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Tuesday, August 9 • 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Engaging Learners With Literacy Through Design Thinking & Empathy Maps

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Design Thinking, a human centered problem solving process, can be a powerful integration tool to help students connect with literacy in authentic ways.  The experience of integrating Design Thinking with literacy can be transformative for learners when students use empathy maps and create solutions for characters from the stories that they are reading.  Additionally, students will cultivate and grow their own creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration.  
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Brian Whitson

Digital Teaching & Learning Consultant, NC Dept of Public Instruction
Brian Whitson is a Digital Teaching & Learning Consultant with the Office of Digital Teaching & Learning at the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI).  He proudly covers the Piedmont-Triad Region where he supports public schools units with the implementation and... Read More →
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Cheryl Chauncey

Media Coordinator, Guilford County Schools
I am an Education Enthusiast who never wants to stop learning which has led me to obtaining three master degrees. After going to school for many years, I finally decided to work in the school system as a media coordinator just as the field was becoming more technical. Enjoying the... Read More →

Tuesday August 9, 2022 1:00pm - 2:30pm EDT
Room 623 William Lenoir Middle School
  90 Minute Sessions, Grades 3-12

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