Empowering Educators With Human-Centered Design
Engage your students by teaching them empathy, prototyping and testing, to solve real life problems
Enhance your own professional skills with the two hour Design Thinking training offered by BUILD and receive a LinkedIn certificate
Enable your students to achieve future career potential by encouraging entrepreneurial skills
What’s The Design Challenge? Click here to watch the video!
Empowering Educators With Human-Centered Design
Engage your students by teaching them empathy, prototyping and testing, to solve real life problems
Enhance your own professional development with the two hour Design Thinking training offered by BUILD and receive a LinkedIn certificate
Enable your students to achieve future career potential by encouraging entrepreneurial skills
What’s The Design Challenge? Watch the video!
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Highly Engaging Project-Based Learning for Students in Grades 7 - 12
Students dive into videos to meet people like them dealing with problems in their communities
Students pick their client and define their biggest problem
Imagine a unique product, service or initiative
Build models of their solution to share with others
Show their proposed solutions to people and get feedback
Frequently Asked Questions
What is BUILD's Design Challenge?
This Design Challenge empowers students to take action as they work to develop innovative solutions for their communities. Students are guided through the entire Design Thinking process on our new digital platform. The Challenge is delivered by a trained educator. BUILD provides all training and materials for students and schools.
The content was created to empower students nationwide and give them a sense of self-agency. They explore stories of diverse people living in our communities then work collaboratively in teams to propose innovative solutions.
The design thinking journey takes students through the following process:
- Empathize – Walk in a client’s shoes and document the experience
- Define – State your client’s needs and problems
- Ideate – Dream up solutions to your client’s challenges
- Prototype – Create a model of your solution
- Test – Try your solution with others
- Pitch – Present your idea for potential cash prizes and bragging rights
What technology and equipment does my school need to run a BUILD'S Design Challenge?
- Students will need a computer or mobile device that has internet access
- This experience will use the following sites/platforms: BUILD.org, Google Docs, Padlet, YouTube, Vimeo, EditMate
- For distance learning, you can use any video platform you like for the Challenge – Zoom, GoToMeetings, etc.
Who can run a BUILD Design Challenge?
BUILD’s Design Challenge can be delivered in as little as 10 hours or be used as a launch pad for additional lessons and curricula that can span an entire semester.
Educator training commitment is a minimum of 60-minutes.
When can I start?
Today, tomorrow or whenever you are ready! The course is online and therefore you can start on a rolling basis. Teachers or facilitators are invited to complete a 60-minute training. This training will help you understand the flow, best practices, and how to ensure students feel safe, excited, and ready to dive into the challenge.
Information about DonorsChoose
BUILD offered an opportunity to earn a DonorsChoose Gift Card for attending training in October 2022 and sign up to deliver the Challenge and complete it by December 21, 2022. We had incredible demand and have exceeded the allotment. Please sign up for training and deliver the Challenge anyway as it's great professional development (PD) and culturally relevant with engaging content. If you have any questions about the program please email parternships@build.org.
