Innovate using the Design Thinking Model Web Page

Posted: August 25th, 2021

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Innovate using the Design Thinking Model Web Page

Section 1: Empathy

1. Their habits
2. High school students prefer text communication more than any other means (Houk). 
3. They have an undying need for trendy things, for instance, clothes and gadgets. 
4. Their motivations
5. They desire to live lavishly like those celebrities they fancy.
6. Financial rewards inspire students to work harder in their studies (Northern and Petrilli). 
7. Their feelings
8. Strong agitation for independence.
9. Anxiety from expectations which they find almost unachievable.
10. Their likes
11. They like having their decisions or say appreciated, especially by seniors.
12. They like associating themselves and spending time with their peers. 
13. Their dislikes
14. They dislike adults who limit their independence.
15. They dislike being perceived as immature, especially in making decisions pertaining to their lives.

Section 2: Define

What strategy can be used to enlighten thousands of students who end up selecting wrong courses and colleges by the time they graduate from high school so that they can make informed choices?

Section 3: Ideate

List 1.

• Smartphones, laptop, backpack, pocket folders, colored pens, markers, spiral notebook, thesaurus, celebrity poster, and music iPod.   

List 2.

1. Pick light poles near areas that encounter frequent movement of people.
2. Select five of the most strategically positioned.
3. Every pole to carry one word which will form the following sentence: Transitioning to the next level. 
4. Every word of the five to have a unique color, for instance, Transitioning-red, to-blue, the-black, next-green, and level- orange.
5. Install a twinkling-ribbon of a light device that surrounds every letter.
6. Install light bulbs inside the banner advert to ensure it illuminates.
7. Ensure the twinkling lights have the same color glare to emphasize the link between the texts.
8. Install the banners midway the light poles to increase eye-contact with the passers-by.
9. Fix the banners in the five light poles in a manner that all of them are easily visible to the audience.
10. Vary the font of the texts depending on the positioning of the banner on the light pole.

List 3.

1. Design the banners with bright colored themes.
2. Make every banner to have a common color theme to emphasize linkage.
3. Use flashing bulbs to light up the banners.
4. Use twinkling ribbons of light bulbs on every letter.
5. Increase the size of the banners to enhance visibility.
6. Increase the font size to improve conspicuousness.
7. Write the text on the banners in an appealing typeface font to attract the attention of the passers-by.
8. Lover the position of the banners on the light poles to ensure the passers-by easily spot them.
9. Print the banners with the images of known celebrities amongst the youth.
10. Include items of prestige amongst the youth, for instance, smartphones, when printing the banners.  

Section 4: Prototype

How it would Work. It has been stressed that high school students have limited information about the colleges they select and courses they pursue after graduating. This is a problem which could be solved through correct sensitization. The proposed solution to the problem is a series of five informative banners that are to be installed on five light poles. Every banner will have a glowing glare due to a flashing light bulb installed inside it. The essence of five banners on five light poles is to represent every word in the five-line tagline. To improve the readability of each word, every letter will be surrounded by a ribbon of glimmering lights.  

Works Cited

Houk, Victoria. “7 High School Habits That Need to Stay in High School.” The Odyssey Online, 15 Nov. 2017, www.theodysseyonline.com/high-school-habits-stay-high-school. Accessed 2 June 2019.

Northern, Amber M., and Michael J. Petrilli. “What Teens Want from Their Schools.” The Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 27 June 2017, fordhaminstitute.org/national/commentary/what-teens-want-their-schools. Accessed 2 June 2019.