1. EMPATHIZE AND
DEFINE
Design thinking action lab

2. 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?

3. 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

4. Process the data
gathered via
interviews using an
empathy map
Say
◦ I’ll play a time with the computer

5. Process the data
gathered via
interviews using an
empathy map
Think
◦ It's fun to play on computer

6. Process the data
gathered via
interviews using an
empathy map
Do
◦ They spend much time on computer

7. Process the data
gathered via
interviews using an
empathy map
Feel
◦ Happiness playing on computer

8. 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.

9. Craft a problem statement
 Children who spend more
time in front of a screen
develop greater emotional
difficulties even if they
exercise
 Children who watchTV 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.