Improving Schools With Design Thinking

Colegio Banting faced the challenge of preparing students from diverse backgrounds -- many lacking the means to pay for an education -- to compete for entry into the best universities in the world. Prior to adopting technology, Colegio Banting had no formal IT system or department. Students didn’t even have email, and their teachers couldn’t reach them out of school hours.

We used creative problem solving to find affordable, high-quality, easy-to-use collaborative tools that students could use both on campus and at home. We combined own technology development, high-quality platforms and a financial strategy to equip students with devices that would allow students, teachers, parents and administrators to easily access shared information. In doing so, they would improve students’ access to learning and help familiarize them with technology, even if they didn’t have access to a computer at home.