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The Courage of Doing
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Design Thinking for K-12: Boys Designing Barbie Clothes and Other Amazing Outcomes
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The Making of a Story
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Apprentice vs Intern: What's the difference?
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Where Are They Now: Alumni Update on April Soetarman
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Last Month at Ei
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I DON’T KNOW WHAT I WANT TO BE WHEN I GROW UP -- AND THAT'S OKAY
I don’t know what I want to be when I grow up, but I’m learning that that’s okay.
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Fall Term: Student Experiences
From Chicago to Vancouver to the Bay Area and beyond, these 12 individuals are learning and doing in diverse environments across a range of fields and industries. It’s exciting. It’s hard work. And it’s all part of the design-your-education process.
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Prototype Year
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Learn to Use a Compass Instead of a Map
The purpose of education should be akin to exploration—a burning curiosity and the optimistic belief that there is something better out there. We should be teaching students to ask questions and empowering them with the skills to find their own answers. Today’s tools and systems will not be sufficient to solve tomorrow’s problems.
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The Very Best of Me May Come Together Again
I can’t predict where I might be at the end of this week, let alone the end of this term, or this year. The only thing I can say with any certainty is that I will not be the same person writing this essay: a culture-shocked Tokyoite finding his footing in Chicago, a native son rediscovering his American edge, a teacher trying to become a student.
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Welcome, Class of 2015!
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Five Videos From Year 1
From theatrical event production in Chicago to the contemplation of spirituality in the deserts of New Mexico, from an airship built in a remote village in the Philippines to the marriage of music and architecture in Seattle, these are the stories of five individuals who designed their masters through experience.
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EXPO 2014: Four Discoveries from the First Year
Ei’s founding class reunited with the team in downtown Chicago at CannonDesign where we engaged in a 10-day design sprint toward our first ever graduation celebration, EXPO.
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Stanford 2025: Time Traveling for Better Design
This discusses a project called @Stanford––a collaborative, interactive effort that worked to frame how d.school students might benefit from immersive learning experiences in new contexts. That’s exactly what we’re exploring through Experience Institute: the intersection between experience and education.
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