{"id":1110,"date":"2020-06-26T20:35:40","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T20:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rockettocreativity.wcu.edu\/?page_id=1110"},"modified":"2020-06-26T20:35:40","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T20:35:40","slug":"creativity-tips","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rockettocreativity.wcu.edu\/index.php\/creativity-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Creativity Tips!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section_parallax et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_fullwidth_section et_section_regular section_has_divider et_pb_top_divider et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_top_inside_divider et-no-transition\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_parallax_bg_wrap et-pb-parallax-wrapper\"><span\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"et_parallax_bg et_parallax_bg--et_pb_section_0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/rockettocreativity.wcu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/agence-olloweb-Z2ImfOCafFk-unsplash-scaled-1.jpg);\"\n\t\t\t\t\t><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_fullwidth_header et_pb_fullwidth_header_0 et_animated et_hover_enabled  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_fullwidth_header_container center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header-content-container center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Rocket To Creativity<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_fullwidth_header_subhead\">Creativity Tips!<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_header_content_wrapper\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_fullwidth_header_overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_fullwidth_header_scroll\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_1 et_pb_section_parallax et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_parallax_bg_wrap et-pb-parallax-wrapper\"><span\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"et_parallax_bg et_parallax_bg--et_pb_section_1\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/rockettocreativity.wcu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/agence-olloweb-Z2ImfOCafFk-unsplash-scaled-1.jpg);\"\n\t\t\t\t\t><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_gutters1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_cta_0 et_hover_enabled et_pb_promo  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_no_bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_promo_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Bend, Break, Blend<\/h2><div><p><span>Some folks argue that there are really no new ideas.\u00a0 Innovators and makers take old ideas and put new twists on them to come up with novel ideas.\u00a0 Bend, Break, Blend is a brainstorming strategy that helps people change existing ideas into new ones.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.et_pb_cta_0.et_pb_promo{background-color:transparent !important;}<\/style><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_0 et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Here Are Some Examples!<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p class=\"xxxgmail-m6319044562069176382msonormal\"><span>In their book, the <i>Runaway Species: How Creativity Remakes the World<\/i>, Brandt and Eaglemen identify three \u201cB\u201ds or three basic strategies that are at the root of all creative thinking:<span class=\"xxapple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>bending,<span class=\"xxapple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>breaking, and<span class=\"xxapple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>blending.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xxxgmail-m6319044562069176382msonormal\"><span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"xxmsonormal\"><span>Bending- In<span class=\"xxapple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>bending, an idea or product is modified from its original version. In the movies\u00a0<i>Honey I Shrunk the Kids<\/i>,\u00a0<i>The Borrowers<\/i>, and more recently,<i>\u00a0Antman<\/i>, humans are shrunk to encounter worlds of giant objects.\u00a0Manufactures took our favorite candy bars and made them huge, family size, and bite size. The telephone is an example of technology that continues to \u201cbend\u201d from something tethered to the wall to a device that goes with us everywhere. \u00a0\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"xxxgmail-m6319044562069176382msonormal\"><span>\u00a0<\/span><span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"xxmsonormal\"><span>Blending- the brain combines two or more ideas in novel ways. Consider for example the post-it-note which is a<span class=\"xxapple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>blend<span class=\"xxapple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>of note paper and glue. Superheroes are often a<span class=\"xxapple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>blend<span class=\"xxapple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>of animal and human characteristics such as the combination of a spider, bat or cat with a person (Spiderman, Batman,\u00a0Catwoman).<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"xxmsonormal\"><span>\u00a0<\/span><span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"xxmsonormal\"><span>Breaking- Brandt\u00a0<\/span><span>and <\/span><span>Eagleman describe<span class=\"xxapple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>breaking as the process of<span class=\"xxapple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>breaking a whole into parts and reassembling the parts to create something new. They describe the Cubism movement in art as an example of<span class=\"xxapple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>breaking.\u00a0 The images of Cubist such as Picasso appear broken and put back together from different angles and perspectives. Numerous examples of \"breaking\" can be found in art, music, science, and\u00a0technology. \u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"xxmsonormal\"><span>As you look at works of art and feats of engineering and technology, listen to music, and read literature- help children think of similar works that might have inspired the inventor the creator. Is there evidence of bending, breaking and blending?<\/span><span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xxmsonormal\"><span>When children are creating their own works, challenge them to think of works that might inspire their work and to see what they can bend, break and blend.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_divider et_pb_divider_0 et_pb_space\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_2 et_pb_section_parallax  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_equal_columns et_pb_gutters1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_cta_1 et_hover_enabled et_pb_promo  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_no_bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_promo_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">6-3-5\/ C Sketch<\/h2><div><p><i><span lang=\"EN\">6-3-5\/ C\u00a0Sketch<\/span><\/i><span lang=\"EN\">\u00a0 is a brainstorming strategy used in various disciplines such as engineering and marketing.\u00a0 In this process, members of a team of 6 each create concept\u00a0sketches for or describe 3 ideas for solving a problem. The team members rotate their\u00a0sketches and notes around the table so that each of the other 5 team members adds to, enhances or starts a new idea that was sparked by the original\u00a0sketch.\u00a0 Of course, variations on 6-3-5\/C\u00a0Sketch\u00a0might include the number of members in a group or the number of original ideas on the initial go round. To use in a classroom where teams are assigned a problem or project, have team members start with this process to generate initial ideas for solving the problem. For example, when Mrs. Watson starts a PBL unit where students are hypothetically granted $1,000,000 dollars to solve a problem faced by their community, teams use the 6-3-5\/c-\u00a0Sketch\u00a0to generate ideas for solutions to the problem they have identified. Each student writes or draws three ideas and then passes their idea on to the person next to them.\u00a0 Each team member adds to what has been passed to them until each paper has made its way around to the other five team members.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.et_pb_cta_1.et_pb_promo{background-color:transparent !important;}<\/style>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_divider et_pb_divider_1 et_pb_space\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_3 et_pb_section_parallax et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_parallax_bg_wrap et-pb-parallax-wrapper\"><span\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"et_parallax_bg et_parallax_bg--et_pb_section_3\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/rockettocreativity.wcu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/dsfg-e1527818255220.jpg);\"\n\t\t\t\t\t><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_2 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_gutters1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_cta_2 et_hover_enabled et_pb_promo  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_no_bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_promo_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Fun Divergent Thinking Activities!<\/h2><div><p><span>Divergent Thinking is the process of generating many ideas by exploring lots of possibilities for solving a problem. It differs from Convergent Thinking where individuals work to come to the same solution.\u00a0 Divergent thinking activities can help people exercise their creative muscles as they require children to offer suggestions about a topic that are quirky and unusual.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.et_pb_cta_2.et_pb_promo{background-color:transparent !important;}<\/style><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_1 et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Here Are Some Examples!<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p class=\"xmsonormal\"><span>Here is an example of a divergent thinking activity that can be loads of fun.<\/span><span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\"><span>Grab a pencil or pen and a piece of paper.<\/span><span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\"><span>You will have\u00a0<\/span><span>One Minute\u00a0<\/span><span>for this activity.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\"><span>How many uses can you think of for a fork?\u00a0\u00a0Besides eating\u00a0<\/span><span>J<\/span><span>.\u00a0\u00a0Try to list 15 or more if you can!<\/span><span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\"><span>What did you imagine?<\/span><span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"xmsonormal\"><span>A pitchfork for a hamster<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"xmsonormal\"><span>An item to bend when you\u2019re practicing telekinesis<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"xmsonormal\"><span>A hair bush for a baby orangutan<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"xmsonormal\"><span>A catapult to launch spit wads across the room<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"xmsonormal\"><span>A place to hang your keys if you stick the fork in the wall<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"xmsonormal\"><span>A rake for making designs in the sand at the beach<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\"><span>Now try other objects, a paper clip, straw, pipe cleaner and so on.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\"><b><span>Divergent thinking with a pencil<\/span><\/b><span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\"><span>The Torr<\/span>a<span>nce Test of Creative thinking is a popular test designed to identify and measure creative potential.\u00a0 Some of the sample questions make fun divergent thinking activities.\u00a0 For example, one question includes various shapes. Children are asked to use the shapes to draw anything they want. Another asks them to use circles to create something. For fun, try some similar activities with your children.\u00a0<\/span><span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\"><span>Provide a page of blank circles and ask children to draw what they want with them.<\/span><span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\"><span>Draw some suiqqles,\u00a0 random lines, or shapes on a paper, and ask children to make pictures out of the squiggles or random lines.<\/span><span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\"><span>\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><span>This website has some sample questions from the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking that would also make fun activities.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.testingmom.com\/tests\/torrance-test\/sample-torrance-practice-questions\/\">https:\/\/www.testingmom.com\/tests\/torrance-test\/sample-torrance-practice-questions\/<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_5  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_divider et_pb_divider_2 et_pb_space\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1110","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rockettocreativity.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rockettocreativity.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rockettocreativity.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rockettocreativity.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rockettocreativity.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rockettocreativity.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1110\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rockettocreativity.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}