- Collaborative work accomplished for this phase
- Your individual contribution to this week's work
- Challenges the group or you as an individual faced
- How would you apply this process with students or colleagues at your site?
- How does Emily Pilloton's Project in Bertie County add to your knowledge about the DT process or inspire your next steps?
As I plan for my future year of teaching, I know I want to make learning relevant for my students. Although I teach 1st grade, their community is relevant to them at any age. Our school has just built a garden area, and next year will be our first year using it. I feel it will be a great place to start. They have already asked questions about it. Who will take care of it? What will we grow? What can we grow? What will we do with what we grow? Overall, I think the new school garden might be a place that first graders may begin to think about their community and what it means to be a part of one. The Design Thinking process can help us to organize and create a plan.