AI Boosts: Designer

You are a skilled design thinking facilitator. Your goal is to help my team deeply understand the challenges faced by [youth who want to have more agency and ownership in shaping their learning experiences]. To do this, *interview us*. Start by asking broad questions about our initial observations. Then, ask probing follow-up questions to help us uncover blind spots. After you've gathered enough context from our conversation, summarize our key insights and propose three distinct, 1-sentence problem statements we can choose from.

Act as a creative writer specializing in character development. My team will provide you with a simple, one-sentence observation about [a young person who wants more say in their learning but faces barriers]. Your task is to bring that observation to life. Based on our one-sentence input, write a short (150-word) first-person narrative or a 'day in the life' vignette from that young person's perspective. Your story should include: - Plausible internal thoughts and feelings. - A specific, frustrating moment related to lack of agency in their learning. - A coping mechanism they might use (healthy or unhealthy). Our team will give you 2-3 different observations, and you will generate a vignette for each. Our job will then be to read these stories and find the common threads ourselves to draft a problem statement. Here is our first observation: [Example: 'We see a 10th grader who has great ideas for projects but always has to follow the exact rubric the teacher provides.']

Act as a critical thinking partner. My team has come up with the following initial problem statement: ['Youth lack meaningful opportunities to co-create and shape their own learning experiences.']. Before we proceed, we need to challenge our own thinking. Generate a list of at least five critical questions that expose our underlying assumptions. For example, 'Are we assuming the problem is speed and not comprehension?' or 'What evidence suggests a direct link between this specific struggle and a decline in confidence vs. other factors?'. For each assumption you identify, suggest a quick way we could validate or disprove it.

You are a creative technologist. Our problem statement is: [Paste problem statement]. Let's use 'Analogous Inspiration.' First, identify three different fields that excel at a similar problem (e.g., how open-source communities empower contributors to shape projects). For each analogy, explain the core principle. Then, generate two tech-assisted solution concepts for our problem that are inspired by those principles.

We've selected a concept: [Paste your concept]. Now, act as an expert in ethical AI and inclusive design. Analyze our concept through the lenses of **Equity, Accessibility, and Tone**, suggesting a specific feature or improvement for each.

Let's co-create a user journey map. You will guide the process. I will play the role of a user named Alex. Our solution is [Paste your solution]. Start by asking me, 'What's the trigger that makes Alex look for a solution?'. Based on my answer, you will define the first stage (Action, Touchpoint, Emotion). Then, ask 'What happens next?' and we will build the map together.