101 Activities For Teaching Creativity And Problem Solving

Super Heroes Handout Here are some sample Super Heroes and their major characteristics: Batman—first-rate detective; can outwit ...

Chapter 11 Brainwriting with Related Stimuli T he group activities in this chapter produce ideas using silent, written idea gene ...

81. As Easy As 6–3–5 Background As Easy As 6–3–5, originally known as Method 6–3–5 (VanGundy, 1988), is a very basic brainwritin ...

Related Activities Brain Purge [82] Group Not [83] Organizational Brainstorms [87] Your Slip Is Showing [90] Procedure: Versio ...

down one idea each on three of the notes. (In each group, there now should be a total of eighteen ideas on the notes.) Direct t ...

82. Brain Purge Background Before we can think of creative solutions, we often must purge ourselves of more tradi- tional or obv ...

Your Slip Is Showing [90] The Shirt Off Your Back [101] Procedure Give each member of a group a pad of Post-it®Notes and pens ...

83. Group Not Background The title of this activity refers to an interesting question in small-group problem solving: When is a ...

Procedure Divide participants into small groups and give each member a pad of Post-it® Notes and pens or pencils. Ask group mem ...

How would you rate the value of this exercise to helping us with this issue? Will this exercise be helpful in the future for ot ...

338 101 Activities for Teaching Creativity and Problem Solving 84. Idea Mixer Background I don’t know much Japanese, so I have t ...

Have each individual read aloud, in turn, one of his or her ideas. Tell the other group members to write down, on a Post-it, an ...

85. Idea Pool Background Idea Pool (also known as Brainwriting Pool) is a close relative of the Brain Purge activity [82]. It wa ...

After 10 to 15 minutes of this activity, tell them to collect the idea sheets and tape them to flip charts for evaluation. Deb ...

86. Museum Madness Background Museum Madness (also known as the Gallery Method) is another of the many group activities original ...

Ask the group members to generate ideas again, silently, on one sheet of flip-chart paper. This time, however, tell them to try ...

87. Organizational Brainstorms Background John Haefele (1961), an employee of Procter & Gamble, developed this activity and ...

Debrief/Discussion This activity obviously was developed years before email became a common way of com- municating. Computer tec ...

88. Out-of-the-Blue Lightning Bolt Cloudbuster Background Hall (1994) developed this activity to spark ideas during extended gro ...

If necessary, demonstrate how to fold a paper airplane. If some aren’t able to make a paper airplane, instruct them to write an ...