Lessons learning about how to teach & run civic design projects

As our teaching team reflected near the end of our class, we pulled out some lessons. For example, we need to give all student teams the right physical materials in a ‘prototyping kit’ to allow them to easily deploy prototypes-tests in public spaces: Physical Kit key ingredients Folding Table (thought not if team has to … Read moreLessons learning about how to teach & run civic design projects

Stakeholder engagement by local city governments

Our guest speakers at today’s class came from the city of San Mateo & county of San Mateo. Helen Lei and Tina Pham presented on what it is like to work in local government, what opportunities there are to improve people’s lives, and how to involve more of the public in city decision-making & projects. … Read moreStakeholder engagement by local city governments