Want To Help Kids Solve Problems? Have Them Design Their Own Solutions. The 11 students in the room were nervous. They were about to present their ideas for an Anti-Violence Week to the school principal, Mr. Muhammad. Their journey began with a simple question: What change do you want to see in your community? It ended with their answer, which they created collectively over 12 class periods as part of their marketing class. Would their principal approve their idea, so their event could take place at Alfred E. Given that America’s educational system expects students to master STEM and other standards-based testing, frog wanted to help them learn the 4Cs: critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity.
We see those skills as accelerants that help people understand how to better explore and relate information across a wide variety of subjects. When students design solutions, they develop skills At frog, we’ve been exploring how student-led problem solving creates ripple effects felt in the classroom, the school, and the community at large. Case Study: Collective Action Toolkit—Enabling Groups to Collaborate Effectively. In 2011 and 2012, frog collaborated on a research project exploring the nature and value of connections for adolescent girls living in extreme poverty in the developing world. Over the course of the project, we needed to translate the design process into something these female participants would really care about—something meaningful and useful that provided immediate value to their daily lives, with the design goals of the program playing a secondary role.
Two key questions emerged from the project: How might we translate the design process into something centered on skill development and knowledge-sharing for communities instead of concept generation for designers? How might we make it a process in which the development and communication of ideas becomes a vehicle to teach inquiry, leadership and problem solving to anyone, from any culture? The Collective Action Toolkit (CAT) was developed as a response to these questions. Budget Research Strategy Challenges Effectiveness. Frog Wins IDSA IDEA Award for the Collective Action Toolkit. By David Sherwin - July 1, 2013 frog is honored to accept an International Design Excellence Award (IDEA) from the International Designers Society of America (IDSA) IDEA is recognized as the preeminent international design competition and referred to as “the Oscars of Design.” frog's Collective Action Toolkit received a Bronze in the Design Strategy category.
The Collective Action Toolkit is for community leaders who want to bring together groups that want to solve problems in their community, while gaining valuable skills and knowledge along the way. It's for groups that want to make a desired change for the better. Developed specifically for non-designers, the CAT encourages problem solving as a form of skill development with activities that draw on each participant’s strengths and perspectives in pursuit of a common goal. David Sherwin is an interaction design director at frog. Il toolkit per azioni collettive di frog: disegnare processi e strumenti che abilitano azioni progettuali.
November 20th, 2012 · No Comments Uno degli aspetti forse meno noti del service design è l’attitudine e la capacità di disegnare processi e strumenti che mettono in grado le persone di fare delle azioni e di creare visioni condivise utili all’effettiva realizzazione di un progetto. Non necessariamente sono i progettisti a progettare una soluzione, spesso diventano dei facilitatori che progettano il modo con cui le persone possono arrivare ad una soluzione in autonomia. Un bell’esempio è il Collective Action Toolkit di frog, che mostra come il linguaggio e i metodi del design possano essere utilizzati per disegnare un processo, rendendolo usabile e desiderabile (utile lo do per scontato..). Tramite storyboard, istruzioni e consigli pratici (anche di comportamento) sulle attività da svolgere, questo toolkit ha lo scopo di permettere a gruppi di persone di organizzarsi, costruire fiducia e co-progettare soluzioni per problemi che impattano sulla propria comunità.
Fonti: frogdesign.com. Design@Business meets Frog Design - Collective Action Toolkit. Frog Collective Action Toolkit. Introducing frog's Collective Action Toolkit. By David Sherwin - November 15, 2012 Today, frog is pleased to release the Collective Action Toolkit (CAT). The CAT is a package of resources and activities that enable groups of people anywhere to organize, build trust, and collaboratively create solutions for problems impacting their community. frog developed the CAT to help groups of people create positive change in their communities. Inspired by frog's collaboration with Girl Effect and the Nike Foundation, the toolkit provides a dynamic framework that integrates knowledge and action to solve challenges. Designed to harness the benefits of group action and the power of open sharing, the activities in the toolkit draw on each participant’s strengths and perspectives as the group works to accomplish a common goal.
While intended for use by leaders in local communities, it draws from both our social innovation work and our expertise in encouraging grassroots innovation within startups and large-scale organizations.