Design Thinking In Science: Mr Edward’s Heart Lab
Written by TJ Edwards and Tyler S. Thigpen Ask a Mount Vernon student what their most challenging project was this year and many will refer to Mr Edward’s Heart Lab. Based on these two projects (one two), Mr Edwards guided freshmen to develop a model for an artificial replacement organ or limb that may possibly be...
Mount Vernon Hosts Design Thinking Summit
Image via Ideo Presented by the Mount Vernon Institute for Innovation, this 1-day Design Thinking Summit on March 23, 2012, will be an engaging and collaborative gathering that explores the integration of design thinking into a 21st century learning environment. Each participant will hear from leading design thinking experts about the value of design thinking. Each participant will...
Mount Vernon To Host Summit On Integrating Design Thinking Into Classroom
Presented by the Mount Vernon Institute for Innovation, this 1-day Design Thinking Summit on March 23, 2012, will be an engaging and collaborative gathering that explores the integration of design thinking into a 21st century learning environment. Each participant will hear from leading design thinking experts about the value of design thinking. Each participant will learn the process...
Design Thinking @ Mount Vernon’s Upper School: The Who (Part 3 of 3)
Written by T.J. Edwards & Tyler S. Thigpen Taking their cues from excellent Lower School examples, Upper School teachers this year have jumped headlong into integrating design thinking – the process of creating a practical, creative resolution of problems or issues that looks for an improved future result – into the curriculum. In physics, Dr....
Photography Contest Showcases Upper School Talent
Great job to everyone who entered into Mount Vernon’s first Photography Contest! With 24 photographs entered, only four could have been chosen as winners. “It was a hard decision to choose whose photos should place since everyone’s were so good!” said Joy Thigpen, Creative Director of OnceWed.com, who judged the photographs. In the end, Ms....
Senior Jake Roland Working to Develop Mount Vernon’s 1st iPhone / iPad App
Written by Jake Roland As my senior year came to an exciting beginning, I was given the surprising opportunity of being able to partake in a class that specifically melded to my interests. Personally, I believe that I learn best when I am able to teach myself with guidance from those who understand the subject...
Design Thinking, “Essential Finance” & “Getting Published” Are Among Interim Term Course Offerings
For students opting not to travel for this year’s Interim Term, Upper School teachers have planned a host of innovative offerings. In “The Agency for Positive Change: A Design Thinking Workshop,” Mr Edwards and Mr Sommers will usher students through the process of making ideas happen, teaching how to invent and innovate and employing the same...
Design Thinking @ Mount Vernon’s Upper School: The How (Part 2 of 3)
As an emerging teaching strategy, design thinking holds promise for exceptional student gains and relevant, 21st century skill formation. But if all of the benefits of its implementation are to be reaped, making design thinking systemic is critical. And finding the most meaningful way to integrate design thinking into the classroom requires a synthesis of...
