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Grade Level

K-5

Library Standards

AASL National School Library Standards

CURATE - Make meaning for oneself and others by collecting, organizing and sharing resources of personal relevance.

Missouri School Library Standards

3-5 Innovation - Design - Initiate a deliberate design process to solve a problem.

Time Frame

2 - 30 minute sessions

Author/Creator

This lesson was created by Carly Bogaards from Liberty Oaks Elementary in the Liberty School District.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Summary

Students will be designing a new pair of shoes for a “client” partner.

Materials

iPad and Logitech Pen/Stylist if you have one
Presentation files

Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts; Noah Z. Jones (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0763642843
Publication Date: 2009-06-09
"In this witty, wise picture book, Boelts presents a kid's-eye view of a consumer fad that rages through school at gale force." -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review) All Jeremy wants is a pair of those shoes, the ones everyone at school seems to be wearing. Though Jeremy's grandma says they don't have room for "want," just "need," when his old shoes fall apart at school, he is more determined than ever to have those shoes, even a thrift-shop pair that are much too small. But sore feet aren't much fun, and Jeremy soon sees that the things he has -- warm boots, a loving grandma, and the chance to help a friend -- are worth more than the things he wants.

Learning Outcomes

Determine when it is appropriate to use a deliberate design process.
Gather information to understand a problem or build something new.
Gather information to generate ideas to solve a problem.
Revise based on what is learned.
Determine a solution to a problem.

Instructional Procedures

-Read the story Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts.

-Tell students that today you are going to create a new pair of shoes for a client/partner.

- I always like to connect it to other jobs and how many times people are not designing what they want but rather designing something their customers want. (architects, teachers, engineers, marketing, designers, etc.)

- If we are going to design a pair of shoes for our partner, what kind of questions should we ask. (What color do you like? Do you want shoelaces, velcro, slip ons? What designs do you like? What activities do you do in your shoes?)

- Once we have collected the data, students will take a picture of their partners shoes. We talk about how to take a good picture and how there are many ways to stage their partners shoes. (side view, top view, action shot of their partner with the shoes, stage them, etc.)

-Once the picture is taken, students will use their filter to make their picture black and white.

-Then using the markup feature on their photo app, students will begin designing their shoes based on their partner's responses to their questions.

- Along the way encourage students to check in with their partner. Their partners will provide feedback.

- When students are done, I ask them to outline their shoes with a white marker, using the markup feature in their photo app. This really makes the shoes pop.

Assessment

At the end of the session, hopefully they have a shoe created that meets their client's expectations.

Differentiation

If you don’t have an iPad, print out a shoe outline and have students color and design their shoes. Students could also create 3D models out of cardboard.