Design Education Impact Panel

12:30 AM - 1:50 PM EST, Thursday, March 3

Hilton/East/4th Floor

Whether a Design Interest Group (DIG) member or an interested party, all are welcome to the NAEA DIG's annual gathering. Our keynote presentation will be delivered by a design leader from one of the best firms in New York! We will host networking opportunities and present the DIG Outstanding Educator Awards!

9:00 AM - 9:50 AM EST, Friday, March 4

Hilton/Sutton South/2nd Floor

This interactive session invites attendees to consider what it means to embed empathy mapping from multiple perspectives into the creative problem-solving process. We will dive deep into exemplars produced by NAEA DIG Community Grant recipients. The goal is for students to become reflectively aware of triggers that influence their perspectives.

2:00 PM - 3:50 PM EST, Friday, March 4

Hilton/Holland/4th Floor

Engage your students in fashion history by creating historically inspired outfits for paper dolls using digital mood boards. Authors of Fashion Fundamentals (2020) share classroom-tested approaches for turning original ideas into finished fashions. Includes templates that can be customized to any classroom environment and resources for digital mood boards.    

The presale of tickets for Hands-on Workshops has ended. Any remaining tickets for this session can be purchased at the NAEA onsite registration counter at the Hilton New York on March 2, 2:00–5:00 pm ET and March 3–5, 7:30 am–5:00 pm ET. 

The cost for this session is $39. 

Session capacity: 20 

2:00 PM - 2:50 PM EST, Friday, March 4

Hilton/East/4th Floor

Explore the "sweet spot" between learner-centered (LC) theory, culturally relevant pedagogy (CRP), and art-based research (ABR). Engage with a Meaningful I-D-E-A-S design thinking process for student art-based research as inspiration for culturally sustaining frameworks in art, design, and visual culture classrooms. Activate student agency, empathy, dialogue, and social action!

2:00 PM - 2:50 PM EST, Friday, March 4

Hilton/Beekman/2nd Floor

Interested in building your high school's visual arts program with a focus on design? From incorporating short units to building an entire design thinking class, I will share my strategies, resources, pitfalls, successes, and insights into expanding at full throttle into design from the perspective of a visual arts teacher.

6:00 PM - 7:50 PM EST, Friday, March 4

Hilton/Mercury Rotunda/3rd Floor

That phone case is so cool! In this session, you will use Google Draw to learn how to design a phone case and wallpaper, ready for manufacture. As we engage in creative practice, we'll discuss curriculum, see student work, and explore how to use technology to "market" our products.

The presale of tickets for Hands-on Workshops has ended. Any remaining tickets for this session can be purchased at the NAEA onsite registration counter at the Hilton New York on March 2, 2:00–5:00 pm ET and March 3–5, 7:30 am–5:00 pm ET.   

The cost for this session is $39.  

Session capacity: 20 

10:00 AM - 10:50 AM EST, Saturday, March 5

Hilton/Nassau East/2nd Floor

Practice-based insights into the process of designing effective visualizations are presented by a practicing information-oriented designer and educator. User testing is discussed as a down-to-earth method for conducting small-scale, user-centered research in a classroom. Examples of assignments are provided.

3:00 PM - 3:50 PM EST, Saturday, March 5

Hilton/Madison/2nd Floor

This session will highlight strategies to move from a visual arts department to art + design. Presentation includes: philosophical shift, rebranding, design infusion, design thinking course creation, and a pathways program featuring industry credentials and dual credit. This amazing transformation all began by attending the NAEA Design Interest Group's SummerStudio.

12:00 AM - 12:25 AM EST, Thursday, March 3

Hilton/Madison/2nd Floor

These research findings make an argument for collaborative social impact game-design projects as a site for social justice learning and of great potential for resistance and transformation within a critical pedagogy framework. The game The Air We Breathe, derived from this research, will be played and shared.

2:00 PM - 3:50 PM EST, Thursday, March 3

Hilton/Petit Trianon/3rd Floor

This hands-on introductory workshop will guide attendees through the best practices of digital badge design and implementation for classroom instruction and professional development. Educators will leave the session having earned a digital badge and having created their own digital badge on the MISS.MOE open badging platform. Bring your own device.

The presale of tickets for Hands-on Workshops has ended. Any remaining tickets for this session can be purchased at the NAEA onsite registration counter at the Hilton New York on March 2, 2:00–5:00 pm ET and March 3–5, 7:30 am–5:00 pm ET.   

The cost for this session is $39.  

Session capacity: 20 

9:00 AM - 9:50 AM EST, Friday, March 4

Hilton/East/4th Floor

Discover, ideate, create, and evaluate ways students are engaged through design thinking as a process for learning in the classroom. Presentation will share lessons that build on student voice through choice and create a climate of creative exploration in the middle school classroom.

9:00 AM - 9:50 AM EST, Friday, March 4

Hilton/Concourse A/Lower Level

Learn how project-based learning in product design, devised during remote teaching to art elective students, led to transformational learning outcomes, high levels of engagement, and precious classroom enthusiasm. Presenter will share examples of the curriculum and student designs. Participants will also have access to presenter's tutorials.

8:00 AM - 9:50 AM EST, Saturday, March 5

Hilton/Concourse H/Lower Level

Curate your own "artistic vocabulary" to design a pathway to making dynamic, one-of-a-kind pieces of artwork. Discover what defines your own personal design language.

The presale of tickets for Hands-on Workshops has ended. Any remaining tickets for this session can be purchased at the NAEA onsite registration counter at the Hilton New York on March 2, 2:00–5:00 pm ET and March 3–5, 7:30 am–5:00 pm ET. 

The cost for this session is $39. 

Session capacity: 20 

12:00 AM - 12:50 AM EST, Saturday, March 5

Hilton/Concourse F/Lower Level

This presentation will walk through partnering classes with nonprofit organizations to help advance their mission, while engaging students in real-world projects with purpose. Just as art and design can be the sounding alarm for societal issues, so too can it be the solution. This presentation is your call to action.

1:00 PM - 1:50 PM EST, Saturday, March 5

Hilton/Murray Hill West/2nd Floor

Learn some fascinating facts about the role of games throughout history and art history, followed by playful practical approaches to help any art teacher incorporate game-design basics into art curriculum.

1:00 PM - 1:50 PM EST, Saturday, March 5

Hilton/Concourse E/Lower Level  

The engineering mindset and skill set have become one area of focus for artists/designers. This presentation will showcase how to integrate engineering mindsets and skill sets such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, and augmented reality into the design curriculum.