Roadtrip Nation
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About Roadtrip Nation:
The Manifesto Before we embarked on our first Roadtrip, we were feeling The Noise and pressure around us to conform. Our Manifesto keeps us true to the original principles that started us on this journey.
Our History Imagine telling people you were going to travel across the country in a bright green RV to learn how people defined their own lives. You can imagine the reactions – but we knew we needed to find our Open Road. Here’s our story.
Education Extending the Movement into education, we started a nonprofit, RoadtripNation.org. Our curriculum empowers students to get out into their communities and connect what they learn to their real world. http://roadtripnation.org/rtnexperience/
Design Challenge:
How might we create more teacher engagement with the Roadtrip Nation Experience?
Photos from the Design Workshop available here: Roadtrip Nation Design Workshop
Design Process
- Storytelling: In pairs share what you love about the Roadtrip Nation Experience.
- Introduction to the Design Process as a way to look at new opportunities through a new framework and Improv as a tool for collaboration.
- Yellow Ball & Vacations Activities
- Research Presentation - Roadtrip Ed Team shares data on the teachers they serve. Roadtrip Team asks questions related to the teachers served.
- Design Brainstorm and Clustering of major themes around How might we create more teacher engagement with the Roadtrip Nation Experience? by writing on sticky notes and posting them on a large white board.
Brainstorm
- share ideas based on research data
- share a fantasy idea
- build on three other ideas, not your own
- Cluster ideas into around 10 major themes. Each person votes on the three themes that they would like to move forward with.
- Introduction to Prototyping to create 3-D models of design ideas related to Teacher Training and the Roadtrip Experience for Teachers.
- Prototyping Design ideas around How might we create more teacher engagement with the Roadtrip Nation Experience? Roadtrip Education Team will choose two design themes to prototype in groups of two (Teacher Training and the Roadtrip Experience for Teachers). Prototypes are presented and refined.
Prototype
- Word at a Time Story Activity
- Prototype Video Presentation
- Prototype to Action - Roadtrip Education Team will discuss how to implement the design prototype
- Next Steps:
- capture ideas generated
- create new teacher flow
- test out new flow
- get teacher feedback
- develop teacher incentive
- involve video production team and web team to promote
- Next Steps:
- Reflections on the design process: Thinking out of the box with ISKME
