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Design Program @ LJCDS

Creating a Design & Innovation Program at La Jolla Country Day School

How might we teach the principles and skills needed for 21st-century, Human-Centered Design at the K-12 level?

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Strategic

As the Director of Design & Innovation, I have a number of strategic roles including:

  • Team Management

  • Project Management

  • Web design

  • Data Visualization Dashboard

  • Development & Fundraising

  • Lab & Studio design

Presenting at CamelBak HQ

Presenting at CamelBak HQ

Outreach & Collaboration

We develop relationships with outside companies and have had collaborations with:

  • CamelBak

  • Ottobock

  • HP

Additionally, I am responsible for sharing our work with the world of education, academia, and the San Diego Community.

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Teaching

High School courses created:

  • Design Thinking to Open Entrepreneurship (H)

  • Innovation Technology Studio (H)

  • Art & Tech: Interactive Design

Middle School courses created:

  • Interaction Design

  • Human-Computer Interaction

  • Autonomous Challenges