gathering insights on their usage and meaning in different contexts, and commence their weekly reflections on the influence of social media on these evolving language trends.
Days 1 - 3
45 min over capacity (90 min available across 3 days)
Define
Define
Students will synthesize their research findings into clear, concise dictionary entries, ensuring each definition is linguistically accurate, culturally contextualized, and ready for peer feedback that will refine the entries for their modern slang dictionary.
Days 4 - 6
Ideate
Ideate
Students will brainstorm and propose innovative ways to categorize and present emerging slang words in an online interactive dictionary format, collaborating in small groups to sketch out diverse ideas that reflect their cultural and social media research findings.
Days 7 - 10
Prototype
Prototype
Students will collaboratively build and refine digital prototypes of their modern slang dictionaries, using peer and asynchronous feedback to ensure cultural relevance and clarity in their definitions, in preparation for final testing and presentation.
Days 11 - 15
Test/Present
Test/Present
Students will present their dictionaries of modern slang in a showcase event, engaging stakeholders and peers by demonstrating the evolution of language through interactive discussions, while gathering feedback that validates their work and informs final revisions.
Days 16 - 20
62 min over capacity (150 min available across 5 days)
Empathize
Days 1–3
Day 1
Meet Real Slang Voices
Launch
60m
Day 2
Empathy Artifacts Synthesis
Deliverable
75m
Day 3
Define
Days 4–6
Day 4
Define Slang Problem Space
Deliverable
90m
Day 5
Day 6
Ideate
Days 7–10
Day 7
Day 8
Slang Dictionary Concepts
Deliverable
60m
Day 9
Day 10
Prototype
Days 11–15
Day 11
Iterate Slang Prototypes
Deliverable
60m
Day 12
Day 13
Day 14
Slang Testing Protocol
Deliverable
60m
Day 15
Test/Present
Days 16–20
Day 16
Day 17
Prototype Dictionary Booths
Deliverable
60m
Day 18
Audience Testing Feedback
Deliverable
60m
September 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
28
Day 1
Empathize
Meet Real Slang Voices
29
Day 2
Empathy Artifacts Synthesis
October 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
5
Day 3
6
Day 4
Define
Define Slang Problem Space
12
Day 5
13
Day 6
19
Day 7
Ideate
20
Day 8
Slang Dictionary Concepts
26
Day 9
27
Day 10
November 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
2
Day 11
Prototype
Iterate Slang Prototypes
3
Day 12
9
Day 13
10
Day 14
Slang Testing Protocol
16
Day 15
17
Day 16
Test/Present
23
Day 17
Prototype Dictionary Booths
24
Day 18
Audience Testing Feedback