Think. Build. Impact. — Case Study | Web Frontier by Asim Siddiqui

01 — Overview

Think. Build. Impact. teaches students to notice problems, understand people, imagine ideas and test them. It runs as an eight-week course for schools, educators and youth programmes, and ends with a challenge set in Karachi.

02 — Inside the workbook

Five parts, one student journey

The journey

Three friends, six acts and an eight-week course map that students follow one week at a time.

Meet your designer friends: Areeba the observer, Hamza the maker and Zoya the questioner — Meet the designer friends

Start here page with the six acts and three rules for young problem solvers — Start here

Eight-week course map from Notice to the Karachi Challenge, with useful language for students — The 8-week map

A case to learn from

The Smart School, a fictional teaching case that shows the whole process from noticing a problem to testing a prototype.

The Smart School case study opening page, showing a team who find the waste problem is bigger than the bin — Notice, understand, define

The Smart School part 2 page: ideate and choose, with a decision board comparing a smart bin and an energy scoreboard — Ideate and choose

The Smart School build, test, improve page, with the learning and a prompt for the student to find the hidden problem — Build, test, improve

Six acts, six missions

Each week opens with a question, then short missions with space to write, draw and reflect.

Act 1 Notice: what have we stopped noticing, with a five-minute problem hunt — Act 1 · Notice

Act 2 Understand: can we understand before we solve, with a short interview mission — Act 2 · Understand

Act 3 Explore: can better questions lead to better ideas, with the 5Ws and How Might We — Act 3 · Explore

Act 4 Imagine: can we create more than one good answer, with Crazy 8s — Act 4 · Imagine

Act 5 Build: can we make our idea real enough to learn, with a 45-minute prototype sprint — Act 5 · Build

Act 6 Share: can feedback make our idea better, with a two-minute story — Act 6 · Share

The Karachi Challenge

Students use the full process on a real problem around them: canteen queues, quiet places to study, safe walking routes.

Karachi Challenge part 1: use the full design process on a real problem around you — Part 1 · Notice to test

Karachi Challenge part 2: test your idea and share your story — Part 2 · Test and share

Model, reflect, finish

A worked example to copy the method from, a reflection journal for each week and a certificate on completion.

Worked example: a Karachi neighbourhood play space — Worked example

Reflection journal with a prompt for each week — Reflection journal

Certificate of completion for the 8-week course — Certificate