These worksheets provide students with a structured template for developing detailed personas. Personas are fictional but realistic representations of the kinds of people who might need or want to use a piece of technology they are creating. By walking through key attributes of a potential user, students build empathy and a user-centered mindset as part of the design process.
Intended for use across K–12 computer science and design thinking contexts, the persona worksheets make an often abstract process concrete and collaborative. The format allows students to revise and refine their personas as their project evolves, supporting an iterative approach to human-centered design.