EMPATHIZE AND DEFINE

Design thinking action lab

Prepare for the empathy work

People I interviewed

◦ Children 6 to 9 years

◦ Children spend much time at the computer

Questions:

◦ How many hours spent in front of the computer?

◦ What kind of games do they play?

◦ Why do other things?

◦ Do you have parental consent?

Go out and talk to people

Interview

◦ The children say they

are happy playing

◦ But rather spend time

at the computer

◦ Parents are annoyed

by the distraction of

their children

◦ They do not do their

homework on time

Process the data

gathered via

interviews using an

empathy map

Say

◦ I’ll play a time with the computer

Process the data

gathered via

interviews using an

empathy map

Think

◦ It's fun to play on computer

Process the data

gathered via

interviews using an

empathy map

Do

◦ They spend much time on computer

Process the data

gathered via

interviews using an

empathy map

Feel

◦ Happiness playing on computer

PROBLEM STATEMENT

Children need a way to spend less time on the computer because many

parents live the conflict of not knowing how to set limits on their children in

relation to the use of Internet and video games.

Craft a problem statement

Children who spend more time in front of a screen develop greater emotional difficulties even if they exercise

Children who watch TV or use the computer more than 2 hours a day have more psychological difficulties, but to exercise

Those who spend less time in front of screens have less psychological distress, but not engage in physical activity

Report published in Pediatrics.

PROBLEM:◦ Facing the new situation that

has brought home the incorporation of the computer, many parents live the conflict of not knowing how to set limits on their children in relation to the use of Internet and video games.