Category Archives: Design Thinking

Slides from STL in STL

Posted on June 7, 2016 by Kristin Fontichiaro

Hello from St. Louis! It was an honor to be here  at the STL in STL conference to talk about my two ongoing projects. Here are the slide decks: Building K-8 Maker Culture Data Visualization for High Schoolers (slide deck … Continue reading →

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Developing an “Empathy Muscle”

Posted on January 4, 2014 by Kristin Fontichiaro

This past semester, my colleague and I, along with six graduate student instructors, took on our school’s signature foundations course. In this course, students work in groups to interview and observe clients struggling with some aspect of information (e.g., data, … Continue reading →

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