Interested in getting an inside look into One Stone’s innovative learning model? Come and volunteer as a “peep” for Peeps on the Street on Wednesday, March 4th or Wednesday, April 1st! Students are in the prototype and test phase of their design thinking challenges, and they need your input!
What is Peeps on the Street?
A way for student teams to share their Design Lab project ideas with community members to gain feedback and improve their projects.
What is design thinking?
Design thinking is a human-centered, solution finding system. Similar to the scientific method or engineering method, design thinking is one way to come up with a solution to a problem. Unlike other methods, design thinking focuses on the end user as a human and includes empathy in the process. The steps of design thinking are: understand/empathize, define, ideate, prototype/test, implement, evaluate and reflect.
What exactly am I giving feedback on?
DLab is a 12-week design thinking challenge. In the fall and spring terms, student teams use the design thinking process to come up with innovative, human-centered solutions to real problems for real people in our community.
So what can I do to help?
Student teams will be explaining the specific problem they are working on solving, and sharing their top three ideas with you. Your role as a “peep” is to give them feedback on their ideas, specifically: Can you offer any additional insight for the team that might improve their project? Is this idea really innovative? What does execution look like?
What will being a “peep” look like?
You will visit with several students or student teams during Peeps on the Street, giving feedback to students on their projects. Using your whole life experiences (not just your professional lives) to help them think about what they might be missing in areas of empathy, innovation, and execution.
When is Peeps on the Street?
DLab (and XLab) Peeps on the Street
Wednesday, April 1st | 1-2pm
Wednesday April 1st | 2-3pm
Students will be working from 1-3pm. Peeps can sign up for a 60-minute shift from 1-2pm, 2-3pm, or BOTH if you are available!
