About​​​​

Students learn best from each other. If I Were You (III) is a way for you to talk about your design work with your classmates and to get advice from each other.​​​
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​​​​​What you need

• A group of about five designers to work together.
• A place to work quietly, with chairs and tables.
• Papers and pens or pencils.
• About 1–2 hours to do it properly.

How it’s done

• One student is made timekeeper to make sure that the rules and timings are followed.
• Taking it in turns, a student presenter explains their design project and ideas to the group.
  • The presenter has 5–10 minutes to explain their design project and ideas to the group.
  • The other students (including the timekeeper) are the audience. They listen to the presenter, and ask questions if they have any.
• When the presenter has finished, the audience give their feedback on the presenter’s project, one at a time.
  • Each student in the audience has 1–2 minutes to give their opinions and advice.
  • They begin their feedback with the words, “If I were you, I would…”
  • The student presenter listens and takes notes.
• Once everyone has given their feedback, the presenter summarises the opinions and advice they got to make sure that they understood.
• Then it is the turn of the next student to be the presenter.

Tips

• The timekeeper makes sure that things run smoothly:
  • Keep to the timings, or it will take too long and there will be no time left for some of the students to present their work.
  • Allow questions from the audience while the presenter is presenting, but it must not become a discussion.
  • Make sure that the audience begin their feedback with the words, “If I were you, I would…”
  • The presenter only listens and takes notes while the audience is giving feedback.
  • Another student takes over the role of timekeeper, when it is their turn to present.