Solving Community Problems - Bulgaria & USA

For this level of the collaboration, students exchanged problems that they noticed in their local communities. We gave students an opportunity to ask questions and get clarification to understand and empathize. Over the next couple weeks, students completed the phases of the Design Thinking process in order to come up with a solution to propose to their international partner class. Students 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 and receive feedback. Through these efforts, students were able to build partnership and work on their communication and collaboration skills in order to solve problems. 🇺🇸 Problem identified by USA: Students have trouble connecting with their teammates on sports teams because they don't have enough practice time. 🇧🇬 Problem identified by Bulgaria: Some students in school are getting into physical fights during the school day.