Winter 2025
STEM Outreach: Alternative Spring Break
HCDE is collaborating with UW's Riverways Education Program for STEM Alternative Spring Break 2025. We are recruiting a team of 3-4 HCDE students to lead a STEM outreach workshop in Neah Bay High School during Spring break from March 22- March 28, 2025.
Watch this video made by our amazing team of students – Lily Yang, Lien Nguyen, Ava Lim, and Lanyi Zhu – who taught during ASB 2024 in Neah Bay High School to learn about their experience.
The team is expected to:
- Attend a preparatory seminar in Winter 2025 on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4:30-5:50 p.m. organized by Riverways (details here, no need to fill out the form on that link). The learning goals of this seminar include culturally responsive teaching and universal design for learning (poster on the curriculum).
- Develop the curriculum based on what they learn in the seminar and iterate on HCDE’s past curriculum and lead the workshop in Neah Bay High School.
- Conduct workshops using this curriculum in two local K-12 schools in Seattle during weeks 5-9 of Winter quarter.
Riverways organizers will be managing students’ lodging and expenses for the work. You will also have opportunities to explore and learn about the communities through hikes, museum visits, beach days, and events.
Enrollment information
- Meeting time: Seminar time will be Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4:30-5:50 p.m.
Additional meeting times will be determined based on students’ availability - Credits:
- HCDE Undergraduate students can register for 2 credits for HCDE 496 as it can count towards the experiential learning requirement.
- HCDE Master’s students can register for 2 credits for HCDE 596.
- Who should apply: We are looking for enthusiastic students at all levels (BS, MS, PhD) who are passionate about leading STEM activities with K-12 students and are able to consistently show up and honor time commitments for in-person teamwork and teaching at schools.
- Eligible students should be familiar with the user centered design process, and have taken or are currently taking HCDE 302 (BS), 318 (BS), or 518 (MS).
- Experience working with, teaching, or mentoring K-12 students is helpful for this work.
- This DRG does not count toward the directed research requirement for PhD students.
- To apply: Please submit your resume and explain your interest, qualifications, and availability for the work on this Google Form.
- Application deadline: November 18, 2024 EOD
- There will be an interview process to select candidates after November 18, 2024 so, please apply as early as you can.
- Questions? Contact Arpita B. at arpita@uw.edu.
Autumn 2024
HCDE K-12 Outreach DRG
To introduce K-12 students to the human centered design (HCD) process, we have been conducting workshops using design activities. For example, in a “design charette,” students are given a particular design space to explore (such as user interfaces for a website, mobile app, or a physical device). In a very short period of time (two hours or less), working in small groups, they brainstorm user needs, develop use-case scenarios, and create interaction designs for an application. We have been running these design workshops with students at various educational levels, from elementary school to graduate programs, and with K-12 teachers.
Outreach DRG student teams will help develop the project, curricula, and learning materials for design workshops, rehearse, and then lead the workshops.
In Autumn 2024, HCDE K-12 outreach DRG team’s main activities will be to organize and execute projects for:
- Conducting 2-3 design workshops in K-12 schools in the Seattle area (scheduled based on the team's availability).
- Planning and facilitating an on-campus design workshop for HCDE and community members to be held tentatively in November 2024.
In a dub talk (July 5, 2017), “Filling the Pipeline: Design & Engineering Workshops for K-12 Outreach,” Emeritus Professor Andy Davidson summarized the various HCDE outreach efforts. We recommend that you watch the video.
Enrollment information
- Meeting time: Mondays, 4-5:30 p.m.
- Credits: 2
- Who should apply: We are looking for enthusiastic students at all levels (BS, MS, PhD) who are passionate about leading STEM activities with K-12 students and are able to consistently show up for in-person teamwork and on-site events.
- Eligible students should be familiar with the user centered design process, and have already taken HCDE 318 (BS) or 518 (MS).
- Experience working with, teaching, or mentoring K-12 students is helpful for this work.
- This DRG does not count toward the directed research requirement for PhD students but may be a free elective for PhD students.
- To apply: please submit your resume and explain your interest, qualifications, and availability for the work on this Google form.
- Application deadline: September 9, 2024 EOD
- Questions? Contact Arpita B. at arpita@uw.edu.