Creativity is the Killer App 2.0

Creativity is the Killer App 2.0 #ISTE12 6.25.12 Chris Fitzgerald Walsh New Tech Network twitter: @fitzwalsh

What is creativity?

#creativity-defined Partnership for 21st Century SchoolsThink Creatively• Use a wide range of idea creation techniques (such as brainstorming)• Create new and worthwhile ideas (both incremental and radical concepts)• Elaborate, refine, analyze and evaluate their own ideas in order to improve and maximize creative effortsWork Creatively with Others• Develop, implement and communicate new ideas to others effectively• Be open and responsive to new and diverse perspectives; incorporate group input and feedback into the work• Demonstrate originality and inventiveness in work and understand the real world limits to adopting new ideas• View failure as an opportunity to learn; understand that creativity and innovation is a long-term, cyclical process of small successes and frequent

#types• Expressive• Designing/Inventing• Problem Solving• ?

Creativity matters

#value• Human/social progress• Economic engine• Expression of values and emotion• Personal growth

#value• Human/social progress• Economic engine• Expression of values and emotion (fun!)• Personal growth

iPad Value Chain

#value• Human/social progress• Economic engine• Expression of values and emotion (fun!)• Personal growth

“Creativity does not have to be aboutdeveloping something new to the world, itis more to do with developing somethingnew to ourselves. When we changeourselves, the world changes with us, bothin the way that the world is affected by ourchanged actions and in the changed waythat we experience the world.”Infinite Innovations Ltd

Common myths about creativity

#myths• Creative ideas come during random, A-HA moments• Creativity happens solo• Creativity is what “artists” do• Creativity is innate: some have it, some don’t

Task: Draw a butterfly

Austin’s Butterfly 1

Austin’s Butterfly - Final

Austin’s Butterfly Student’s Get It

Which of these works of art ismore creative?

“Node” by Steelcase

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”

What does a creative person look like?

Killer App Productions

Conditions for creativity

#conditions• Playfulness• Time• Exploration• Failure• Variety

“What are you doing to fuel my kid’sdreams?”Seth GodinStop Stealing Dreams

“Time pressure stifles creativity becausepeople cant deeply engage with theproblem. Creativity requires anincubation period; people need time tosoak in a problem and let the ideasbubble up.”Teresa Amabile, PhDHarvard Business School

Exploration Go for quantity

#more conditions• Freedom/autonomy/choice• Real, challenging problems to solve• “Thinking with you hands”• Clear understanding of constraints and resources: time, money, tools, team• Knowledge/skill/expertise/mastery• Encouragement and recognition

#attitude• Personal passion provides the spark• Give yourself permission to be creative• Happiness matters A LOT• Discipline/commitment

“I’m Reagoning”

#attitude• Personal passion provides the spark• Give yourself permission to be creative• Happiness matters A LOT• Discipline/commitment

Jerry Seinfeld’s Chain CalendarCreate better jokes by writing everyday and mark an X on thecalendar every day you do it."After a few days youll have a chain. Just keep at it and thechain will grow longer every day. Youll like seeing that chain,especially when you get a few weeks under your belt.Your only job next is to not break the chain.“

Creativity tools

#tools• Explore: web, outdoors, music• Cross pollination: communities, guests, visits• Divergent thinking: storytelling, games• Design: visualization, multimedia

Nueva iLab

#tools• Explore: web, outdoors, music• Cross pollination: communities, guests, visits• Divergent thinking: storytelling, games• Design: visualization, multimedia

Can you teach creativity?

#teachingTeachers: modeling openness, encourage failureOpen Language: “could” “might” “possible” “how else” “tell us more”Methods: mashups, mimicry, design thinking, tinkering, exhibitionsExperience: LOTS of different ideas and situationsAssessment: Can it be measured?

SF Brightworks

Killer App Productions #CreativeLearning

What would it take to makethese experiences the NORM?

YOU are the Killer App

What will you create TODAY?

Creativity is the Killer App 2.0 #ISTE12 6.24.12 Chris Fitzgerald Walsh New Tech Network twitter: @fitzwalsh

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