101 Activities For Teaching Creativity And Problem Solving

68. Story Boards

Background

Story Boards originated with Walt Disney, who created series of pictures to illustrate

major scenes during animated films. Each scene then was used as a point around which a

complete story could be built. A variety of related procedures for generating ideas has

evolved since then. Although there are significant differences among these procedures,

these activities all share the common feature begun by Walt Disney: laying out key con-

cepts that are linked together to form a complete whole.

Objectives

• To help participants generate as many creative ideas as possible


• To help participants learn how to use the activities to generate ideas

Participants

Small groups of four to seven people each

Materials, Supplies, and Equipment

• For each group: markers, two flip charts, and masking tape for posting flip-chart
  sheets


• For each participant: one sheet each of three different colors of sticking dots
  (^1 ⁄ 2 ” diameter) and one pad of 5 x 7 (or larger) Post-it®Notes

Handout

• Story Boards Handout

Time

45 minutes

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