Education
Synectics & Pughsion™
Synectics Class Exercise As I’m finishing up with an online Financial Management class that is all numbers, I was just thinking how I’d rather be facilitating creative thinking right now. Then I started thinking back about a presentation my former classmate Rebecca Mahl and I did on the problem solving methodology synectics, as well as […]
Facilitating Creative Thinking
Facilitating the Creation and Evaluation of Video Projects in Education Background We live in a media saturated society where media affects the way that we interact with and understand the world around us. While the concept of media literacy has been around since the early 20th century, its only in the past 10 years that […]
EcoLabs
While researching sustainability graphics for my M.A. Final Project, I came across EcoLabs and the concept of eco-literacy. EcoLabs is a not for profit network of designers and visual artists who create materials, projects and programs that support ecological literacy. The aim of the organization is to nurture whole systems thinking, foster ecological literacy, and […]
Sir Ken Robinson + RSA Animate
This is a great visualization of Sir Ken Robinson’s TED Talk from my previous post Bring on the Learning Revolution!
Bring on the Learning Revolution!
I first watched this great talk by Sir Ken Robinson a few months ago, and since then I’ve watched both this talk and his previous talk three times. Not only are his talks inspiring and thought-provoking, they are also very funny. He is truly a great speaker.
Design Revolution Roadshow: Changing the World by Design
What began as a tour for Emily Pilloton’s book, “Design Revolution: 100 Products that Empower People,” ended up becoming much more. Pilloton used her 2009 Sappi Ideas that Matter Grant to turn the book tour into a mobile exhibition with workshops and lectures geared towards inspiring the next generation of young designers and promoting the idea that design can have a positive social impact.
Different Flavors of Design Management
A look at the different “flavors” of design management and how the great scope of the discipline affects how it is both perceived and taught.