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The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast | ELAMake Your Space a Partner with Flexible Resources You know how some spaces just make you feel excited to DO something? Whether it's a Cricut getting your wheels spinning with what-ifs, beautiful shelves of paint inviting you to decorate holiday pottery, or a giant stack of cookbooks suddenly causing you to wonder if it's time to fill the cookie jar, well-organized resources in a creative space can help bring out your creative side. Today, let's talk about how to choose and organize flexible resources for your ELA classroom, anytime you've got the budget and bandwidth. (Check out this post on how...
2025-11-1220 min
ISS EDUlearn: Ask Me AnythingDesign Thinking In International Schools w/ JohnHow does design thinking create more engaging, successful learning experiences for students?
In this episode, John Burns joins us as we expound all about design thinking & its impact on international schools. John is the Chief Innovation Officer at ISS, focusing on sparking creativity & innovation across ISS learning communities.
In the session, we define design thinking as a problem-solving approach that focuses on understanding users' needs & developing innovative solutions to address those needs, the five steps in the design thinking process & where to make changes before it’s too late. Moreover, we delve into practical ways of...
2023-07-0727 min
The Connected College Podcast with Elliot FelixMaking to Think with Designer, Educator, and Author Scott WitthoftWhy and how can you make things – digitally and physically – as a way of thinking? How is making and prototype a way of being? We discuss these questions and follow Scott’s path from engineering to product design to education at Stanford’s d.school and UT Austin. He shares insights from the book he co-authored Make Space and his latest book, This is a Prototype.
2023-04-2717 min
InnovCréaScott Witthoft : This is a PrototypeSeason 2 - Episode 3My guest today is designer and Stanford d.school educator Scott Witthoft, author of the book This is a prototype. Join us as we discuss what prototyping is and what it is used for. Learn more about the world around you and celebrate your curiosity through the craft of prototyping! For more information on the show or to reach out to me, visit Innov&Crea Thank you for listening! 🎧Links from this episode:To contact Scott via LinkedInAbout the book This is a prototypeScott's blog about pro...
2023-03-1239 min
No Such Thing: Education in the Digital AgeThis is a PrototypeScott Witthoft is as an educator, designer, and author. Wielding knowledge from his past life in the practice of forensic structural engineering, he is sought out for his expertise in space design — teaching & speaking widely. As a former Stanford University d.school fellow, Scott is also a co-designer of the d.school’s space and a co-author of Make Space, a tool for creating collaborative environments. He pursues his life and work with a mix of whimsy and rigor, and brings people along for the ride with grace and care. It’s been a treat to be a tiny charac...
2023-01-171h 04
Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show)Measure Your Body with Scott WitthoftScott Witthoft is an educator, designer, and author of the book, This is a Prototype. With a background in forensic structural engineering, he incorporates that expertise with current pursuits in space, furniture, and product design—teaching and speaking widely. ---Support TBAS by becoming a patron!!!!---Call Zak with your advice @ 844-935-BEST---IG: @bestadviceshow & @muzacharyTWITTER: @muzacharybestadvice.show
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2023-01-1008 min
Living On The Edge of Chaos154: This Is A Prototype by Scott WitthoftTOPICS WE EXPLORE What is a prototype?There a tension between a prototype as a question and a prototype as a statementThe struggle of the muckety muck phase of bringing ideas to life aka "the solution"It is really hard to sit in a room of silence and watch people think.Power of space and time to sit with ideas to marinatePrototyping with focus more on the learning journey vs. final productPerspective changing of seeing materials as valuable resourcesDisservice that when we need/want to be creative we also have to consider "garbage" as material to be able to...
2022-11-291h 02
The Learning Future Podcast with Louka ParryDebrief of dschool spotlight & announcement of Season 7!Louka reflects on the last season the "d.school Spotlight" that featured 10 insightful authors affiliated with the Hasso Platner Institute of Design at Stanford. Please revisit any these season 6 episodes that pique your interest: ‘My Favorite Failure’ with Laura McBain & Ron BeGhetto Spotify - Apple‘Navigating Ambiguity’ with Kelly SchmutteSpotify - Apple ‘The Secret Language of Maps’ with Carissa CarterSpotify - Apple‘Drawing on Courage’ with Ashish GoelSpotify - Apple‘Design for Belonging’ with Susie WiseSpotify - Apple‘Changing the Conversat...
2022-11-2419 min
Best Audio Stories in Self-Improvement, Career DevelopmentThis Is a Prototype: The Curious Craft of Exploring New Ideas by Scott WitthoftPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589920 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Is a Prototype: The Curious Craft of Exploring New Ideas Author: Scott Witthoft Narrator: Scott Witthoft Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 34 minutes Release date: October 4, 2022 Genres: Career Development Publisher's Summary: A practical guide to prototyping as a way to revolutionize your work and creative life, from Stanford University's world-renowned Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, aka the d.school. Prototyping is a way to test an idea to see if it can be successful before investing too much time and too many resources. But it's not only designers...
2022-10-0410 min
The Learning Future Podcast with Louka ParryThis is a Prototype: Scott Witthoft - Stanford d.school spotlightIn this eighth episode of the Stanford d.school spotlight; Scott Witthoft conjures radical innovative thinking, a fundamentally novel and useful way of looking at design via flexible prototyping! He is author of dschool guide This is a Prototype.What is a prototype, how can we approach their design and creation, and what is their utility? Scott Witthoft works as an educator, designer, and author. Drawing from his past practice of forensic structural engineering, he incorporates that expertise with current pursuits in space, furniture, and product design—teaching and speaking widely. He is the co-author of...
2022-09-0145 min
Spatial AttractionHow Remote Work Creates Richer In-Person Interactions with Scott Witthoft (Space Matters, ep.6)Scott Witthoft joins Kursty to discuss how we are becoming more intentional with how we use and divide physical and digital spaces. They explore many thought-provoking questions like: why do some things work in some places and not work in others? Are in-person meetings and activities catalysts for progress? And why are some office spaces abandoned?Scott and Kursty explore how the pandemic helped us refine our improvisational skills; we've effectively become designers who create experiences between physical and digital spaces and now have to be more intentional about how we show up digitally versus physically and...
2022-05-2552 min
Service Design ShowUsing spaces to support change / Scott Witthoft / Episode #81What happens when you start using spaces as a distinct design material rather than a just designing a space? That's exactly the question Scott Witthoft is has been exploring for the last decade.
Scott wrote the book Make Space along with Scott Doorley back in 2012 to provide a starting guide on how we can take control of the spaces around us and shape them in a way they support our needs. We talk about what has happend since the book was published and what Scott has learned years that have gone by about this topic.
In this episode we also...
2019-09-0544 min
Curious Minds at WorkCM 003: Bernie Roth on How to Design a LifeBernie Roth is a Professor of Engineering and the Academic Director and Co-founder of the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (the d.school) at Stanford University. A leader of international workshops on creativity and design thinking, Bernie is the author of the book, The Achievement Habit: Stop Wishing, Start Doing, and Take Command of Your Life.
Bernie talks about what it means to apply design principles to create a life well lived. His focus is on personal transformation and empowerment.
Things you will learn in this episode include:
the importance of how we see the world
the danger of having...
2015-10-1833 min
Movers & MakersMakerspace Mysteries: Overcoming the Challenges of Learning By DoingMakerspaces are all about exploring, creating and learning by doing. Our guest shares his insights on how to get over some of the challenges this model of learning presents for teachers and students.
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Scott Witthoft is a product designer, design educator, and writer. At the Stanford University d.school, he teaches classes in human-centered design and storytelling & visual communication. With the d.school, he co-authored the book, Make Space, which is a tool for everyone interested in designing & creating environments to support creative collaboration.
2015-06-2500 min