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What We Learned After Teaching UI/UX Design

Two weeks with students who'd never opened Figma. We set out to teach a design tool — and ended up watching them learn to ask better questions.

Why Board Game Design is the Best Systems Thinking Class You've Never Tried

When students have to design the rules, the balance, and the fun of a game — they're doing systems thinking without knowing it. Here's why it works.

Somewhere Between "Can You Do It For Me?" and "I Tried."

An eleven-year-old walked in asking someone to finish her artwork. By the end of the week, she wanted to learn how to do it herself. This is her story.

Our First Summer Didn't Just Teach Children. It Taught Us Too.

Summer 2026 was the first time our ideas came alive in a room full of children — and it taught us just as much as it taught them.

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Why We Built Maekido Around Inquiry, Not Instruction

Two very different journeys, one shared belief: the most meaningful learning doesn't begin with answers — it begins with curiosity.