At Glittering Minds we believe children learn best by doing, and we don’t stop there. Children learn better when they learn in a highly collaborative and playful environment. An environment that promotes exploration and hands-on learning. An environment which enables agency, where children take on ownership over their learning experiences. Through our learning environment, children develop resilience and an ability to cope as they try out different possibilities and test thei

It is always important to hear from your stakeholders what is the impact of your innovative program on the users. We recently finished facilitating a HCD for kids fundamentals course with year 3 students. We interviewed the class teacher in order to understand what is the impact of this 4 weeks course. Let’s hear from Ashlee her observations on the impact of Glittering Minds HCD for kids fundamentals course on her students. #futurism #hcdforkids #innovation #humancentreddesig

How can we help children develop resilience? Life is not easy. We face setbacks and disappointments along our life journey. A key attribute for success is the ability to see these experiences as a way to learn and having confidence that you can make it. How do we help children develop this mindset and confidence? We recently ran our HCD fundamentals course for year 3 students. The input we got from their teacher was that before the course, the students’ reaction to criticism

At one of our Human Centred Design sessions this week with year 4, a student said “I told my parents I am learning Human Centred Design at school and told them what we do. They said it is wonderful and I should come to their work and teach Human Centred Design”. So great to have 9 years old teaching adults about Human Centred Design. #futurism #hcdforkids #innovation #humancentreddesign #futureofeducation #futureoflearning #school #education #glitteringminds #entrepreneurshi

In one of the Human Centred Design sessions we ran this week with a year 3 class, we talked about empathy. We started the discussion by asking – what is empathy? Some children didn’t know what it means. Some children said it has something to do with feelings. One of the children mentioned that the teacher once told them “Walk in someone else’s shoes”. This was a trigger to a whole new conversation as someone else respond to it by saying “But it can be difficult to do if the

What kind of thinking is required to solve a problem? As humans we love to solve problems. We love it so much that when we are given a problem, we often jump straight into solution. Are we stopping ourselves and asking, “is this the right problem?” or “do we have the correct solution?” Problem solving is an important skill in our everyday life. We need to use it in our personal and professional life. Are primary schools today enable student’s success by developing this capabi

The Fourth Industrial Revolution is upon us, now is the time to prepare the next generation for the future. According to a report by The Committee for Economic Development of Australia, “Technology could make almost 40% of Australian jobs, including high skilled roles, redundant in 10-15 years” and “65% of children entering primary school today will work in completely new job types that don’t yet exist.” There is an urgent need to address the impact of new technologies on