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= <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Introduction</span> =

<span id="docs-internal-guid-3fad1ea1-627e-4071-72a1-5eb67adef986"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The concept of “Ready, Set, Design” is an exercised used to promote outside thinking using basic materials. The exercise holds very few restrictions and unlimited possibilities. The exercise promotes thinking across many different disciplines and is all encompassing of the different minds on campus. &nbsp;</span></span>

= <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Goals</span>=

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Working and designing in a tactile manner, using these materials, encourages out-of-the-box thinking, as opposed to the traditional design procedure of sitting down with a whiteboard and dry-erase markers and drawing/sketching out a solution. Physical materials can represent people, devices, etc. and allow the creativity of the students to run wild and unfettered.</span>

= <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Session Warm-Up/Icebreaker</span><br/> =

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">When doing a “Ready, Set, Design” session, or any similar exercise, it is suggested to always start with a warm-up game (an icebreaker) that allows the participants familiarize themselves with each other and get comfortable in the environment of the exercise. Suggested games are a rock-paper-scissors tournament or group charades. These games “break the ice” and allow for better creative output.</span>

= <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">Materials and AdministrationBlack Mirror Component</span><br/> =

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">To orchestrate this exercise, you will need to provide Black Mirror is a modern TV show that presents current complex societal issues through a bag of random physical “arts and crafts” type materials. Past examples include popsicle sticksfuturist lens, aluminum foildemonstrating in each episode how current societal ills can be exacerbated by technology, balloonspresenting what could become, pipe cleanershow these current issues can become much worse given the right technology. For example, etcone episode demonstrates how much worse relationship jealousy could become given contact lenses with integrated cameras that record and allow everyone to replay what they see. Groups The Black Mirror show is used to generate the design problem prompts that the participants of the session are trying to solve. An example given 20the aforementioned episode may be “how might we redesign social media”. Episodes are cut down to 10-25 minutes to work using this materials 15 mins and design a solution to shown at the given prompt beginning of the session. The prompt can be to catch up the same for all participants or on the design problem that they can vary between groupsare trying to solve.</span>

= <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">AuthorshipMaterials and Administration</span><br/> =

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap">To orchestrate this exercise, you will need to provide a bag of random physical “arts and crafts” type materials. Past examples include popsicle sticks, aluminum foil, balloons, pipe cleaners, etc. Groups are given 20-25 minutes to work using this materials and design a solution to the given prompt of the session. The prompt can be the same for all participants or they can vary between groups.</span>     = <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap">How to drive engagement/interest</span> = <span id="docs-internal-guid-3fad1ea1-627e-4071-72a1-5eb67adef986"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">To engage students in the session, start by presenting a thought provoking topic about technology and its ethical implications related to the design project of the day. Get students engaged in dialogue, this gives them reasons </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">why</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">they should figure out solutions to potential problems with technology in the near future. When students step forward with a purpose and reason, they are better able to engage with the task at hand and ultimately have a much more rewarding experience during the making process.</span></span> = <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap">Authorship</span> = [[Allison Schroeder]]

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