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Hi.  I am Brian Whitson, a Digital Teaching & Learning Consultant with DPI.  I serve the Piedmont Triad region and am excited to share Design Thinking with you today.

I have been married for nearly 13 years to an incredible elementary educator Michelle and we have an awesome 9 year son Malachi.

We enjoy traveling when possible. Follow me on Twitter at @scibri.

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Using Design Thinking to Create Authentic Learning Experiences in Makerspaces Brian Whitson, Consultant, Piedmont Triad Region Division of Digital Teaching & Learning NC Dept of Public Instruction

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What Is Design Thinking? by Sean VanGenderen

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WBTV Video of Leah Wyrick

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SALISBURY, N.C. (WBTV) - A teen in Salisbury is working to make life less painful for women battling breast cancer.

"It's just amazing to see how many women develop these post-operative complications, that shouldn't be developed," 19-year-old Leah Wyrick says.

Wyrick was searching for senior projects in high school, when her mom was battling breast cancer.

"It changed me, it made me grow up," she says. "It made me a better person, and showed me how I can be there for somebody."

It also led to her researching more about recovery after mastectomies.

"I wanted to learn more about it for [my mom]," Wyrick says.

And soon, there was a conversation with her mom's doctor, about bras provided for patients.

"The bras I get at my hospital, I have to take a pair of scissors and cut them," Dr. Samuel Roy says. "Because they're cutting into the patients, and causing wounds."

He says the issue is also a place for drains from the body to go, in the weeks after surgery.

"Sometimes we'll use safety pins to actually pin the drain bulb on the bra," Roy says.

So, Wyrick took all the issues she was hearing and made one bra to solve them all - more adjustable straps, a pouch for the drain bulb, and a spot for padding during recovery.

"[My teacher] said, 'This is one of the best presentations I've ever seen, you should get your product patent,'" she says. "And I said, That's not a bad idea at all.'"

"She's an amazing kid," mom Nancy Wyrick says.

Nancy says she wishes this was around when she awoke from surgery.

"What I was wearing was pretty similar to a straight jacket," she says. "When I saw Leah's bra for the first time, my first thought was, 'That's kind of pretty.'"

Now pursuing her patent while in college, this teen has changed her major to pre-business, with a minor in entrepreneurship.

"I really want to take this and run with it," she says.

And as she takes those classes, Leah is working on fabrics with a mentor up in New York, working on her third proto-type, and meeting with investors to make this all a reality.

She has a GoFundMe for the project, which she's titled "Three Strands Recovery Wear" which can be found here.
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Salisbury teen invents special bra for women after breast surgery

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SALISBURY, N.C. (WBTV) - A teen in Salisbury is working to make life less painful for women battling breast cancer. "It's just amazing to see how many women develop these post-operative complications, that shouldn't be developed," 19-year-old Leah Wyrick says. Wyrick was searching for senior projects in high school, when her mom was battling breast cancer.

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1. Mama and Papa Bear plan an Open House to invite their neighbors
2. Goldilocks enrolls in a two courses: self defense and etiquette

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The Bears get new locks for the doors and Goldilocks needed to pack a lunch if she is going to get lost in the woods.

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Goldilocks can learn to be more prepared...

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Goldilocks can learn to be more prepared...

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...by packing a small bag of needed items like food, charged cell phone, extra clothes, and water. She will remember to do this before her forest adventures by setting an alarm on her cell phone to remind her 1 hour before leaving for her trip and then another reminder 1 minute before so she can make sure her bag is secured to her somewhere on her body.

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I would get Poppa Bear a tool kit so he could install the new locks and the Ring Door Bell that has been sitting on the kitchen table for a week.

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P: Mama Bear and Papa Bear have not secured their house.
S: Baby bear sets up contraptions like in the movie Home Alone to protect the house
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Mama Bear and Papa Bear set up a virtual security system, so they can monitor their home when they are gone with the ability of speaking to the intruder

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Problem: Goldilocks not having a plan for is she wanders off too far from home.

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Problem: Goldilocks not having a plan for is she wanders off too far from home.

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Possible Solution: Parents providing Goldilocks with: a plan for if she ever gets lost, a smart device that tracks her location/has access to GPS/allows her to call home or for help, education on how to find her way back home if her phone dies,

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Problem: Goldilocks is unprepared for woodland adventure
Solution: Goldilocks creates an easy to read bulleted list of necessiti
es to take when galavanting in the woods. She has researched what to bring from trusted sites like americanhiking.org. Goldilocks then packs her bag with needed and places it by the door. She sets an alarm to remind her to put her bag on when she leaves. Goldilocks enjoys her adventure and feels confident she will safely make it in and out of the woods, without committing a misdemeanor.

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Found on the web, but some of our students may be this ambitious!