Emily Pilloton is a designer and builder, disguised as a high school teacher. In this session, she will tell the story of Studio H, a high school design/build curriculum based in Bertie County, North Carolina, the poorest, most sparsely populated and racially divided county in the state. In one year, her students design and construct a full-scale piece of architecture for their hometown (last year, a 2000-square foot farmers market, along with 3 public chicken coops). This session will make the case for bringing back new, design-infused models of vocational learning as a means to engage students in hand-to-mind creativity, and real-world progress in their own backyards.
Speakers

Founder | Project H Design | Emily founded the nonprofit Project...
Type Interactive,
Solo
Hashtag #sxsw #projectH
Theme Featured Sessions
Level Intermediate
Website http://schedule.sxsw.com/2012/events/event_IAP100036
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