this session was presented at 2010 ACE, 3rd Atlanta Creativity Exchange

1. Creativity Techniques in Any Classroom

2. Sparking student creativity from when they walk in the classroom Creative Learning Environments Increasing Creative Thinking In any subject area 6 to 12 Ways to Spark Creativity Develop 32 Traits of Creative Thinking Content of Session Creative Thinking Styles Daily improving Creative Thinking in 15 to 30 minutes. Resources of Creativity around the Globe using the www. How to eliminate G.A.P.S. in our classrooms. Methods for helping students help each other develop their creative thinking skills and abilities.

3. Sparking Student Creative Thinking Greeting Decoration Room Arrangement Bonding Connecting Puzzles on board or screen Handout of fun puzzles for extra credit

6. Silvia Ashton-Warner J. P. Guilford E. Paul Torrance Howard Gardner Tell Me Show Me Involve Me Reach Me I Will Forget I May Remember I Will Begin to Learn We Will Learn Together Confucius Socrates John Dewey Maria Montesorri

7. Knowledge Comprehension Application Analysis Synthesis Evaluation Knowledge Application Comprehension Analysis Synthesis Creation Evaluation Benjamin Bloom’s Taxonomy Apparent Classroom Reality

9. Increasing Creative Thinking in Any Subject Area Possibility Thinking Probability Thinking Exploratory Thinking 5-Whys????? 6 possible answers 12 possible answers 144 possible answers Presentation Yours, Theirs, Others Viewpoint Real, Imaginery Perspective Past, Present, PFuture

10. 6 to 12 Ways to Spark Creativity Welcomers Ice Breakers Bonders Teamers Challenges Idea Warm-Ups Energizers Idea Generators Idea/Solution Selectors Solution Systemizers Games Puzzles Divergers Convergers

11. Develop 32 Creative Thinking Traits Observant , highly Open-ended Original - uniqueness Passionate about their work Perceive world differently Question asker See possibilities Self- knowledgeable Self-actualizing Self-disciplined Sense of destiny Sensitive Severely critical of self, their work, potential of area of focus and the potential of other people Specific interests Synthesize correctly often intuitively Tolerant of ambiguity Adaptable Curious Divergent thinker Energetic Fantasize , able to Flexible thinker - different types of ideas Fluent - produce many ideas Future oriented Humor , varied sense of Idealistic Imaginative Independent Ingenious Learning , always Non-conforming Not motivated by money

12. Understanding Your Creative Profiles The M.I.N.D. Design TM Creative Thinking Styles

13. i M Dd n i i i i i n n n n n i Rational Exploratory Concensual Systematic

14. M.I.N.D. Design TM Preferred Thinking Styles

15. M.I.N.D. Design TM Preferred Thinking Styles Think Learn Communicate Solve Problems

16. Create

19. Warm-Up Exercises To open up a group or team's creative thinking Warm-Up Exercises are very helpful. The exercises help to loosen up paradigms, mindsets, and points of view that people bring to a creative thinking session. Some goals of Warm-Up Exercises are to encourage people to: a. look beyond the obvious or known answers (“correct” answers) b. stretch their thinking c. breakout of establish thinking d. look for multiple possibilities e. take on many different points of perspective f. practice producing a variety of potential solutions g. to take a few risks and play with ideas & possible solutions h. get discussion going I. raise interest level

21. Daily Improving Creative Thinking in 15 to 30 minutes. Alphabetizing Music as a sparker In-Box, Outside of Box, No Box Create Stories Change Viewpoints Think in Metaphor If I Could Redesign Anything Solutions Sitting There Spend Time with Famous Creatives Use Other Hand Funny Team Walks Other Character’s Viewpoint

22. Resources of Creativity Around the Globe using the WWW http //www cre8ng com/creativethinkingtools htm http //www cre8ng.com/leaps.shtml http //www cre8ng.com

23. How Eliminate G.A.P.S. in Classrooms G. A. P. S. Gifts Attitudes Processes Strategies

24. Methods for Helping Students Help Each Other Develop Their Creative Thinking Pair / Dyad Ideating Peer Coaching Team Ideating Team Problem Solving/Studying 5W+H is it? What If? 5W+H Else? What Might it Be? What Could it Be? Then 5W+H?

25. Methods for Helping Students Help Each Other Develop Their Creative Thinking What? So What? Now What? Then What? What Else If? 5W + H

26. The Beginning

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