CREATIVITY TOOLS

CREATIVITY

• Creativity is characterised by the ability to perceive the world in new ways.
• Creativity is the act of turning new and imaginative ideas into reality.

Lateral Thinking

• It is rare but peculiar ideas produce creative and innovative something. This is to break the original pattern that we have established.

Knife Technique

• Blades – Observation, Imagination, Action; Looking, Seeking, Imagining, Showing
• Corckscrew – Simple, Quality, Vision, Individual, Delta
• Scissors – Who? How much? When? Where? How? Why?

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Idea Assessment

• Some strategies educators can use tomorrow to get started teaching and assessing creativity Quality Indicators * Synthesize ideas in original and surprising ways. * Ask new questions to build upon an idea. * Brainstorm multiple ideas and solutions to problems. * Communicate ideas in new and innovative ways. Activities Targeted to Quality Indicators Voice and Choice in Products Model Thinking Skills Reflection and Goal Setting

Value Criteria

• Creative work is assessed based on criteria (requirements) established before the work is made.
• These discrete pieces of information is the key to objectively measuring creative work.
• Strengths: Measures relevance, value, or effectiveness against clearly set requirements. Weaknesses: Works only when comparing a work against itself, not another.

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Links

• http://www.creativityatwork.com/2014/02/17/what-is-creativity/
• http://www.edutopia.org/blog/you-can-teach-assess-creativity-andrew-miller
• http://www.senseandsensation.com/2012/03/assessing-creativity.html