An nCov-enient Truth
With the recent spike in confirmed cases in the Philippines and the slew of school suspensions, we are just now trying to figure out how to deal with COVID-19. Social distancing remains to be the best way to combat the spread of the virus, so suspending school seems to be the sensible option, but its not the kind of disease that should compromise our learner’s growth and development. So how might we still continue delivering and ensuring that learning happens for our students?
Read More
Making Sense of Project-Based Learning in Higher Education
Hi, I’m Celina! Some of you might know me as a Habi Learning Experience Designer (LXD), but I also spend my days in the…
Read More
Design Thinking for Nutrition Month
It’s been a few (!) years since I was in elementary school but one of my clearest memories from my early days as a…
Read More
Go! STEMpowered Girls (part 3 of 3)
Note: STEMpower Our Girls is an experiential scientific literacy program designed for young girls to increase their aptitude and attitude towards science and math….
Read More
Get set! STEMpowered Workshop (part 2 of 3)
Note: STEMpower Our Girls is an experiential scientific literacy program designed for young girls to increase their aptitude and attitude towards science and math….
Read More
Ready! STEMpowered Design (part 1 of 3)
STEMpower Our Girls is an experiential scientific literacy program designed for young girls to increase their aptitude and attitude towards science and math. It…
Read More
Tahan-tahanan Toys
Tahan-tahanan is a halfway house for indigent young patients with chronic illnesses. They needed our help to think of new programs for the parents and patients, more meaningful than the typical outreach programs they hold. We wanted to dig deeper, and empathize with the parents and patients, to facilitate interactions that served their needs.
Read More
Designing Habi's Design Principles
After a busy year of everything from “one time” design thinking workshops and larger, long-term collaborations, we spent some time last December designing our internal systems for a change.
Read More
PRISM Teacher Feature: Jennifer Yadao
For Teacher Jenny, PRISM was not only an opportunity to improve her digital literacy, it was also an opportunity to address an issue she felt was very relevant to her profession – the lack of professional etiquette on social media platforms
Read More
Design Thinking for Your Daily Life
Design thinking is a fluency–it’s something that you have to intentionally use in your daily life until empathy, collaboration, prototyping, and improving with feedback becomes second nature.
Read More
Teaching and Relearning
I arrived at Philippine Science High School a little before seven am. I thought I was going to be tardy after sleeping through my…
Read More
Merrygalo Kami! Worksheets for Teachers
Bilang pasasalamat sa mga guro, nais naming ibahagi ngayong Pasko ang lima sa paborito naming worksheet na maaari ninyong gamitin sa loob o labas ng klasrum. Maligayang Pasko mula sa Habi!
Read More
PRISM Teacher Feature: Arniel Ping
Empathy came naturally to Media and Information Literacy (MIL) teacher Arniel Ping, who immediately realized that being a part of the Yellow Mission was the push he needed to address a long-standing challenge that was close to his heart and craft: the lack of quality and accessible MIL materials for Filipino teachers nationwide.
Read More
Looking at Action Research Through Design Thinking
“Action research is rather simple,” was what one teacher said after learning about how action research could be applied to her own classroom in…
Read More
Reimagining Education
How can schools be redesigned in order to nurture a new generation of changemakers? We have been invited by Ashoka to lead their ChangemakerXChange public event that focused on Reimagining Education.
Read More
Let's Talk About Education Inequity
Since coming back to the Philippines in 2015, I’ve worked hand in hand with different organizations addressing real issues in the Philippine educational landscape. Some organizations are more well-known than others, but they’re all united to fight a wicked problem: education inequity.
Read More