Hola!
For my first blog post, instead of sharing boring facts about my life, I would like to share a very small part of a lesson plan that I wrote for a final project in one of my classes last semester. I'm really interested in alternative/human centered design and that is the main focus of this lesson plan!
In solidarity,
Maria
Redesigning Our Communities
SCHOOL & GRADE LEVEL: Eric Solorio Academy High School (9th-12th grades)
TIMELINE: 5 week lesson at 40 minutes per week
DESCRIPTION: The central idea of this project is to think about power and resistance by exploring the ways that marginalized communities use appropriated design and technologies as tools for resistance. The lesson will culminate in students designing and constructing a small model of an appropriated design or technology project in small groups. Essential questions that will be explored are: What is power and who has it? What are appropriated design and technologies? Why are they important or relevant to having resistance? How is there power in resistance? How do our own families and/or communities “appropriate” or use objects in different ways than what they were designed for? This project is relevant to students, because it allows them to learn about communities who have similar struggles as their own and it allows students to imagine how through grassroots collaborations people can organize their communities into more resistant, safe, and creative spaces.
VISUAL CULTURE: Videos
C.A.C.I.T.A. Videos on appropriated technologies
Project H Design organization/Emily Pilloton
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