D!Lab™

The world is full of serious challenges: food security, hunger, famine—problems that matter. When problems are presented with agency and action, the brain rehearses hope instead of fear. Students then understand the that the future begins now.

Almost ten years ago, my International Development and Social Enterprise class partnered with Bibine Olibry to start a fish farm in Lake Peligre in the Plateau Central of Haiti. Only 38% of all social enterprises survive after one year, thanks to the people, this one survives.

Happy to host HackBAC 2025. Innovative group of students gathered to practice a life long mindset.

There are many portals to Design Thinking. Machines, software, process, and projects are all entry points and motivators for different students. One piece at a time, great teachers assemble coherence one piece at a time.

THE NATURE OF CREATIVITY, CONNECTION AND BELONGING thecttl.org/2024/01/25/the-n…

D!Lab interns hit the ground running creating and making. Training students to work independently in your design lab increases students autonomy and agency.

When done frequently, design sprints inspire creativity, and practice collaboration. Find some simple materials and have fun! #designthinking, #creativity, #SAES #dlabsaes

St. Andrew's students and Haitian partners through D!Lab's social entrepreneurship course created a fish farm that sells at discounts to women supporting their households- valuable support, jobs and protein to the local community of Cange, Haiti. #saes, #socialentrepeneurship

Change in a school is often predicated upon the involvement of parents. Colegio Merici parents demonstrated their enthusiastic commitment today to problem based learning and design thinking as I rolled out the first phase of a ten year strategic plan to elevate, inspire and grow.

The D!Lab is proud to again be working on the planning for HackBAC2023. Register your 8th-12th graders now!

Gifting wonder is not only an essential instructional practice, the gift of wonder is an essential mindset for life. Read more... dlabsaes.org/2022/09/14/gift…

Tools of the Trade…. The tools of that students need aren’t always so obvious. dlabsaes.org/2022/08/10/tool…

This week, D!Lab's Director helped 160 teachers, staff, and administrators at Colegio Merici School in Mexico City identify teaching and learning priorities for next year and beyond! Great way to end the year.

All of the youth at the NYSLC conference in Minneapolis was energizing. Such commitment to service learning! These two young entrepreneurs ( 6th and 7th grade) attended my session on social enterprise development and empathic design thinking made my session lively and relevant.

A bikini in April. Sometimes design thinking is dedicated to style.

In 1976, John Reed wrote a plan for tearing apart the cornerstones of the brick and mortar bank because Reed discovered that instead of changing the bank, he would change banking experience. We can do the same in education. Find the problem and you discover a worthy project.

In project-based learning, if your project doesn't have a problem, then there is a problem with your project.

D!LAB IS PROUD TO WORK WITH THE BLACK ALUMNI COLLECTIVE TO CREATE THE STUDENT WORKBOOKS FOR HACBAC 2022. SIGN UP AT dlabsaes.org