79 ideas for
using design
to transform
teaching and learning

• Basic Needs
  • 1. Everyone can be a designer
  • 2. Do no harm
  • 3. Cherish children's spaces
  • 4. Put safety before study
  • 5. Think Small
  • 6. Assign the solution
  • 7. Make janitors guardians
  • 8. Design for speech and hearing
  • 9. Let the sunshine in
  • 10. Shuffle the deck

• Minds at Work
  • 11. Make it new
  • 12. Support great teachers
  • 13. Build neural networks
  • 14. Multiply intelligences
  • 15. Display learning
  • 16. Emulate museums
  • 17. Form follows function
  • 18. Unite the disciplines
  • 19. Bring the outside in

• Bodies in Motion
  • 20. Make peace with fidgeting
  • 21. Decide on dynamic
  • 22. Swivel to attention
  • 23. Make classrooms agile
  • 24. Respect fitness facilities
  • 25. Take the "ground" out of "playground"
  • 26. Promote healthy play
  • 27. Naturalize play spaces
  • 28. Scale the wall
  • 29. Free choice

• COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
  • 30. Build close to home
  • 31. Let your grassroots show
  • 32. Build for change
  • 33. Move in together
  • 34. Imagine like a child
  • 35. Consult widely and early
  • 36. Roll up your sleeves
  • 37. Blaze the way
  • 38. Make them proud
  • 39. Be a good neighbor
  • 40. Build a nest

• SUSTAINABLE SCHOOLS
  • 41. Leapfrog LEED
  • 42. Reveal how stuff works
  • 43. Get eco-educated
  • 44. Highlight the site
  • 45. Attract like minds
  • 46. Let students lead
  • 47. Rally the results
  • 48. Do your homework
  • 49. Get out of the city
  • 50. Slow the pace

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• REALM OF THE SENSES
  • 51. Make caterers caretakers
  • 52. Spend now, save later
  • 53. Grow your own
  • 54. Think hands-on
  • 55. Trigger the senses
  • 56. Design in multiple dimensions
  • 57. Paint by function
  • 58. Define the learning landscape
  • 59. Slip off your shoes
  • 60. Open the doors

• LEARNING FOR ALL
  • 61. Adopt a young mentor
  • 62. Put the fun in fundamentals
  • 63. Design with words
  • 64. Recruit difference
  • 65. Get accessibility aware
  • 66. Break down social barriers
  • 67. Make it feel good
  • 68. Take it to the top
  • 69. Domesticate classrooms
  • 70. Create a movement

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• REWIRED LEARNING
  • 71. Consult with kids
  • 72. Put theory into practice
  • 73. Expand virtually
  • 74. Embrace purpose
  • 75. Plan for the unknown
  • 76. Unleash learning
  • 77. Bridge the digital divide
  • 78. Dream big and be brave
  • 79. Add to this list