THE NEW RULES · MY REDESIGN QUESTION
How might I redesign [your task] so students must [the human move], with a clear role for AI, and make their thinking visible through [visible evidence]?
Built with The New Rules by Tricia Friedman.
Shifting Schools · A 10-minute redesign game
The New Rules
Turn one real classroom task into an AI-aware assessment question you can use tomorrow.
Put one task on the board. Make three moves. Leave with one classroom-ready prototype card.
1 🃏 Draw a task card2 🎲 Make your moves3 📋 Take a prototype card
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See the board in action before you play
In a few minutes, see how a classroom task becomes a learner-centred, AI-aware prototype card—one move at a time.
Watch on YouTubeReference card deck
The ideas behind the board
The core game stays short. Open these cards when you want the theory, a deeper audit or material for a staff conversation. Draw a card when the next move needs more context.
Design with learners: the d.school loop
Use the game as a compact cycle: empathize with the people living the task, define the capability that matters, make a small redesign, then test it and revise. The cycle is a set of moves, not a rigid checklist.
Stanford d.school Design Thinking Bootleg ↗Curriculum, pedagogy, assessment
Curriculum asks what is worth accomplishing. Pedagogy asks how people become capable. Assessment asks what would count as credible evidence of that capability.
OECD Learning Compass 2030 ↗Agency, competence, belonging
A strong learning design gives students meaningful choices, evidence that they are improving and a role that matters to other people.
Self-determination theory ↗Validity over detection
The goal is not perfect surveillance. It is an assessment that gathers more credible evidence of reasoning, decisions and revision.
Beyond Detection (2025) ↗Build to think, then learn again
A redesign gains credibility when it is small enough to try, concrete enough for learners to react to, and open enough to change. Invite feedback about access, clarity, belonging and meaningful choice.
Stanford d.school Human-Centered Design Project Guide ↗