Your Technology Outreach Adventure: Tools for Human-Centered Problem Solving
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Tradition in Literacy Instruction
Access and Knowledge
Fear of Technology
Bringing Technology into the Streets
2. Outreach Fundamentals
Understanding Your Community
Having Meaningful Community Conversations
Finding Partners
Choosing Outreach Sites
Purchasing Technology
Facing Your Fear of Failure
4. Design Thinking
History of Design Thinking
The Design Thinking Mind-Set
Elements of Design Thinking
5. Best Practices for Design
Set Aside the Solution
Build a Toolkit
Follow the Rules of Brainstorming
Identify Constraints
6. Design Thinking Exercises: A Path to Creative Problem Solving
What are Your Aspirations and Barriers?
What Problem are You Trying to Solve?
Who Are Your Stakeholders?
How Do You Gain Insights from Stakeholders?
How Do You Review Feedback from Stakeholders?
How Do You Brainstorm Solutions?
How Do You Decide Which Solutions to Prototype?
How Do You Anticipate Surprises?
How Can You Try Out Solutions to Your Problem?
How Do You Turn Prototypes into Real-World Outreach Programs?
How Do You Know if the Outreach is Working?
What Tools Can You Use for Evaluation?
7. Planning Technology-Based Outreach: A Design Thinking Journey from Start to Finish
What Are Our Aspirations and Barriers?
What Problem Are We Trying to Solve?
Who Are Our Stakeholders?
How Can We Gain Insights from Our Stakeholders?
How Do We Review Feedback from Our Stakeholders?
How Do We Brainstorm Solutions to Our Problem?
How Do We Decide Which Solutions to Prototype?
How Do We Anticipate Surprises?
How Can We Try Out Solutions to Our Problem?
How Do We Turn Our Prototypes into Real-World Outreach Programs?
How Do We Know if Our Outeach is Working?
Video Making at the Skate Park
Pop-Up Mobile Makerspaces
Maker[space]ship
E-Books and Seniors
Simple Circuits at a Middle School
Resources
Index
