COE Professional Development Programmes in Design & Innovation
- Design Thinking and Maker Education Meet-ups
- Maker Ed Workshop for D&T Instructors
- Hosting School Visits, Consultancy, Collaboration
Design Thinking and Maker Education Meet-ups
Every year, CWSS runs two series of meet-ups for educators: Design Thinking meet-ups and Maker Ed meet-ups.
The objective of the meet-ups is to engage educators and form a community to support innovation in schools. We invite like-minded educators who wish to pursue Design Thinking or Maker Education-related projects to come for our meet-ups!
(from May 2022) Face-to-face meetups are back! :D
Design Thinking Meet-up Workshop Series @ CWSS
Understanding Design Thinking through using it to approach a real problem in school (school improvement projects).
School teams attend all 5 sessions and complete a round of Design Thinking process. For each session, hosts introduce the stage of DT at hand, highlight misconceptions and share relevant case studies, before the participants discuss and apply what they learnt to their school improvement projects.
Focus of each session:
Session 1 (Feb): Introduction to Design Thinking, explore problem spaces in school, identify stakeholders and learn strategies to empathise.
Session 2 (Mar): Defining the real problem, and scope the Problem Statement
Session 3 (Apr): Generating ideas and selecting ideas, and prototyping the chosen ideas
Session 4 (May): Sharing of prototype and gain feedback, prepare to test with actual users and iterations
Session 5 (July): Presentation of group projects (results and sharing); adoption of ideas and feedback from all groups
Sign-up of school teams for Design Thinking Meet-up takes place in Jan-Feb each year, through invitation via West Zone school leaders.
Maker Educator Meet-ups hosted by CWSS & edm8ker
Meet-up 1 (Feb): So you want to Start a Maker Programme?
-Starting a Maker Ed Programme from scratch
-Challenges encountered
- *Hand-on activity!
Meet-up 2 (Apr): Reimagine Makerspace with Digital Making
-Digital making resources and implementation
-Blended learning opportunities
- *Hand-on activity!
Meet-up 3 (Jul): Integrating Maker Ed into Curriculum
-Types of activities and Ideas to integrate Maker Ed into IP curriculum
- *Hand-on activity!
Meet-up 4 (Nov): Celebrating Maker Success and Moving Forward
- Sharing of good practices
- Future trends in Maker Ed
Maker Ed meet-up sessions are independent sessions for individuals to sign up. Sign-up links will be advertised one to two weeks before the session.
The objective of the meet-ups is to engage educators and form a community to support innovation in schools. We invite like-minded educators who wish to pursue Design Thinking or Maker Education-related projects to come for our meet-ups!
(from May 2022) Face-to-face meetups are back! :D
Design Thinking Meet-up Workshop Series @ CWSS
Understanding Design Thinking through using it to approach a real problem in school (school improvement projects).
School teams attend all 5 sessions and complete a round of Design Thinking process. For each session, hosts introduce the stage of DT at hand, highlight misconceptions and share relevant case studies, before the participants discuss and apply what they learnt to their school improvement projects.
Focus of each session:
Session 1 (Feb): Introduction to Design Thinking, explore problem spaces in school, identify stakeholders and learn strategies to empathise.
Session 2 (Mar): Defining the real problem, and scope the Problem Statement
Session 3 (Apr): Generating ideas and selecting ideas, and prototyping the chosen ideas
Session 4 (May): Sharing of prototype and gain feedback, prepare to test with actual users and iterations
Session 5 (July): Presentation of group projects (results and sharing); adoption of ideas and feedback from all groups
Sign-up of school teams for Design Thinking Meet-up takes place in Jan-Feb each year, through invitation via West Zone school leaders.
Maker Educator Meet-ups hosted by CWSS & edm8ker
Meet-up 1 (Feb): So you want to Start a Maker Programme?
-Starting a Maker Ed Programme from scratch
-Challenges encountered
- *Hand-on activity!
Meet-up 2 (Apr): Reimagine Makerspace with Digital Making
-Digital making resources and implementation
-Blended learning opportunities
- *Hand-on activity!
Meet-up 3 (Jul): Integrating Maker Ed into Curriculum
-Types of activities and Ideas to integrate Maker Ed into IP curriculum
- *Hand-on activity!
Meet-up 4 (Nov): Celebrating Maker Success and Moving Forward
- Sharing of good practices
- Future trends in Maker Ed
Maker Ed meet-up sessions are independent sessions for individuals to sign up. Sign-up links will be advertised one to two weeks before the session.
Maker Ed Workshop for D&T Instructors
Face-to-face Maker Ed Workshop for D&T Instructors will be back in 2022!
This is a hands-on making workshop conducted by our in-house maker instructors for D&T workshop instructors to pick up new skills and also to raise awareness of Maker Education. Participants can possibly learn about 3D printing, laser cutting, designing teaching aids and many more.
Stay tuned for the sign-up information!
This is a hands-on making workshop conducted by our in-house maker instructors for D&T workshop instructors to pick up new skills and also to raise awareness of Maker Education. Participants can possibly learn about 3D printing, laser cutting, designing teaching aids and many more.
Stay tuned for the sign-up information!
School Visits and Consultancy
CWSS hosts both f2f school visit and online sharing / consultancy.
We share with participants how Design Thinking and Maker Education are planned and implemented at various levels, and the challenges encountered. Participants will have a chance to visit various learning spaces in CWSS and see how our Maker programme and the use of Design Thinking meet the needs of the different users.
Please contact us if you would like to arrange for a session. More contact info at "CONTACT" page.
We share with participants how Design Thinking and Maker Education are planned and implemented at various levels, and the challenges encountered. Participants will have a chance to visit various learning spaces in CWSS and see how our Maker programme and the use of Design Thinking meet the needs of the different users.
Please contact us if you would like to arrange for a session. More contact info at "CONTACT" page.
698 WEST COAST ROAD SINGAPORE 608784
T: (65) 6560-6866 F: (65) 6564-5204 E: CWSS@MOE.EDU.SG