Transforming students, teachers, and schools through design education
Innovation School
Partner School Network
Full time immersive studio school for 60 students/year
Empowers schools around the world to deliver innovative learning experiences
NuVuX studios cover a wide variety of topics and teach an evolving skillset that is relevant to the future of work. As a result, students develop diverse portfolios and show their unique creative voice and technical competency.
Real-World Skills
NuVuX Technical Competencies
San Diego Unified students build a prototype of a biomimetic robot inspired by the neck of a giraffe.
Visual Communication
Rapid Prototyping
Electronics Hardware
Programming
Design Methods
Hand Fabrication
Studio Topic Selection
Living Architecture
Self Illumination
Deep Sea Bots
Delightful Interventions
Health Wearable Tech
Biomimetic Motion
Cyborg Enhancements
Transitopia
When teachers select studio topics, they choose based on criteria of curricular alignment, the physical methods of prototyping, or other studio objectives that are desired.
NuFolio
Portfolio/Assessment
NuFolio creates an archive of the creative process for every student in every project. The work collected comes together to form a portfolio for college and work applications.
Studio Management
A visual learning platform that brings student work to the forefront, where ideas, prototypes, feedback, and presentations can all exist in a single location.
Saeed Arida
Co-Founder and CEO
Dr. Arida received his PhD in Design Computation as a Presidential Fellow at MIT.
Ramzi Naja
Head of Strategy
A Harvard GSD alumnus, Ramzi is an architect, researcher, and educator.
Joselyn McDonald
Head of Teacher Experience
A Carnegie Mellon University grad, Joselyn's exp. is in design+human-comp interaction.
Aaron Laniosz
Head of Innovation
Aaron is an educator and electric motorcycle builder with a background in architecture.
Saba Ghole
Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer
Saba is an MIT grad, an architectural/urban designer, and edtech entrepreneur.
Annie Braude
Executive Sales Manager
Annie is an experienced sales executive with an MEd from American College of Education.
Paula Garza Gonzales
Creative Learning Expert
Paula brings a unique design-ed background with a BArch from Stanford and MEd from Harvard.
Kate James
Head of Product Experience
A HGSE alumnus, Kate has years of experience developing creative learning experiences.
Ryan Ferguson
Head of Content
Ryan is an interdisciplinary designer with a MID from RISD.
Karen Sutton
Chief of Staff
Karen brings over 20 years of project and program leadership experience to the team.
NuExperts
The Eliot School
Goals via NuVuX:
Instructional Focus: Improve the practice of teaching
Deeper Learning: Provide clear connection to student learning goals
Vision of Equity: Provide access to underserved groups
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Students
Teachers
Studios
Partner Teacher Focus
12
Sections
Public // K-8 // Boston, MA // 796 Students
The following NuVuX Studios were successfully run at Eliot across four grade levels with multiple sections being run of each studio by the same teacher:
K1 "Soundmakers" Studio (3 Sections)
1st Grade "Soundmakers" Studio (4 Sections)
4th Grade "Delightful Intervention" Studio (4 Sections)
8th Grade "Waste-to-Wonder" Studio (1 Section)
K1 "Soundmakers" Studio (3 Sections)
1st Grade "Soundmakers" Studio (4 Sections)
4th Grade "Delightful Intervention" Studio (4 Sections)