Creativity

Creativity

An exploration of the skill of Creativity in the classroom

Creativity

Promoting Authorship and originality

What is creativity

Combining existing components to something new

Promoting performance and crafts

Relaxation

Visual Global Thinking

What is creativity?

What is creativity?

The Game that does not work

• I have six questions regarding the video you watched at the start of the session
• Each person rolls the dice and whatever number it lands on they must answer the question I have relating to the number.
• If the question has been answered then they pass the dice on to the next student until the dice lands on a number that has not been called.

Break into groups and using a SWOT analysis sheet redesign this game so that it could work better

"The game that does not work" - Reflection

• What did you think of this activity?

• Do you think it was creative?

• Have you any other games that you adjusted to play with your class?

• Have you any other tips or tricks for bringing creativity into the classroom?
• Do you have a game that the group could work on to improve it?

Bringing Creativity into the classroom

• Creativity is innovation. (if it doesnt work then change it)
• Creativity is thinking outside the box.
• Creativity is improvisation.
• Creativity is professional growth.
• Creativity is being a risk taker or mold breaker.
• Creativity is passion.
• Be passionate about what you are doing.

Break into groups of 1, for 1 minute then 2 then for 2 mins then 3 and discuss the following

What areas of creativity are you, your students or your school good at?

What does creativity mean to you?

What areas of creativity do you, your students or your school need to improve on?

Find other words that can mean creativity

Analysis

What creativity means to you

Other words that mean creativity

• imagination
• inovation
• being resourceful
• brain exercise
• improvisation
• Open mind
• flexibility

• Think differently
• Act inovatively
• something new and intriguing
• finding different ways to solve a problem
• using imagination
• feeelings

Analysis

What creativity means to you

Other words that mean creativity

• is the strongest force of the universe. Everything is evolving.
• is learning and having fun at the same time.
• Something new and unusual.
• Looking for new ways
• unconventional
• Divergent V convergent thinking

• Freshness
• open mindedness/flexibility
• innovation / imagination
• new thoughts/ideas
• new structures
• surprising
• inventive
• discover skills
• Exploration

Analysis

Areas where creativity needs to improve

Areas where creativity is good

• No Art taught in schools from the age of 15.
• Too busy dealing with day to day issues that no time for creativity
• Children are not good at crafts fine motor skills declining
• Need to combine subjects - cross curricular activities

• because of lack of resources etc some schools need to find ways to work with what they have
• after school activity allows students to be creative
• use of creative problem solving methods which can be used in any subject

Analysis

Areas where creativity needs to improve

Areas where creativity is good

• conformity
• uniformity
• exam focussed
• depends on the teachers ability to include
• Rote learning
• We can only work within the bounderies

• Science lab experiments
• School Twinning
• Project work
• Problem solvings
• Arts/Crafts being applied to other subjects
• Content language integrated learning

Creativity

Combining existing components to something new

Combining existing components to something new

Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent!!

Jim Jarmusch [MovieMaker Magazine #53 - Winter, January 22, 2004 ]

The Creative Process

Incubation

Saturation

First Insight

Illumination

Incubation

Discovery of a problem or a task

Moment of inspiration. Urika

Verbalising ideas and creating phototypes

Gathering the information

Non Direct Thinking

Sub-conscious. to conscious A new physical connection

External cues Interest and motivation

Sub-conscious.

Sub-conscious.

Conscious

Getting creative find a new partner

Write down as many things as you can think of that this brick could be used for!!

You have 3 minutes for this challenge

Getting creative find your partner

You have decided that your idea for the brick could be sold. Create your pitch and try to sell your idea to the rest of the class

You have 5-10 minutes for this challenge

Creativity

Promoting authorship and originality

Combining existing components to something new

Creative Writing - USE ANY LANGUAGE YOU ARE COMFORTABLE WITH

Creative Writing - Write an acrostic poen

WARM UP - YOU CAN USE ANY LANGUAGE YOU LIKE

I R E L A N D

Think of as many words as you can that begin with the letter I

Wrtie a Limerick about one of the following

• Something that happend in the class
• Your trip to Dublin
• Or your own creative idea!!

Share with the class some of your own ideas for getting your students to write creatively

Creativity

Visual and global thinking

There are two modes of thinking

Lets Discuss this.......

Which 2 colours do you see?

Lets Discuss this.......

Which red line is bigger?

Lets Discuss this.......

Creativity

Relaxation for Creativity

Drawing in R-mode : read the instructions below before you start

• Finish the drawing in one sitting. You have 20 min to draw this picture
• Do not turn the picture right side up until you have finished Start at the top.
• Uncover only one segment (see markings on the side) at the time.
• Simply start copying the lines.
• Try not to draw the entire outline of the form and then “fill in” the parts. The reason is that if you make any small error in the outline, the parts inside won’t fit.
• Move from line to adjacent line, space to adjacent space, working your way through the drawing, fitting the parts together as they go.
• Cover the rest of the picture up.
• Try not to figure out what you are looking at in the upside-down image.
• If you talk to yourself at all, use only language of vision, such as “this line bends this way” or ”That shape has a curve there.” Do not try to name the parts.
• When you come to parts that seem to force their names on you – the H-A-N-D-S or the F-A-C-E – try to focus on these parts just as shapes.
• Cover up all but the specific line you are drawing and then uncover each adjacent line. Alternatively, you might want to shift to another part of the image.
• For some people, it also helps to over up previously drawn parts.

This paragraph is ready to hold stunning creativity, experiences and stories.

Reflection

When looking at the drawing you created the right side up, what do you notice?

What worked? What did not go so well?

Creativity

Promoting Performance and Crafts

Performance

• Make performance part of a game/fun activity
• Get students to improvise (e.g. improvisation theatre, role play)
• Have a place/opportunity for open contributions/works by students
• Empower them to realise their own ideas (e.g. Siesta approach)
• Five Ps: Prior Preparation Prevents Poor Performance
• Three Ps: Practice Practice Practive

THANKS!

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