ChiefJaguar2921
In this unit, you learned about the importance of creativity in…
In this unit, you learned about the importance of creativity in your lifeboth professionally and personally. The unit even prompted you to test yourself with a few different creative exercises. Did you actually test yourself?
If not, now is your chance! (And if you did, you now have an opportunity to try it again and record your work.)
To get your creative juices flowing and test your creative abilities, you will be performing several different creative exercises and submitting your results. Each exercise will focus on a different method that you can use to bring your imaginative and creative ideas to fruition.
For each exercise, simply follow the instructions. If it is possible to complete the exercise digitally, feel free to do so using whatever program makes the most sense. If it seems more appropriate to complete an activity by hand, be sure to take pictures of the process (if appropriate) and the finished product.
You will submit all photos or digital work to the dropbox when complete.
And remember, have fun! These activities are meant to stretch your creative abilities and get you thinking in a more imaginative manner.
Exercise 1: Fluency
“When you have fluency, you are able to generate different ideas.”
How many foreign language words can you think of in two minutes?
Grab a stopwatch (or use the timer on a phone) and a pen and paper (or open a word processing document). Set the timer for two minutes and jot down every word you can think of in a foreign languageany foreign language!
That means that you do not have to only record Spanish words or French wordsif you know Greek or Chinese words, write those down too! The goal is to get out as many foreign language words as possible.
Save the file that you typed up or take a photo of your written list and submit with the remaining exercises.
Exercise 2: Flexibility
“While fluency is about generating a lot of ideas, flexibility is about producing a lot of ideas that are different from one another.”
Come up with five different ways that someone could avoid identity theft. The key word is ‘different’the only requirement for this exercise is that each of the five ideas are different from one another.
You do not need to elaborate too much on any one idea, as long as it is fairly self-explanatory. Try not to spend more than 15 minutes on this exercise and see what you come up with!
Exercise 3: Elaboration
“Elaboration is about fine tuning all the ideas that you have.”
For this activity, you will need a pencil and blank paper. Draw a circle of any size on your paper. Then, use your pencil to transform that circle into something else, something that is easily recognizable, using your drawing skills.
Flip your paper over. Now, draw a square of any size. Again, use your drawing skills to transform that square into something easily recognizable.
The idea is to transform your original idea (circle, square) into something else using details and finishing touches.
Be sure to take pictures of this activity throughout and at completion.
Exercise 4: Originality
“Originality is what distinguishes something and makes it stand out.”
Think about an unusual, original way you could celebrate someone’s birthday (or other special event) without spending any money.
Use a word processing program or pen and paper to record your brainstorms and then formulate a brief paragraph summarizing your thoughts and ideas.
Include one or two sentences about what makes your idea original and stand out.
