WHAT WE ARE MAKING

WHY WE ARE MAKING IT

a final presentation set of slides

to record and tell the story of your design process

Reflect with your partner on the journey of your design process from the earliest explorations of rovers to the rover testing you just did!

Collect the images you've taken of your project up to now.

1st

2nd

Follow the directions in this presentation to create a final slideshow to share with your class. Practice your presentation at least once before your final presentation.

3rd

؜Rotate around the room and check out all the group's final game designs, their manuals, and videos if they made one. Leave a congratulatory post-it note for a group after you look at their project!

4th

Your presentation is not only about your final prototype. It is the telling of the story of the entire design process. 

Tell the story through pictures from beginning to end. 

Title Slide

Project Image &

Partner Names

Concept Statement

& Inspiration

Artifact Informations

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Sketches

First Prototype

Final Prototype 

Images &

Video / GIF Animation

1

2

3

4

5

6

You and your partner should prepare 6-12 slides showing your project progress.

SLIDESHOW TEMPLATE

Do not put too much information on one slide, often one picture is enough.

EXAMPLE PRESENTATION

Upload your Final Presentations the Responses tab above.

Deliverables

Project-based/ Studio learning has a lot going for it:

1. it is active rather than passive
2. it inherently involves student agency
3. it can be highly engaging
4. it is hands-on / embodied work that activates different parts of the brain and body

Great!!

but…

Prescriptive Kits

(following instructions)

Non-Prescriptive Exploration

(using the Design Process)

It can be daunting for a teacher to move from more determined, traditional teaching practices into the wild west of open-ended student projects. Project-based learning can mean a spectrum of things; how can you be sure you're "doing it right?"

• Small implementations lead to big success

• Enabling constraints are a teacher's best friend

• Studio work is a mode of thinking as much as it is a specific sequence of activities

Three Guiding Ideas

Each Studio or Design Sprint follows the the steps of NuVu's Design Process:

1. Think of an insight you gained related to a phase of the design process. Write these down on the top of the sticky notes.

1. Think of a lesson or curricular unit in your classroom that you feel might benefit from some aspect of the particular design phase (or the design process more universally)

1. Think of different ways that you could incorporate this aspect of the design phase into that lesson/ unit (transferable strategy)

Individual Brainstorm

~ 8 mins

Adding enabling constraints helps generate more creative ideas

؜I plan to redesign my 8th grade Capstone project to include a design brief on designing playful spaces on campus with wellness in mind for the younger students

Insights

Transferable Strategy

Precedent Research is an effective technique to push students' project further at different points of the process

؜In my 3rd grade classroom, I would love to introduce the idea of a precedents in my science unit related to magnetism, showing them precedent projects like....

1. Within your table groupings, let's share our insights gained and ideas for applying the design process into our learning environments or units

1. Hear feedback/ more ideas

Table Talk - Small Group Reflection

~ 10 mins

1. Let's pin up the sticky notes on the wall

1. As a group, let's share a few our insights gained and ideas for applying the design process into our learning environments

Group Talk

~ 8 mins