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We're registering participants for DT Philly 2019-20! RSVP to an Open House to find...
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Friends and sponsors had a ball at this year’s Garry Maddox – Drew Katz Celebrity Bowling Classic, knocking down pins for a chance to win a trip to the 2019 MLB All-Star Game, snapping pictures with celebrity guests, and enjoying delicious food...
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Twenty members of DT Philly teams received an unexpected surprise courtesy of Chef Vince Viola this week—a 20 pound holiday turkey! The turkeys were distributed by drawing to members of teams that had turned in at least 70 percent of their deliverables and had completed at least two of the...
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Come one, come all to the Compete 360 Open House on Thursday, October 11, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.! Learn how we’re using design thinking to help students in urban schools explore their relationship with their...
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A wonderful group of teachers took over the 3rd floor of the URBN Center at Drexel recently, completing design challenges that will help them teach their students how to solve problems creatively with design thinking. This year's DT Philly participants hail from Abraham Lincoln High School,...
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What’s all the buzz about design thinking in education? Find out with DT Philly--a program that introduces students and teachers to design thinking by guiding them through a project that interests them.
DT Philly is used by teachers in all grade levels and disciplines, and with...
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June 8 was a day for inspiring stories as ShopRite hosted its annual charity luncheon at the ShopRite LPGA Classic and distributed grants totaling $1.4 million. The ShopRite LPGA Classic Presented by Acer takes place at the Stockton Seaview Resort in Galloway, New Jersey and showcases some of...
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Talk of design thinking is everywhere these days…in business, but also in education where it is effective in promoting student engagement and connected learning by providing teachers and students with a framework to explore complex, real-world problems. We asked our students to explain what...
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Neither snow nor frigid temperatures kept our intrepid K-5 teachers from attending the Design Thinking Philadelphia training and program launch at Drexel University on January 6. We're grateful to Jon Coddington and Drexel University for hosting our event, and we're excited to welcome 14...
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We're now accepting applications for our kindergarten to 5th grade programs! Welcome in 2018 and beat the winter doldrums with a creative and hands-on learning initiative for your students. DT Philly is a free program...
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DT Philly Updates
Our teachers work hard to implement DT Philly with their students, and we wanted to understand what makes it worthwhile. So we asked participating teachers two questions..."What does DT Philly get you?" and "How does participating in DT Philly benefit your students?" Here's what they told us about why they participate and why other teachers might want to use Design Thinking Philadelphia with...
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We asked students to tell us about their experience with Design Thinking Philadelphia, what they learned about design thinking, and what advice they'd have for other students doing a design thinking project. Some stuck to explaining the nuts and bolts of the process and how it can be used to solve problems creatively while others shared more personal thoughts about this opportunity their...
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The excitement was palpable at the Wells Fargo Center on February 6 when 35 teams from DT Philly’s high school, middle school, and elementary school divisions gathered to share their projects and celebrate their accomplishments at the Design Thinking Philadelphia Showcase.
Teams have been working since the fall to identify...
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DT Philly students rolled up their sleeves and embraced hands-on learning last week during our first ever Prototyping Skills Week. Coming just as students enter the final phases of their design thinking projects, the workshops provided a refresher on how to use rapid prototyping to explore questions of form and function while bringing an idea to life.
Under the expert guidance of...
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Love was in the air the week of October 22 when our second annual Designers-in-School Week paired DT Philly teams with design professionals who are passionate about the work they do in fields like architecture, product design, UX design, and more.
The visiting designers talked about their favorite projects (and tv shows), career paths, inspiration, and the importance of empathy and user...
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The Tilden Tigers’ DT Philly project began simply enough, with an observation that trash and littering was a problem in classrooms and other spaces at their school. Digging deeper—literally—the team analyzed what was piling up in and spilling out of the school trash receptacles and in so doing realized that a great deal of waste could be diverted if students and staff were knowledgeable about...
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When last we left the 8th-grade design teams from Grover Washington, Jr. Middle School, they were celebrating classmates who had won the Designers' Choice Award for a project to help students arrive to class on time and ready to learn. Not ones to rest on their laurels, the six teams in Gina Griffith’s classroom went back to school and quickly got down to business figuring out how they could...
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The Mighty Morphin Power Designers of William C. Longstreth School were quick to spot an opportunity to make a difference in their school last year. It all started when they noticed students had a hard time keeping track of the reward “money” earned through the school’s new PBIS (positive behavior interventions and supports) program. After investing four months of time in research,...
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