Post on 14-Apr-2017
@amyburvall
MAKE du JOUR:!Fostering Daily !
Critical
http://bit.ly/makedujour
http://bit.ly/makedujour
Major Tom is the cue to transition back
ART is risk made visible
CREATIVITY is risk made visible
TEACHING is risk made visible
LEARNING is risk made visible
Creativity Continuum!!
Think/ Pair/ Share
please transition back
marshmallow sky
How might wefoster an !artist mindset?
STEM + Creativity and The Arts
hire an artist if you want to solve a novel problem
invite an artist to be an integral part of R&D
to shake things up
I have the answers to the questions they never ask
- Gwen Burvall
Steve Jobs last words
oh wow
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oh wowoh wow
!We all have a little of the Force in us.
But we need some training
to become Jedi.
WHY
a world in which everyone has access
to the means of creative expression
and the networks supporting
artistic distribution
Henry Jenkins, MIT & USC
Creativity !is as important as
literacy
Sir Ken Robinson
MOVE BEYOND...
REITERATION
MOVE BEYOND...
REGURGITATION
MOVE BEYOND...
REHASHING
confidence
problem-solving
focus
perseverance
collaboration
What we learn from the ARTS (besides Creativity)
observe
connectinterpret
find patterns
evaluatequestionexplore perspectives
my former student, Johan
my former student, Johan
MERAKI : to do something with creativity and love; to leave your soul in your work
Authentic learning (and assessment) are related not only to the knowledge students RECEIVE,
but also to the knowledge
PRODUCTION
they can themselves
achieve.
- Steve Wheeler @timbuckteeth
THINKING
THINKING
MAKING
PROCESS
PROCESS
PRODUCT
REFLECTION
REFLECTION
REACTION
sometimes you are the only one who gets it
see relationships to which others are blind
Mission for Juxtaposition
CREATIVITY is relational.
casting widely and disparate dots of existing knowledge in new ways
mine your knowledge; know your dots
-Bruce Nussbaum
dont forget the !
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in cognition
CREATIVITY is
connecting dots
to dot connect
you must have the dots
to dot connect
you must have the dots
Egon Schiele meets Thom Yorke
of Radiohead
curate cleverly!
(sense-making)
When people ask me if I went to film school
I tell them, No, I went to films
Quentin Tarantino
need blend of direct instruction and open inquiry
!
try THEMATIC, CONCEPT-based instruction !
teach IDEAS not ITEMS
Combinatorial Play
Albert Einstein
Blind Dates - merge 2 ideas or disciplines
Cold War + PizzaGeography + PE
Major Tom is the cue to transition back
think outside! the lines
divergent thinking !
knock on paper
beginners mind(free from assumptions)
insightful ignorance- Stuart Firestein, Columbia
metaphorical !thinking
visual metaphor!for!
eating disorder
Kennings
hyphenated compound metaphor
Anglo-Saxon and Norse literature
northern kiss= cold wind
whale-road = the ocean
sky-candle= sun
analogies game
word bank of nounsseek connections (use like and as)
visualize
horse wind
New Perspective
describe to an extraterrestrialbest or worst thing that could happen?view from diff cultures or generations
what might happen next?
weed !or !
wish?
@austinkleon
In other words
Perspectives
Describe to an extra-terrestrial
topic: SMARTPHONE
OR best/ worst/ next thing that can happenwhat might happen next? (whats in store?)
Major Tom is the cue to transition back
David Ogilvy
big ideas usually come!as simple ideas
!create a childrens book
!explain in 3 image panel
minimalist posters of a concept
3 dimensional visualization of: !
vocab word math problem event in history
process in science movement in political science
Make it Tangible
use real life items or people
length of hair= frequency of addiction
photo essay style
Power of!Knowledge
put it on a tee!
or physical!
CREATIVITY is intelligence!having fun
Albert Einstein
Scamper Technique
Bob Eberle
SubstituteCombine
AdaptModify
Put to Another UseEliminateReverse
Disruptus game
Make a Scene!
Each partner finds something in bag
Combine elements of each item to make a new thing
Major Tom is the cue to transition back
Japanese game for IdeationShiritori
https://shiritorigame.com/
think of a word that starts with the last letter
IDEAS
Shiritori Rounddown the row
(idea: start with name of school mascot)
Major Tom is the cue to transition back
Edisons word list
write 5 random words
write 1st word that comes to mind after each word
use 2nd word as springboard for next round (do 5 rounds)
Remote Association Test
http://www.remote-associates-test.com/
3 cue words linked to a 4th
opera / hand / dish
http://www.remote-associates-test.com/
Remote Association Test
http://www.remote-associates-test.com/
3 cue words linked to a 4th
shine / beam / struck
http://www.remote-associates-test.com/
Remote Association Test3 cue words linked to a 4th
cross / rain/ tie
Challenge: !
make one up & tweet
Perils of !Brainstorming!
!
http://www.tricider.com/
best to think alone first
try social voting:
(or framestorming - all questions
http://www.tricider.com/
CREATIVITY is not a talent!its a WAY of operating!and its CURIOSITY !for its own sake
- John Cleese
Its easier to do!trivial things !
that are urgent!that we know!we can do
than the BIG THINKING
- John Cleese
eliminate the mind race
Play is distinct from the locality!and duration of everyday life
- John Cleese
We dont stop PLAYING because we!grow OLDwe grow old because !we stop playing
- George Bernard Shaw
stuff your eyes with wonderRay Bradbury
stay curious +!sharpen senses
Living with presence
to draw today is to reclaim the dignity and private joy of SEEING amid a culture
obsessed with LOOKING in public
John Ruskin
Make the Mundane Matter
Find Whimsy in the World
@donalddrawbertson
Unexpected Mediums
@donalddrawbertson
Unexpected Mediums
#pinkladies series by @amyburvall
Repurpose
Serendipitous doodle-ramblings
@Hombre_McSteez
The Deepexample of Pareidolia
negative !capability
Keats
live in the why + the why not?!
Answer: Austinwhat is the question?
Major Tom is the cue to transition back
If you want to be more creative, innovative
look for value in unexpected places.
Allow for serendipity, surprise
to astonish you
- David Culberhouse
If only we could pull out !our brain !
and use only our eyes. !!!
Pablo Picasso
become a microscope Sister Corita Kent
slow journalism
Typography Hunt
great for poems! !
try as collaborative project
see the angel!in the marble
(inspired by Michelangelo)
Multi-media!STUDIO!
in the pocket
try a Wonder Walk
low barrier!of entry points
#donow by @KQED
photo challenge
curriculum-themed!photo-a-day challenge
art washes away from the soul!the dust of everyday life
get in !a creative habit
start small
from tweet
to blog
to book chapter
DAILYCREATE #ds106dc
collaborative creativity: #ds106
Pin Ideas Down
DaVinci - fy
always have a notebook
ideas are butterflies!- notebook is net
Lynda Barrys notebook grid!
the great benefit of drawing!
is that when you look at something you see it
for the first time
Lynda Barry
drawing is putting a line !around an idea!
!!!
- Henri Matisse
you begin to see things you never noticed before. you get closer to the artists secret
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
golf course architect
I met on the plane
vision / prototype
mindfulness!being present
@michelrijk
Try a one-line!drawing
sparks !
irons in the fire !
backburner !
campfire
Creativity Journal
ashes
visible thinking: !marginalia
networked reading @MrZiebarth
#sketchquote
#threethirtysketchquote #birthdaysketchquote
take a breakand make!
!!
(memeify) !
Do a #series
Creativity !in Restraint
short bit !of news
micro-narratives, Flix Fnon, 19063 line novels
Line / Carrot Game
@austinkleon
Dichotomies
works great with Twitter polls!
synopsize synthesize
ESSENTIALIZE
Picassos Exercise: used at Apple
6 word stories
Cancer: you had me at hello
6 word memoirs: shawn budlong, 13
condensed shakespeare, mya gosling
MINIMALIST MOVIE POSTERS
POEMS NOVELS HISTORICAL
EVENTS
5 card flickr by @cogdog
synthesis: emoji story
emojiliterate?
unsplash.com
10 free hi-res photos every 10 days
http://unsplash.com
@thebriefbox
signage for art gallery
coffee cup design
carbon footprint infographic
e-commerce web page
redesign gmail UI layout
example briefs
!!
artifact bag !
bag of tools mashup !
bio bag
In the Bag
analog + digital
(its a beautiful thing)
Creativity as
book spine poetry
Creativity as
blackout poetry by @austinkleon
blackout poetry (magazine)
try a found poem by layering 2 poems,
speeches, or literary texts next to each other
!extract from each
to create a new poem
IDEA!
- David Theriault
http://vimeo.com/4037584
@austinkleon
These candles are the light inspiring your new poem or story
16 Candles
turn to page 16 in any book/magazine
copy every 16th word until you get to 20
!!
William Burroughs
cut up method
(also used by Bowie and Cobain for lyrics)
cut-up poetry
My Makeout Poetry
ipad Paper 53 +
magazine +
Instagram filter
cut-up poetry @ajaved22
revolution is to transform
understanding with disruptive
learning
feline devastation
starlight fir
@serendipidoodle
All ideas are secondhand, consciously and unconsciously drawn from a million outside sources
- Mark Twain
creativity is derivative
Innovation
comes from !looking !
backwardsas much as !
forwards
is like a Long Island Iced Tea
mix of existing ingredients, deconstructed and re-contextualized
is like a White Russian
two or more opposing things layered and blended
most used remix?
see things in new ways
appropriate to create -!re-contextualize!
Remix: Magnetic Poetry
try this with PEOPLE as the pieces
re-contextualize found objects as art
Duchamp-It
(can use hashtags as well)
Remix: Infographic
from this ^ to this >
!
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mix anything pop culture with something academic
It!
art + pop: @AncientTop40
HACK !a !
CHILDRENS BOOK
social commentary
excerpt from Ruben Bolling (Richard Scarrys Busytown)
Social Media Anything
historical / lit characters w/ SM
(anachronism + empathy)
tweet as characters (or TodaysMeet)
@KleinErinanalog Instagram
Faux Facebook
Twitter parody account
remix logo
use any genre to filter another thing
Students need to understand style in order to use proper motifs
e.g. Jersey Shore in the style of Oscar Wilde
http://madmenintegrated.tumblr.com/
http://madmenintegrated.tumblr.com/
mood board: Padlet via @wickedDecent
historical events, novels (this is Of Mice and Men)
ppropriation
requires
ttribution
STANDING ON THE!SHOULDERS !OF GIANTS
escape the VISE OF DOUBT
(also the vice of doubt)
the worst enemy! of creativity is self doubt
- Sylvia Plath
is often just IMAGINATION
taking a wrong turn
@austinkleon
cultivate a creative space..!!
find your Factory!build your woodshed
Environment: Graffiti Wall
restaurant row, Finland
encourage creativity!in unexpected places
thoughtfully consider every space
as creative space
environment: student art
Celebrate and Immerse
Transparency and Empathy
(behind my classroom desk)
go
(best colour for inspiring creativity)
sharpies!dry erase markers!coloured pencils!coloured markers!
scissors!glue sticks
$10 design kits
Mise en Place
environment: $10 design kits
Mise en Place
math class, Punahou School
environment: creative curation
bricolage is best!be resourceful !
Paper 53
group team
The Studiocollaborating!
!
planning/ brainstorming!!
developing!!
making/doing
The Studioteacher
troubleshootrefine
critiqueguide
The StudioProduction
The StudioProduction
The StudioProduction
ask a student to be the Paparazzo + archive
Combinatorial / !Crowdsourced Creativity
cultivate !a constellation of creatives
have space for convening with others outside your
sphere !
watercooler effect
Pro - D walkabout?
host your room
EPIC WORKcomes from making a deeper
to who we are
& finding a MEDIUM to EXPRESS it wellto OTHERS
@berkun
CONNECTION
you dont have to
to CREATE
Dont THINK about making ART - just get it DONE.
Let everyone else decide if its GOOD or bad
while they are deciding, make even MORE ART.
Andy Warhol
just slap something on it
- Vincent Van Gogh
There is no WINThere is no
FAIL
There is only
MAKE- John Cage
I just want to make beautiful things even if nobody cares
Influences Inspiration
Tools Troubleshooting
stages of work
criteria specs
assignment design brief
universal specs?
GOAL
demonstrate learning / knowledge
GOAL
leave a legacy
make it beautiful
make it unique
make it relevant
make it poignant
make it transparent
hey !
that spells BURPT
original lyrics, music, vocals, art, film editing
This I Believe project
project specs
roposals
rocess
ondering (reflection)
leave a blank column for the unknown
Rubrics
Emoji Exit Ticket
Affective Datahow did I feel about my work or my learning?
tags to contextualize
Affective Datahow did I feel about my work or my learning?
must ruminate to innovate
Reflect(metacognition)
@wickeddecent
1 word +!3 image !
sketch note
(reflect 1st day of school)
listicle!(Thinglink or info.gram)
5 takeaways!!
5 min vlog or film !
5 annotated images !
5 paragraphs
Artifact Bag !Assessment
Creative Speedsketching
Final Course Reflection
Creation Creator Motivation Pos/Neg Effects
relations between people and ideas
INFOGRAPHIC
pic/ play / post app
Process Product Reflection
Love the !
What if? !
Peer Feedback
( Pixars plussing )
to
THE WORLD IS SMALL
THINK
The idea is not to! live forever, !it is to create !
something that will.
andy warhol
If your work isnt online!it doesnt exist!
@austinkleon
Help along the work of people who have helped
YOU @austinkleon
even the tiniest pencil can leave a lasting mark
It only takes 1 person, 1 event,
1 experience to CREATE a SPARK
of PASSION in a child
@timbuckteeth
your big takeaway
a question
your personal challenge
@amyburvall
(on all social media)
Break-out Activities
10-11:30
!!
expect to debrief / share / defend reasoning !
try to post to the G+ under Activities !
if you want you can tweet! #makedujour @amyburvall !
Images are very welcome in addition to text
Sit near at least 1 other person in your discipline
#oodledoodle
fold paper in half !
1 half: doodle what you LOVE about your course or content !
1 half: doodle what frustrates you / what you found challenging / your struggles
(2 min each side)
#simaglies
crowdsource photos from Instagram, camera roll *swap phones to see other camera rolls?
OR use your own !!
Find 1 as an analogy for what you do/ how you teach / teaching in general
(10 min)
#30 (9!) Circle Challenge
draw 9 semi even circles (fill paper) *normally done with 30 pre-drawn circles
!in time given, fill the circles with as many things as you can
think of that are a circle !
extra challenge: try to relate to your curriculum OR Shawnigan life
(5 min)
OREO Challenge
everyone gets 1 Oreo (a malleable object) *if you need more you can partner with someone
!use the Oreo, paper, + markers to visually depict some
concept you teach / advertise your content !
you may change the Oreo any way you like! !
1,2,3 photos or a short video
(15 min)
from @wickeddecent Pop Culture class
Ironic T-Shirt
alone or with a partner !
draw a t-shirt shape to fill the page !
think of concepts, vocabulary + people in your discipline !
try to make a pun / play on words / portmanteau !
illustrate as appropriate (the image can be the funny part too)
(10-15 min)
Photo Challenge Calendar
with partners from your discipline, plan 1 month of photo challenges (shoot for 30 ideas)
*try the silent brainstorm then converge !
Challenges should relate to some aspect of your curriculum !
Challenges should be technically easy (low barrier) but mentally stimulating, reinforcing the concept
(10 min)
Create a Band
meet with 1-3 other people in your same discipline
(20 min)
Band Name= Title of Wikipedia article regarding some aspect of your curriculum
Album Title: Quote or pieces of quote from someone key to your discipline (famous ruler, philosopher, artist, scientist
Create a BandSong Titles: relate to a concept you are teaching
(20 min)
Cover Art= Use search terms related to your subject area OR a random Flickr or Instagram search (#tagged)
http://5card.cogdogblog.com/OR try 5 card Flickr
Produce using an app, Photoshop, Gimp, PicMonkey
http://5card.cogdogblog.com/
Colour Palette
Use ColourLovers site (http://www.colourlovers.com/ ) if you can
*if not, just make it up !
Think of a concept, idea, person, etc. from your discipline !
assign a palette to them + justify your reasoning
(10 min)
http://www.colourlovers.com/
http://www.colourlovers.com/palettes/add
To Kill a Mockingbird palette excerpt @wickeddecent
http://www.colourlovers.com/palettes/add
Bio: stage in a process i.e. meiosis, mitosis, cellular respiration
Chem: palette for each major family on the periodic table
P.E.: color coded system for tracking achievement
Art or Poli Sci: Movements
Explaining Intentions !is the Key
Design for the 5 Senses
REMIX an existing lesson !
Try to appeal to all 5 senses: Sight, Hearing, Taste, Touch, Smell
!Using a Brainstorm Web helps
(10 min)
Plan a VlogMash!in the style of 50 People 1 Q
with partners from your discipline or alone !
what question could you pose for students to answer and create a vlog mash?
!think deep, open-ended provocations, but ones that
require short, poignant responses
(5 min)
VlogMash: Whats in a Word?
Beatle-fy Your Course
alone or with a partner from the same discipline !
use any Beatle song as the base (find the lyrics + use to figure out rhyme scheme + meter
!Try to write at least 1 verse BASED on
some concept you teach
(15 min)
History for Music Lovers YouTube: Iceman
History for Music Lovers: Illuminator
#4wordpedagogy OR!#lessandmore
based on @jessifer (Jesse Stommel)s probe and mine !
use the constraints of 4 words !
OR use Less_________More__________ !
What are your thoughts about good teaching? shifts in education? what learning should look like?
(5 min)
#lessandmore: crowdsourced prompt