WORKSHOP: Google SketchUp with the Walker

Click the link below to view the blog post I wrote reflecting on the SketchUp / Digital Design workshop DEMO taught in partnership with the Walker Art Center this past Saturday:
http://blogs.walkerart.org/ecp/2009/11/19/reflections-on-my-net-google-sketchup/

Above image courtesy of Walker Art Center.

VIDEO - Shane Coen on Future of Design

Landscape architect and DEMO advisory board member, Shane Coen, was a featured presenter at the Future of Design conference held by the University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. While all of what he says is important, his closing statements about the importance and power of design in K-12 education are right on! Take a moment to watch...

VIDEO - Danish Design School

The DEMO team really enjoyed this great video from the staff and students at Design School Kolding in Denmark. In addition to being visually (and aurally) stunning, the video clearly communicates what we at DEMO feel is the true power of design in education: using innovative approaches to solve real world problems and become active participants in the world around us. Take a look...we hope it motivates you as much as it motivates us!

Check out their site and brush up on your Danish: http://www.designskolenkolding.dk/

VIDEO - Motivation [in Education?]

Dan Pink's TED talk on the value of intrinsic motivation presents an interesting discussion on why personal interest, empowerment and ownership are important factors in success (and even in defining what success is). While Pink focuses mainly on the business world, it's clear that such internal motivations are equally, if not more, important to recognize and foster in the classroom.

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In the coming days and weeks we'll be adding videos, articles, and links to both our own work and the work of others that focuses on the important crossroads of design thinking and education.

To find out more about who we are, visit of main website at www.demo-schools.org.