Creative Thinking:

Inventing the Possible

presented by Linda Nitschesession website: http://inventingthepossible.wikispaces.com

what is creativity?

WHO IS CREATIVE?

RAISE YOUR HAND.

nurture creativity

fear

barriers

barrier

bridge

creative frameworks

Torrance deBonoSCAMPER

paul torrance

incubation

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Fluency

Emotional Expressiveness, Storytelling Articulateness, Movement or Action, Expressiveness of Titles, Synthesis of

Incomplete Figures, Synthesis of Lines or Circles, Unusual Visualization,

Internal Visualization, Extending or Breaking Boundaries, Humor, Richness of Imagery, Colorfulness of Imagery, &

Fantasy.

Innovative (Divergent

Thinking)

Adaptive

CreativeStrengths

Originality

Resistance to Premature Closure

Elaboration

Abstractnes of Titles

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HOW MANY?

A BUNCH

scads

OODLESLOTS

Quantity

a few

FLUENCY

variety

ADAPTdetour

ALTERNATIVES

FLEXIBILITY

DIFFERENT

Re-direct

clever

unusual

NEW

ORIGINALITY

novelunobvious

UNIQUE

stretchembellish

Expand upon

ELABORATION

ENLARGE

enrich

add on

• Draw 4 straight lines • Without lifting your pencil from the paper • Cross through every dot once

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Alternative Responses

• Cut the dots out, line them up and use 1 straight line.• • • • • • • •

• • Curve the paper around and use 1 winding

line.

Alternative Responses

• • •

• • •

• • •

One very fat line:

scamper

What does SCAMPER stand for?

S = Substitute? (other ingredients, materials, etc.)

C = Combine? (blend etc.)

A = Adapt?

M = Modify, magnify, minify?

P = Put to other uses?

E = Eliminate?

R = Reverse (roles, etc.) or rearrange (patterns, pace)?

lateral thinking

outside the box

challenge the process

provocative statement

random words

parallel thinking

so what…

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Albert Einstein

imagine it project

creativityimaginationinnovationcuriosity

imagination

awareness

curiosity

risk taking

complexity

playfulness

now what…

bridges

1. brainquirks http-//www.flickr.com/photos/kire/790809806/sizes/o/2. puzzle brain http-//www.flickr.com/photos/seseskiz/2282360004/sizes/o/3. raisedhHand http-//www.flickr.com/photos/korephotos/2944049443/sizes/l/4. painting http-//www.flickr.com/photos/ecstaticist/2998111097/sizes/l/6. barriers and bridges http-//www.flickr.com/photos/79286287@N00/215951891/sizes/l/p7. paper bag 2 http-//www.flickr.com/photos/visualarts/423183625/sizes/l/in/photostream/7. paper bag http-//www.flickr.com/photos/visualarts/423187383/sizes/l/in/photostream/8 & 9 framework2 http-//www.flickr.com/photos/glamhag/2062968045/sizes/l/8 & 20 framework1 http-//www.flickr.com/photos/livenow/185186715/sizes/l/8 & 23 framework 4 http-//www.flickr.com/photos/diegocupolo/3099917256/sizes/l/10. eggs http-//www.flickr.com/photos/italintheheart/3679974298/sizes/l/13. candy http-//www.flickr.com/photos/2870271049_385496a712_b14. gymnastics http-//www.flickr.com/photos/cpeterson79/3262492534/sizes/l/15. paper sculputre http-//www.flickr.com/photos/polyscene/2762734797/sizes/o/16. digital web http-//www.flickr.com/photos/oceanflynn/315385916/sizes/o/23. outside the box http-//www.flickr.com/photos/huffstutterrobertl/3937749595/sizes/l/24. wave http-//www.flickr.com/photos/ 2894260594_2861f151ee_b25. hammer http-//www.flickr.com/photos/183123841_3dc74c6b0a_b26. puzzlepiece http-//www.flickr.com/photos/3082335820_cf324bc596_b27. network trains http-//www.flickr.com/photos/95579828@N00/770949634/sizes/o/30. imagine the possible http-//www.flickr.com/photos/kretyen/2628104710/sizes/l/31. imagine http-//www.flickr.com/photos/normalityrelief/3235152269/sizes/l/32. child eye http-//www.flickr.com/photos/ 14954425_82322d95e1_b33. open source design http-//www.flickr.com/photos/pmtorrone/3066402360/sizes/o/34. rock climbing http-//www.flickr.com/photos/koalie/1699195578/sizes/l/35. globe sphere http-//www.flickr.com/photos/ecstaticist/2044116190/sizes/o/36. sandcastle http-//www.flickr.com/photos/the_amanda/2716785994/sizes/l/38. bridge http-//www.flickr.com/photos/scotthudson/3019644249/sizes/l/

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