Empathize
Students will engage in cooperative storytelling sessions to share personal school experiences and listen to others, fostering understanding and empathy among students, families, and community partners to establish a foundation for their survival guide project.
Days 1 - 2
Meet the School Voices
Launch 45m
Document User Insights
Deliverable
Define
Students will articulate their vision for the school's survival guide by clearly defining their goals, identifying the project's impact on creating a supportive school community, and discussing why it is important to enhance informed decision-making in their school journey.
Day 3
Define Survival User Needs
Deliverable
Ideate
Students will brainstorm and develop creative ideas with peers and community partners to craft a survival guide project focused on strategies for navigating school challenges, leveraging shared experiences and collective insights.
Day 4
Survival Concept Sketches
Deliverable
Draft
Students will transform their project ideas into tangible outlines and sketches, focusing on creating draft designs for survival kits and digital toolkit apps that incorporate insights from community partner workshops and student experiences.
Day 5
Survival Kit Prototypes
Deliverable
Test
Students will participate in small group exercises to test the functionality and impact of their digital toolkit app prototype, gathering feedback from peers to assess user engagement and refine features that ensure its relevance and effectiveness in supporting a thriving school community.
Day 6
Toolkit Final Showcase
Assessment
Critique
Students will engage in peer critique sessions to provide and receive targeted feedback on their resource kit designs, focusing on enhancing clarity and impact while refining their digital toolkit app prior to final presentations.
Day 7
Explore Personal School Experiences Narratives
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
Notice & Reflect
Students will engage in reflective peer discussions to notice the impact of their survival guide designs and analyzation of feedback, predicting how their insights will inform future decisions in supporting school communities.
Day 8
Design Empathy-Based Survival Guide Sketches
Project Work 60m