Teachers trickled in intrigued by the space and a bit excited as well. Brick walls of different colors and a sense of urbanism permeated the place. What an innovative idea for a “Design Thinking” workshop, having it in the “Bread and Salt Art Gallery,” which is a former bread factory in Barrio Logan. The workshop was led by Regina Kruglyak and Reuben Hoffman from the Office of Innovation and Integrated Youth Services. The environment was relaxed and creative as the first activity was for teachers to make their own name tags with many different materials provided by Ms. Kruglyak.
As the the day went on teachers were super engaged in creating different prototypes with their partners with the sound of international music in the background. They participated inBuilding 3d models, gallery walks, online discussions, face to face sharing out, and of course a NGSS focus walk around the neighborhood in Barrio Logan. Teachers observed today’s issues in this neighborhood and collectively brainstormed solutions to help alleviate the problems they had encountered.
