>Giulia and Sara in Seville

Creativity and innovation

IOur Seville experience

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Giulia Madrigali & Sara Romagnoli

Units

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Unit 1: CRITICAL DESIGN

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Unit 2:STORYTELLING AND EMPATHY

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Unit 3:SEVILLA IN OUR EYES

Unit 1

Critical design

CHANGE YOUR POINT OF VIEW

1. The importance of evolution

• the world is changing
• inventing something new out of what we already have

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Conclusion

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Unit 1

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PERCEPTION: the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

According to Gestal Theory of perception our mind is used to organise perception in order to recognize our previous knowledges (objects images..), by following some principles like and it's influenced by the context and the previous structures. To be creative we should feel free and start to think out of the box.

DESIGN THINKING: HOW TO INNOVATE

1. Empathize
2. Define
3. ideate
4. prototype
5. test

DIVERGENT THINKING + CONVERGENT THINKING

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Conclusion - Key elements to innovate

Challange/ problemWhen we face a problem, we can try to solve it with the tools that we already have, but in a creative way.

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Active listening. The interaction is one of the key to learn. Focusing on what the speaker is communicaitng by means of words, body language and tone helps to understand the message.

Students as protagonists. It is important to remeber the student's central role in the learning process. At the same time, we have to take into consideration the context, in order to create solutions which are easy for them to catch and understand. Learing by doing!

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Entrepreneurial thought The entrepreneurial mindset is a fundamental element to be innovative, that means to develp agency and initiative

Unit 2

Storytelling and Empathy

Everyone can be a hero

2. UNIT SUMMARY

Simple events can hide a complex story. With the use of storytelling we can have the opportunity to connect with other peolple, focusing on the audience and its feelings. In fact, by awakening deep emotions, our interlocutor can relate to our story and increase the feelings of inspiring and humanazing.

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NARRATIVE ARCH: STAGES

1. approach & trigger: presentation of the call of action, by means of the introduction of the characters, their personal feature, context...
2. action's development
3. climax: narrative tension as the story reaches a critical point
4. resolution:

TRANSMEDIA STORYTELLING We can teach a complex content with a new interesting structure, using many different platforms. Example: Cindarella's story adapts in our time.

Unit 2

Conclusion: why storytellig?

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MEANING We need to give a sense to our story

MEMORIESOur mind reasons with the influence of previous memories and expectations

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EMOTIONS When we hear a story we recognize something of our past and it involves empathy and deep emotions

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VALUES Storytelling inspires and arouses new values

Unit 3

Sevilla in our eyes

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3. ERASmus week

Our Erasmus week has been a complete experience that enriched us in all the aspect of life. We both boost our teaching perspective and our general european culture. We enjoy sharing our ideas and traditions with other persons, coming from different cultures. We loved to discover in deeph the Spanish one.

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eXTRA activities

We had the opportunity to discover a new culture, places and people. We visited monuments (the ones which weren't fully booked - sigh- ), beautiful squares and watched a flamenco show. We also tasted most of the typical dishes of Andalusian cuisine (and a few copas de sangría too).

afternoon discovers

We also took the advantage to discover the city and its sorroundings.

Unit 3

Conclusion - A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE

e visited the Cathedral and the Giralda tower

Plaza de España

Day trip to Cádiz

Las Setas

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• Improve understanding on any topic.
• Engage the whole class...
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• Include visuals appropriate to the topic.
• Display data and information visually.
• Use interactivity to delve into the concepts.

'Your contents are liked, but they are much more engaging if they are interactive'

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Did you know...

An awesome presentation...

Do we retain 42% more information when the content moves? It is perhaps the most effective resource to capture the attention of your students.

• Improve understanding on any topic.
• Engage the entire class...
• And keep their attention until the end.
• Include visual elements relevant to the topic.
• Present data and information visually.
• Use interactivity to delve deeper into concepts.

'Your contents are liked, but they are much more engaging if they are interactive'

Author name

Did you know...

An awesome presentation...

Do we retain 42% more information when the content moves? It is perhaps the most effective resource to capture the attention of your students.

• Improve understanding on any topic.
• Engage the whole class...
• And keep their attention until the end.
• Include visual elements relevant to the topic.
• Display data and information visually.
• Use interactivity to delve into concepts.

'Your content is liked, but it is much more engaging if it is interactive'

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Did you know...

90% of the information we absorb comes through sight? Visual resources are great for enhancing your classes: images, illustrations, gifs, videos... Not only because they stay in memory, but also because they are more engaging and easier to understand.