This document outlines the goals and structure of an innovation-focused math class called "Innovation Nation". The class aims to inspire students to work together to solve problems and improve the world through recycling, reusing, and remixing ideas. Students will inspire others, use their creativity, and make new things. The class will have group projects, homework, and rewards like game days. Students will provide feedback and encouragement to support innovation.
Katina Strauch, College of Charleston
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American Advertising Federation—Louisville
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Learning Objectives:
• Gain a better understanding of the creative perspective
• Learn methods for working across functions
• Become more engaged in the creative process
Ideas and practices for regularly gathering sources of inspiration, eliminating blocks to more easily access creative states, prolong them, and leverage their power to develop and execute great work.
Katina Strauch, College of Charleston
Katina Strauch began the Charleston Conference back in 1980 and The Conference has grown to be an international meeting attended by hundreds of librarians, publishers, vendors, and aggregators. She talked about why and how this happened (she thinks) and how, in 1989 (just prior to Hurricane Hugo) she decided to begin publication of Against the Grain, linking publishers, vendors,and librarians. Katina is Assistant Dean for Technical Services and Collection Development at the College of Charleston Libraries. The Charleston Conference and Against the Grain are private independently-operated entities.
American Advertising Federation—Louisville
Professional Development Series
March 18, 2015
Learning Objectives:
• Gain a better understanding of the creative perspective
• Learn methods for working across functions
• Become more engaged in the creative process
Ideas and practices for regularly gathering sources of inspiration, eliminating blocks to more easily access creative states, prolong them, and leverage their power to develop and execute great work.
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To explore how ideas fit within the opportunity identification process
To define and illustrate the sources of opportunity for entrepreneurs
To identify the four models of market opportunity: competition, innovation, alertness and social need
To examine the role of creativity and to review the major components of the creative process: knowledge accumulation, incubation process, idea evaluation and implementation
To present ways of developing personal creativity: recognise relationships, use lateral thinking, use your ‘brains’, think outside the box, identify arenas of creativity and work in creative climates
To introduce how innovation can inspire opportunity through invention, extension, duplication and synthesis
To review some of the major misconceptions associated with innovation and to define the 10 principles of innovation
To consider the challenges and changing dynamics of social and sustainability innovation
Creativity is a discipline we need more than. But the right conditions are needed for it to thrive. Taking a look at academia, science and recent writing about ideas- this presentation uncovers the 11 conditions required for creativity to flourish.
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A presentation from Open Inclusion on designing wayfinding for people with hidden impairments from the April session of the Sign Design Society in London. Our presentation focussed most heavily on considerations and a methodology to design effectively for neuro-diverse users.
Slides to support a lecture series on what it takes to make it work in the media industries (see the book: Making Media, published in 2019 by Amsterdam University Press).
99U Conference: The Complete Visual NotesImageThink
We returned to the 99U Conference this year and captured the key insights of innovation and creativity thought leaders. In this presentation are the sketchnotes of 18 of this year's 99U talks by Brene Brown, Sebastian Thrun, A.J. Jacobs, Cal Newport, Joe Gebbia, Ramit Sethi, Gretchen Rubin, Josh Reich and many more.
Free yourself from the “testing culture” and unleash your creative beast! From high-tech to no-tech, practical ways to get students, teachers, and parents to be active designers and tinkerers. (V2 from presentation at ISTE 2012)
Summary of the book, "Made to Stick" on the topic of how to communicate ideas so that they'll catch on easily. Essential read for marketing folks and entreprenuers
To explore how ideas fit within the opportunity identification process
To define and illustrate the sources of opportunity for entrepreneurs
To identify the four models of market opportunity: competition, innovation, alertness and social need
To examine the role of creativity and to review the major components of the creative process: knowledge accumulation, incubation process, idea evaluation and implementation
To present ways of developing personal creativity: recognise relationships, use lateral thinking, use your ‘brains’, think outside the box, identify arenas of creativity and work in creative climates
To introduce how innovation can inspire opportunity through invention, extension, duplication and synthesis
To review some of the major misconceptions associated with innovation and to define the 10 principles of innovation
To consider the challenges and changing dynamics of social and sustainability innovation
Creativity is a discipline we need more than. But the right conditions are needed for it to thrive. Taking a look at academia, science and recent writing about ideas- this presentation uncovers the 11 conditions required for creativity to flourish.
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2. INNOVATION NATION
• OUR CLASS IS A NEW NATION OF
PEOPLE THAT LOVE THE WORLD
AND WANT TO MAKE IT BETTER BY
WORKING TOGETHER TO RECYCLE,
REUSE AND REMIX IDEAS IN ORDER
TO MAKE THE WORLD BETTER.
3. I 3= I x I x I
• INSPIRE! IMAGINE! INNOVATE!
• INSPIRE: INFLUENCE OTHERS
• IMAGINE: CREATIVITY
• INNOVATE: MAKE SOMETHING
NEW
4. CLASS RULES
• BE RESPECTFUL AND POLITE.
• BE PREPARED AND DO ALL WORK.
• BE ON TIME AND AVOID ABSENCES.
• BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SCHOOL AND
PERSONAL PROPERTY.
• BE DISCIPLINED WITH YOUR BODY,
HANDS AND CONTACT WITH OTHERS
10. PROJECTS
• POSTER ILLUSTRATING MATH TOPIC
• CARTOONS OF MAKE TOPIC
• WRITE AND ILLUSTRATE YOUR WORK IN A
BOOKLET/FLYER
• CREATE A KEYNOTE OR POWER POINT OF
A MATH
• WRITE A ONE PAGE PAPER EXPLAINING A
MATH TOPIC
11. INNOVATOR LANGUAGE
• GIVE POSITIVE FEEDBACK
• ENCOURAGE OTHERS & YOURSELF
• TRY A DIFFERENT WAY
• DON’T GIVE UP
13. WELCOME INNOVATORS
• Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing
new things. -T h e o d o r e L e v i t t
• "The essential part of creativity is not being afraid to
fail." -Edwin H. Land
• "Genius is one percent inspiration, and ninety-nine percent
perspiration." -Thomas Edison
• Some ... look at things the way they are and ask why? I
dream of things that are not and ask why not?" -Robert
Kennedy
• "There's a way to do it better—find it." -Thomas Edison
