Creativity, ISP 5660

1. Creativity, ISP 5660 Class 2 2/6/06 Class: http://www.is.wayne.edu/drbowen/crtvyw06 Moodle: http://techtools.culma.wayne.edu/moodle Creativity, second class

2. Agenda • Initial the signin sheet • Issues for online students • Review of assignments • Initial ideas about creativity • Writing for the creativity course • And… Creativity, second class

3. Issues for online students • Technical • Keep email inbox open • WSU Webmail shows % of capacity • Call Instructor if her/his email inbox is full • Watch your file sizes (graphics) • Understand the methods of contacting Instructor (face time, telephone, email, conference) Creativity, second class

4. Issues for online students • Non-technical • You are not out there on your own • Ask for help early (don’t let a problem build up) • Don’t let backlog build up – it’ll bite ya! • To get the most out of course, jump in to messaging • Have opinions! Express yourself! Creativity, second class

5. Review of Assignments • Where we are in the course • What you should do • How I grade messages • Substantive • Related to course content • Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory (does not count) Creativity, second class

6. Hey folks! Semester is 25% over and some people haven’t gotten started yet • Sherman Gray • Gregory Jones • Kyle Mack • Sherrie Robinson Creativity, second class

7. Hey folks! Some people are off to a slow start, at least in postings • Dana Brazelton • Ana Ross • Kay Russell • Tiffany Russell • Monique Williams The Assignment Schedule (in the Syllabus on the course web site) Creativity, second class

8. Every Week • Reading (carry a book with you!) • Messages to conference. Comments on your reading make good comments. Read actively! • Thinking about the essay for that book Creativity, second class

9. Every Week • Check email • Check Forums • Subscribing to a Forum does give you a lot of email, but has clickable links to the Forum Creativity, second class

10. Once only but past due: • First three messages (intro, creative person, What about creativity is interesting) • Choice of topic for Essay 1 • Not yet: Beall, Brazelton, Chevalier, Bacher, Kuffa, Landrum, Russell (both), Wilburn, Williams • Essay topics on course web site • “Essay Topics for ISP 5660” • Four-credits? • Choice of fourth book next week (Williams) • Draft essay topic for fourth book as a Forum message Creativity, second class

11. Posting in Forums • Relevant to course (loosely interpreted, but comments on reading are good) • If content is a reply, then • Message should be a reply • Use Reply to establish a context Creativity, second class

12. Using Moodle • Subscribing: signed up for email messages • Unsubscribing – two steps • “Edit profile,” change “Forum auto-subscribe” to “No: don’t automatically subscribe me…” • Click on “Forums,” then on all “Yes” in the “Subscribed” column • “Grades” • Number of “Satisfactory” posts • Apparently cannot see this post-by-post • Grades on other assignments Creativity, second class

13. Using Moodle (cont’d) • To see only your own posts: • “Activity report” then “Forum posts” • To see everything • “Activity report” then “Complete report” Creativity, second class

14. Initial Ideas About Creativity • Definitions and related concepts • Creativity and (children, ADD / ADHD / mental illness, popularity) • What’s inside • Conflicting characteristics • Corporate Creativity • Compare to Csikszentmihalyi Creativity, second class

15. Creativity and Friends #1 • Creativity – something new that meets a need or solves a problem(in the symbolic culture) • Big C Vs little c • Creative product? • Innovation - something new that meets a need or solves a problem (in the material culture) Creativity, second class

16. Creativity and Friends #2 • Novelty – something that is new, without solving a problem or meeting a need (e.g. a fad like the hula hoop) • Problem-solving – meeting the problems of everyday life • Performance • Flow – internal state Creativity, second class

17. Creativity Process • Preparation • Block • Inspiration (aha) • Finishing (assessing, revising) Your creativity requires autonomy, can be cut off but not steered or directed Creativity, second class

18. Creativity and Children • Often have novel and appealing ideas • Not so good at: • Choosing a significant problem • Assessing and revising • Few famous children go on to remain so as adults Creativity, second class

19. Creativity and mental illness • Similar to children – novel ideas but significance and follow-through are difficult to manage Creativity, second class

20. Creativity and Popularity(alignment) Non-aligned domain Aligned Domain The arrows are the same length • Helps to be out on the edge if you are going to move the domain. • Easier to see the change in an aligned domain Creativity, second class

21. Conditions for Creativity • Autonomy, Free Time and Focus • Letting your unconscious do its thing • Support from and connection to the field • Example: poetry (not so popular in US). How would you learn what a poem is? You need the field. • Some early success • “Weak links” • Strong (e.g. family) Vs weak (e.g. via email) links – you get nothing new from your strong links – you know them too well Creativity, second class

22. What’s Inside Me as an example Creativity, second class

23. Conflicting traits • Creativity, The Creative Personality Chapter Three • extroversion Vs introversion (both) • traditional and conservative Vs rebellious and iconoclastic • humble Vs proud • I believe these arise because creative projects require contradictory traits at different times – e.g. proud enough to propose something new, humble enough to seek advice Creativity, second class

24. Corporate Creativity • Many people think that business is the opposite of creative – manipulative, controlling, resistant to change, but all of the business world that we see is the result of creativity and innovation • Business has some advantages, even • Good at bringing in extra people and resources, otherwise available only to the famous • One way to get the opposed personalities without the inner conflict Creativity, second class

25. Corporate Creativitycompared with others Creativity, second class

26. Writing for Creativity • Content, Form, Mechanics • CONTENT: Part of my purpose is to see that you have read and understood the texts • FORM: Title, Intro, Body, Conclusion, consistent voice (I, you, one, etc.), changes in opinion, tense etc. are under control and not accidental (transitions) • MECHANICS: Use spell-check and grammar-check (but ~ 1/3 passive tense is OK), needed sometimes, e.g. when you don’t know the actor Creativity, second class

27. Writing for Creativity • CONCLUSION: No new information, else thinking is not done. (exception – to open subject up to show its larger significance) • TITLE: Describe essay, can have fun with this • Include your own opinions, feelings, comments, experiences, reactions • Cover sheet: your name, which question (you don’t really want me to guess, do you?) Creativity, second class

28. Some new Architecture • Architects (and sculptors and composers) clearly require a field • Architects want to design creatively • They also want people to be innovative and creative within their buildings Creativity, second class

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