{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"430: What you Need to Know about Design Thinking for ELA","description":" Design thinking is a framework for creating things. And creating things, as Semour Papert argued in his theory of constructionism, is the kind of \u201chard fun\u201d that engages people in meaningful work that helps them stretch themselves (Resnick). As his colleague at the MIT media lab, Mitchell Resnick, put it: \u201cthey\u2019re going to learn fast when they work on things they really care about. Seymour once said that education has very little to do with explanation, it has to do with engagement, falling in love with ideas.\u201d Design thinking is one of the many options in your teacher toolbox, but it\u2019s a good one, so let\u2019s dive into what it is and what it means.  Sources: \u201cDesign Thinking Bootleg.\u201d Stanford d. School: https:\/\/dschool.stanford.edu\/tools\/design-thinking-bootleg. Accessed April 2026.  \u201cMitchell Resnick on Seymour Papert.\u201d Youtube: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZoczAscGYeQ. Accessed March 13, 2026. Potash, Betsy. \u201cEmpower your Students, with John Spencer.\u201d The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast, Episode 28. \u201cThe Launch Cycle: A K-12 Design Thinking Framework.\u201d Spencer Education: https:\/\/spencereducation.com\/the-launch-cycle\/ Accessed Apr. 13, 2026.   Go Further:  Explore alllll the Episodes of The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast. Snag three free weeks of community-building attendance question slides Join our community, Creative High School English, on Facebook. Come hang out on Instagram.  Enjoying the podcast? Please consider sharing it with a friend, snagging a screenshot to share on the \u2018gram, or tapping those \u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50 to help others discover the show. Thank you!  ","author_name":"The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast | ELA","author_url":"http:\/\/nowsparkcreativity.com","html":"