Dream, Design, Do: Detailed Itinerary

Goal: Get students thinking about real-world challenges they care about.

• Quick welcome and warm-up—set the vibe
• Intro to how we innovate: start with problems, not solutions
• Students brainstorm problems they see at school, in their communities, or online
• Narrow it down as a team. Each group chooses one problem to tackle
• Wrap with a challenge: “Come tomorrow ready to show us what you learned about it”

Goal: Research, listen, and understand the problem inside and out.

• Kick off with a check-in: what did you find overnight?
• Students research the challenge: who's affected, what's been tried, why it matters
• Build a profile of someone impacted (a “persona”)
• Teams draft a clear problem statement in their own words
• End with this mindset: “You can’t build the right solution if you don’t know who it’s for”

Goal: Move from “what’s wrong” to “what could be better?”

• Teams go big: rapid-fire idea generation, no bad ideas allowed
• Vote on the most promising or exciting ones
• Start sketching or building simple mockups—this could be paper, cardboard, Canva, slides—whatever works
• End the session by picking one solution they’ll build out tomorrow

Goal: Improve the idea through feedback.

• Each team presents their idea to another group
• They get feedback: “What works? What’s missing? What’s confusing?”
• Back to the drawing board—teams tweak and improve their concept
• Start prepping for a short pitch or demo

Goal: Share the work and recognize the journey.

• Finalize their pitch—teams get 5 minutes to present
• They walk us through: the problem, the idea, the why, and how it could work
• Celebrate creativity, teamwork, and the fact that they took a raw idea and shaped it into something real
• Certificates, some fun awards, and a big round of applause