...How Schools Kill Creativity Eric Godinez PHL/458 27 October 2014 Cyndi Bills How Schools Kill Creativity For this paper I chose talk “How Schools Kill Creativity” by Sir Ken Robinson. The talk takes place in Monterey, CA February22-25, 2006 and the conference was named “The Future We Will Create”. And rightly so with many of the speakers being futurists and many of the talks held emphasized future developments in various fields. Sir Ken Robinson is a British author, speaker, and international advisor on education in the arts. I had seen this talk on TED a few years ago and it really struck a chord with me. I had not seen it I quite some time and so when I saw it again it had the same effect on me as the first time I saw it. I found the talk to be not only enlightening but funny and upbeat. Sir Ken Robinson has excellent public speaking skills and a fantastic wit. During his talk he brings up several points about education and the current system. The Importance of Creativity To begin his talk Sir Ken Robinson states that children have a great capacity for innovation. I can certainly relate to this being a father of two girls and stepson. They all have their unique gifts and talents. My stepson is whiz when it comes to math he is only nine years old, my twelve year old daughter love to play cello, and my five year old daughter loves to sing and dance. I once was waiting in a very long line and she started to sing a song I had never heard before. It appeared...
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...Creative Spark Talk: Isaac Mizrahi Armando Viscaino PHL/458 August 30, 2014 Enrique Vasquez Creative Spark Talk: Isaac Mizrahi There are many creative people that make a difference in the world. These creative people range from inventers, world figures, celebrities, and designers. One creative person that catches an interest is Isaac Mizrahi who is a clothing designer. He is known for his extraordinary clothing designs and extravagant fashion shows. This paper will include the stages of his creativity, his imagination and curiosity, and society benefits as a whole. One of the most asked questions that creator’s get is where their creativity does come from. In the 2008 “Ted Talk” Isaac Mizrahi gives many examples of how he gets his creativity, one of the most interesting part is that he follows people whom he thinks are interesting. He explains how it may seem weird to others, of course following people, but he finds something interesting like a pair of shoes takes a picture and runs with the creative design. He talks about how he sees colors from a movie and an idea pops into his mind where he finds a vison for a clothing design and creates it. Another stage of his creativity is very common among most creators; he includes how he stays awake at night with an idea and thinks and thinks on how to create something extraordinary. Where does the imagination come from; how can this one person have such an imagination to create an entire clothing line from just one thought...
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...William Boyd Creative Spark Talk Analysis PHL/458 Instructor: Robert Dubose William Boyd Creative Spark Talk Analysis PHL/458 Robert Dubose Creative Spark Creativity is a subject that is very disputable amongst psychologists. Psychologists have argued on a definition for the word creativity for many years now. Regardless of what most psychologists chose to think now, most believe that it is a creative act no matter big or small that is unusual and most likely become very useful to society. The video I watched was by John Bohannon and dancers from the Black Label Movement. The name of the video is tilted “Dance vs. PowerPoint”, a modest proposal and was filmed at TEDxBrussels, which was also posted in November 2011. John explains in this video how one of his friends tried to tell him about a science experiment and just simply couldn’t. His friend finally explains what the experiment was about to John, and then he tells his friend that “Maybe next time if you had dancers to try to better explain it will be much easier. He then tells his friend that numerous scientists have started using dancers to describe many different scientific things simply because it is more sufficient. Dancing PHD is the group of scientists that have started using dancers to explain various things. He starts to explains why it would be more productive to use dancers and instead of PowerPoint presentations. John then gives an explanation on how it is a waste...
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...In the Studio with Jeremy Sutton: Educator Guide Subject Visual Art: Painting Grades 6 ‐ 12 Standards Addressed Artistic Perception, Creative Expression, Aesthetic Valuing Teaching with KQED Media Using video in the classroom can breathe life and meaning into any lesson. In the arts, video can be particularly effective for introducing large concepts, aspects of the creative process, and key arts‐ related vocabulary to introduce students to discipline‐based and concept‐based study. Using media in the classroom helps connect students with artists and promotes critical viewing skills and media awareness. For more information about using media in the classroom download KQED’s Media Tips teaching tool (a direct link is provided in the resource section of this guide). Using KQED media in the classroom allows student to virtually visit a local artist, while listening to firsthand information about the artist’s practice. In order to present KQED media to your entire class, you will need a projector and computer with the capacity to stream video. Alternatively, assign students to watch the video on their own or in groups. After soliciting student responses to the video, continue the lesson by implementing hands‐on or discussion activities to deepen the impact of the media – ideas are provided in this guide. Making the Most of Media The following activity ideas may be used in the classroom after viewing the KQED video In the Studio with Jeremy Sutton. Drawing...
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...product. To design well-made advertisements companies need to be creative, a good creative collaboration can really skyrocket a product beyond its competitors. Being creative is a skill set that can truly be a tool in a career arsenal. Being a creative person, goes well beyond marketing, especially important in engineering. When companies work closely with marketers and creative firms a beautiful collaboration can happen. This idea starts with reference to our last writing assignment when we discussed the importance of team work, that whole concept applies here. Creative firms are generally filled with enthusiastic people whose ideas are well beyond reality; however these are the ideas that spark realistic ones. Marketers know the market, they know the target audience and how to get the point across but without creativity ads would be extremely boring. We see ads all day every day; whether it be the television or the paper everything is loaded. Because of this we are exposed to the “boring” ads, as well as the entertaining ones. The country just passed election 2012; regardless of who we voted for the most important part is the ads are gone. The television gets bombarded by political ads that are not creative and very boring, how many people actually say “gee, I can’t wait for that Obama commercial to come back on”. This is a prime example of bland advertising; however a lot of companies get truly creative. A good example is Budweiser, who doesn’t remember the frogs, also...
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...a blog about “new Woolf-related books”. Dreifus goes on to explain some of the features of the book which include the seven short chapters which end with a section that Jones refers to as “writing sparks”. At first I was a little thrown on how this paper was written. It started in the first person narrative about how Dreifus had found out about the book, but then the story proceeds in a third person informative. The entire article is about the facts of the book, how the book is formatted and gives an example from the book. Dreifus describes how Jones invented the person in her book, Virginia Woolf. “… Jones, who has been teaching writing for more than 20 years and holds a Ph.D. in English literature from Columbia University, has invented the persona of Virginia Woolf, writing instructor, and placed this character smack in front of a fictional group of aspiring writers.” Jones has created a fictional character to teach fictional people about how to write good stories or poems. Dreifus then proceeds to describe part of the book where Jones gives an example of Virginia Woolf’s interaction with the fictional workshop participants. Dreifus quotes a section by Jones from the Chapter of “Walking”; which refers to how Woolf explains how a walk in the streets of London can help with creative writing. “I like walking the city streets, she tells them, and I like ‘walking through the long grass in the meadows, the silver sheep clustering; & the downs soaring.” This is a very descriptive...
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...Imagination. This word is all too familiar, but what’s not so familiar is the true meaning of imagination and what it means to literacy. Yes, imagination is the thought process that leads to creativity, but is it possible to be creative without the basic principles of literacy? Mikala Lowe’s narrative, Charlie, and Katja Kleine’s Reading Without An Imagination argue that the answer to this question is no. Both authors have discovered the value of literacy in their own creativity. In order to appreciate the role of imagination in literacy, one must first learn to appreciate literacy itself. Imagination is defined as “the faculty of imagining, or of forming mental images or concepts of what is not actually present to the senses” (Lowe 3). Without...
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...Argumentative Paper “People with innovative and cutting-edge ideas have likely spent much of their lives swimming against the tide”(In-Text Citation Here#1).This means that they have had to go against what they have been told and have gone against the set “lesson plan” that the teacher has set(In-Text Citation Here #1). They have questioned and worked around to find every possible path of learning that they can. They have taken their mistakes as a way of learning rather than taking it as being unsuccessful(In-Text Citation Here#3).School’s give many opportunities to be creative, but they have so many rules that create brain blocks and don’t allow you to use your creative ideas. Children, such as kindergarteners, had a tremendous creativity drop in the early 1990’s. Studies...
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...INTRODUCTION. Department: Interior Design Dissertation topic: retail outlets QUESTION: Why are international brand outlets not localized? And how successful are they by not adapting to the local environment? "A Brand is not a product or a promise or a feeling. It's the sum of all the experiences you have with a company", this is said by Amir Kassaei, who is known as one of the top chief creative officer DDB worldwide. The brand is not all about the product; its success depends majorly on the environment and the way it is presented. What is retail design? Retail design encompasses an understanding of what will work aesthetically in a retail environment, including tangible (i.e. fixed, material) as well as intangible (i.e. immaterial or atmospheric) design elements. Retail design requires a designer to fully understand all aspects related to the concrete development of a store concept, including how the store will perform functionally and commercially. The design of a retail outlet plays a major role in the success of a retailing business. This question was inspired by the fact that when a food outlet is introduced in a locality, its menu is also changed to cater the localized flavor, like Pizza Hut introduced special flavors according to Pakistani taste, but the question is, does the interior design change as well? In my dissertation I will be discussing the retail brand outlets and will compare them with national brand outlets as well. The initial...
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...Creative thinking. Hum/111 1/26/2014 • How might you use the strategies for applying creativity to problems and issues in addressing this topic? Addressing this topic there is several ways a person can go about using creativity in order to help solve problems or any issues that could come up. Creative thinking is helpful for way that people can answer questions that might come up from reading an article. For a reporter it up to the reporter to make sure every angle possible is looked at and have answers for any issues that may arise from the article. The topic of Obamacare creates so many things to consider for most people, such as, if a person is for it or against it. Whether a person thinks it will work or if Obamacare is even a good idea. While writing, maintaining neutrality is important and might require a great deal of creativity, such as, taking the topic and making it interesting enough to readers to read what you have to say as well learn things from what the reporter has written. • How might you use the strategies for promoting curiosity in addressing this topic? Why do you think these strategies might be effective? The original article is conceptual conflict. The Obamacare website remained unstable throughout the New Year, the pace of enrollment, and what the new law entails, as well Rommeycare coming out in Massachusetts. For more added strategies to promote curiosity, a writer could provide more exploration into the subject. A writer could provide more...
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...story and reminds students and young adults not to be afraid to explore their desires. The excerpt centers around the pivotal moment, when Baker explores his desires and realizes that he wants to be a writer. In the first part of the story, Baker describes how writing interested him, but there were so many other unattractive things about English. He talked about how boring Grammar was and that writing papers were like a chore and robotic. He even said that reading the classics were “deadening as chloroform” (Baker, 1982). Baker touches on a good point in this section. School, for a lot of students, ends up being dull and repetitious due to boring subject matter. When teachers put a little thought and effort into the subject matter and allow students to be creative, it can make subjects more appealing and help keep students interest. Baker then takes us to his junior year, with Mr. Feagles. Baker describes Mr. Feagles as a pristine, out of touch teacher, that was “prim to a fault” (Baker, 1982). For the first part of the year, Mr. Feagles class fails to spark any interest in Baker. That is, until Mr. Feagles gives the class an informal essay assignment. Baker, like a typical highs school student, procrastinates until the night before the assignment is due. He fumbles through the dull list of topics, until his eyes fall upon “The Art of Eating Spaghetti” (Baker, 1982). This title brings him back to a happy place, with his family sitting around the table, eating...
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...Vice President of Organizational Development, Sabrina McKay is a valuable asset with exceptional expertise that involves several organizational development initiatives. However, due to the harshness of Best Snack’s situation, the company is forced to evaluate the likes and dislikes of their constituents in order to compete with success. This paper will address Best Snack’s circumstance in a manner of resolving issues and realizing future opportunities, engaging stakeholders throughout the process to ensure success, and implementing a strategic plan involving new innovative ways and creativity as a vital part of the company’s culture. Describe the Situation Issue and Opportunity Identification Elizabeth Fairchild announced in a Memo to all employees – do to the rapid changes in the world; in order for Best Snacks to continue being successful the company will have to keep up with the changes. The company’s success with depend on if the company leads the way in creativity and innovation. (University of Phoenix, 2010, pg 2) The company has an opportunity to reorganize the organization to put the company on track with innovative and creative changes. “The individual level managers need to do all they can to facilitate the learning of new skills, norms and values so that individuals can increase their own personal skills and abilities and help build the organization’s core competences.” (Jones, 2004, pg 377) “The CEO of Best Snacks has several goals for...
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...confusion and indecision in the poet’s mind. Also, the moon is a symbol of poetic muse. Thus the falling moon becomes a metaphor for his sinking poetic abilities. The moon is supposed to be steady but it has lost its balance, as if to suggest that poetic inspiration is not a steady source; it waxes and wanes like the moon. The poet tries to sleep but cannot. There seems to be a conflict between the man and his muse: the man must get some sleep but the poet inside him cannot put his thoughts to rest, agonising over a vaguely formed idea that he is unable to articulate. He feels that, rather than struggle with himself over sleep, he should go outdoors. Nature and the outside world seem to be the source the poet relies on to stimulate the creative thoughts in his mind. Interestingly, the poet leans “from” his...
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...literature was written on their involvement with the Native Americans and how the settlers worked the new found land. Then the literature works changed to Neoclassical writing and the Age of Enlightenment. Then writing changed to Transcendentalism and Romanticism. This paper will discuss the evolution of writing from weeks 9-weeks 14, differences between Transcendentalism and Romanticism and some of the themes discussed. “Transcendentalism and Romanticism were two literary movements that occurred in America during roughly the same time period (1840—1860). Even though the two have surface similarities, such as their reverence for Nature; however their founding beliefs were quite different. One of the huge differences is their views of God and God’s role in the lives of people. Transcendentalism was set mainly on the proposal that God is an inner might and that, as His creations, each person and everything have within them this divine spark. Furthermore Transcendentalism draws inspiration from the beyond or external to the human perspective even beyond reasoning and normal traditions. Romanticism, then again, had somewhat less to do with God. God, when mentioned, was seen as an external force as opposed to a divine spark contained in human nature. Romanticism was concerned with the grotesque as well as the sublime, and literary works of this genre are often concerned with the battle between the two within the individual. A lot of Romantics believed in an inherent darkness in human...
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...Walt Disney Behavior and Communication Paper Originally starting off in 1932 as an animation company, Walt Disney was determined to create a successful business. After two previous business failures, Walt Disney was confidence that this time around he had to stick to his originality and creativity. The creation of Mickey Mouse was an instant success. Walt Disney’s determination did not allow his to stop and even after the company’s growth began to decline during World War II Walt Disney pushed forward. He focused his energy on creating film and would eventually create a theme park, Disneyland. Disneyland turned out to be another huge success for Walt Disney. He ended up developing an organizational culture “to bring happiness to all” through “magic” and Disney’s team of creative and innovative people has continued to make the Walt Disney Company a success. Disney's organizational culture is built on innovation, creativity, community and optimism. The company is based on the very same culture and values as Walt Disney. That is way it’s no surprise that the Disney employees share the same characteristics as him. The company also seeks employees who are diverse. This diversity allows the company to be unique and connect with all different types of audiences and consumers. However Disney employees still need to “fit in”. To ensure that new applicants know what they are signup for they are required to watch a video that covers a rules such as you no tattoos, you have to have your...
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