Design Thinking

Design Thinking

The Professor Garfield team recently hosted design thinking workshops—a non-linear, iterative process that teams use to understand users, challenge assumptions, redefine problems and create innovative solutions to prototype and test. These workshops were formed with...
New Year, New Team!

New Year, New Team!

The current Professor Garfield Team includes individuals from diverse academic backgrounds. Together, the team works collaboratively to research and develop resources for K-5 educators to effectively teach a wide range of digital literacy concepts and technologies....
Professor Garfield: Then and Now

Professor Garfield: Then and Now

Brief Background The Professor Garfield Digital Literacy project grew from research suggesting that K-5 educators lack the resources they need to effectively teach digital literacy. Additionally, few resources exist that provide educators with a clear definition of...
Filming Instructional Videos

Filming Instructional Videos

The main focus of this week’s meeting is filming for the new instructional videos. The videos are planned to be finished by next week. These videos are for additional exercises that will be added to the PGF website at a later time after they are finalized with...
Filming Overview of PGF Project

Filming Overview of PGF Project

As the year winds down to an end, the second-year cohort has filmed overviews of each current project being worked on in EMDD. This included the Professor Garfield project. Jenn Palilonis, the Director of EMDD and faculty advisor for PGF, project producer Tiffany...