Students as Designers Part 1

I designed a lesson that allowed my students to be designers. The unit covers design to production and distribution channel / process of stock handling / inventory. My students are doing a project runway challenge and we are video taping this challenge (just like the real show). The students are taking on the role of a contestant. They are challenged with creating a training plan for employees that cover all of the competencies listed above. They are challenged to create a traning package and presentation that would be innovative, captivate the listeners and an effective process. I provided them with resources that are in a power-point, access to internet and other literature. They had to 1. discover the learning by researching the information and educate themselves first in order to then education the trainees. 2. Then they had to design a training plan. They could do this through whatever "tool" that afforded the learning that they wanted to provide. Some are creating their own powerpoint with "visual mapping" rather than a bunch of words. Some are creating a training manual through Word and assembling it into a binder. Some are creating live illustrations and examples through mini skits. This is exciting to see how they create and design their own method of "teaching competencies" by taking on the role of a trainer themselves.