A City of Neighborhoods Workshop for Educators  Smithsonian’s
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum is offering a community
based design education program for educators that will integrate
collaborative problem solving and design thinking. The program
applies design education to a neighborhood context, providing
access to museum and community resources including subject-
matter experts and content knowledge. The program presents a
method for extending the classroom into the community, and
integrating project-based, experiential learning into any
existing curriculum. The strategies gained in A City of
Neighborhoods can be used to transform the neighborhood into a
visual textbook, making any subject area immediately relevant to
students by directly relating to their real-life experience.
educators, a city of neighborhoods, professional development,
education  Meet the Staff: Kimberly Cisneros  Kimberly Cisneros,
School & Tours Manager, shares her experience working at Cooper-
Hewitt. meet the staff, museum, educa