Schools:

The Nueva School: we worked with the Nueva School in Hillsborough, CA to produce their Innovation Lab - a 3,600 square foot space at the school to do design thinking. We have worked with teachers to incorporate design thinking into their classrooms.

East Palo Alto Academy - Elementary School: we worked with the 6th and 7th graders in East Palo Alto, doing design thinking projects in their classrooms. We've trained almost the entire faculty on design thinking, and have worked with teachers to incorporate design thinking projects.

Bayside STEM Academy: we worked with Bayside Middle School on the creation of their sixth grade design thinking class, and on getting their faculty up to speed on design thinking, and and how to use it as a school in the challenges they are facing.

The Riverside School: we have exchanged project work with the Riverside School in Ahmadabad, India including: an identity toolkit and a well-being toolkit. Founder Kiran Sethi has worked and shared stories here at the d.school twice, once during a trip when she received an award from the MLK Institute.

The Menlo School: we did a two-hour design thinking project with the entire sixth grade of The Menlo School. We trained and consulted with some of the school's teachers.

Henry Ford Academy: we have worked with faculty from the Henry Ford Institute on the creation of a ninth grade design thinking course called "Foundations of Innovation."

Universities:

Stanford University's School of Education: throughout the years we have cultivated several strong partnerships with our collegues on-campus. For example, in Dr. Denise Pope's curriculum development class we have helped students in creating design thinking curriculum. To aid in our understanding of design thinking, professor Shelley Goldman leads our reasearch direction inverstigating the imlications of design thinking in our classrooms. The K-12 Initiative at Stanford supports and partially funds these research efforts as well as work in East Palo Alto.

Our involment extendes beyond the strong collaboration with the School of Education to a number of other departments. For example, a number of us serve as coaches and advisors for the projects in various classes at Stanford's Computer Science department. In the past, we have worked with students in professor Terry Winograd's "Toys for Learning" course, as well as with Human-Computer Interaction group.

Museums:

The Tech Museum of Innovation: we helped create what the design challenges will be for the 2010 and 2011 Tech Challenges for the Tech Museum. The Tech Challenge event brings thousands of youth to the museum to compete in a physical design challenge every April.

Bass Museum: we advised the Bass Museum on spreading design thinking to their partner schools and the Miami area.

Industry Partners and NGOs:

The Royal Education Council of Bhutan: we collaborated with the REC on what it might mean to reform the educational system of Bhutan with a design thinking perspective.

Henry Ford Learning Institute: we worked with HFLI to create a ninth-grade course, "Foundations of Innovation," a sixth grade course, and we continue to work with them to help shape how their schools operate with a focus on 21st century skills.

New Schools Venture Fund: New Schools Teaching and Learning Specialist Jennifer Carolan co-taught the d.school class "No Teacher Left Behind" with us. We designed and conducted an innovation session at the New Schools Summit in May.

Davis Publishing: Along with IDEO, we taught leaders in art education about design thinking and how to bring it back to their organizations.

The Girl Scouts of USA: we are working to create a design thinking "techbox" or the Girl Scout Troops to use. We ran girls through design thinking experiences at a Girl Scout's career event and graduation celebration.

East Palo Alto Library Afterschool QUEST Program : we worked with students in the program on story structure, having them create a story podcast in less than two hours. They made a field trip to come to the d.school, working with us on an amusement park project.

Educators:

We have worked with educators throughout the world (India, Uruguay, Norway, etc). If you have worked with us and would like to have your story and name included, please let us know. Thank you!