Learning is more fun and fruitful when educators co-create with their learners. In this interactive webinar, we’ll explore how the phases of design thinking—Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, and Test—can be used to tackle real challenges or opportunities in the classroom and beyond.
Perhaps your learners want to foster civil, constructive conversations about complex topics like the war in Israel-Palestine, climate change policies, or racial justice. Or maybe they dream of launching a well-being initiative that supports mental health and resilience in their school community. Whatever the focus, this session will guide you in partnering with students to co-create impactful learning.
Join us to discover how educators and learners can move beyond traditional roles and become collaborators in shaping a more engaged, inclusive, and empowering learning environment.
Who should attend? Educators, school leaders, and anyone passionate about student-centered learning.
Key Takeaways:
- A hands-on approach to applying design thinking in the classroom
- Strategies for fostering student agency and collaboration
- Real-world examples of student-driven innovation
Your host
Devin Carberry is the Director of Learning and Innovation and a founding member of Learnlife. Since 2001, he has been an innovative learning advocate. Devin has worked as a classroom teacher and teacher trainer, served on public policy task forces, run after school programs, led young men’s support circles, fostered the growth of two new public schools, and written for education publications.Along the way, he’s worked in schools with a variety of progressive pedagogies — from multiple intelligences to expeditionary learning. His teaching has been featured in Science magazine and National Public Radio, and he has served on the Arizona state-wide task force on education.
Devin has written for Rethinking Schools Magazine, created a podcast series called The Future Will Not Be Taught, and authored a chapter for the book Unleashing the Power of Learner Agency.