Solving Community Problems - Bangladesh & USA

For this level of the collaboration, students in the USA and Bangladesh worked on the same problem: internet connectivity and connection. We gave students an opportunity to ask questions and get clarification to understand and empathize with each other’s perspectives. Over the next few weeks, students completed the phases of the Design Thinking process within their own classrooms to come up with a solution to propose to their international partner class. They empathized, identified a problem statement, ideated, and developed a final solution and prototype. Lastly, the groups met on Zoom one more time to share their ideas and prototypes with each other, aiming to offer solutions to the common problem of internet connectivity. Through these efforts, students were able to build partnerships and work on their communication and collaboration skills to address the issue.