Creativity

COSC 109

Computers & Creativity

Introduction

Definitions of CreativityQuestions about CreativityCreative Thinking TechniquesRelationship with Computers

Definitions for Creativity

Originality, expression and imaginationInnovativeAbility to create novel and useful ideas or

solutions to everyday problems

Questions about Creativity

Are we all creative?Which contributes most to creativity,

nature or nurture?How can we increase our levels of

creativity?Is the computer a tool or a medium in

which we express creativity?

Creative Thinking Techniques

Ask QuestionsSix Thinking HatsBrainstormingStoryboarding

Ask Questions

Why?Six Universal Questions

– What?– Where?– When?– Why?– Who?– How?

Six Thinking Hats

Hats represent directions to think – WhiteWhite - Facts, figures and info– Red - Intuition & feelings – Black - Judgement & caution – Yellow - Positive elements– Green - Creative possibilities– Blue - Overview & processing

Proactive not reactive

Brainstorming

Recording ALL solution ideas without judgment or ridicule

Open environment for exploration of any thought or idea prior to application of constraints

Creates a chain reaction of ideas

Storyboarding

Developed by Walt Disney & his staff 1928

Popular management toolSpreading out thoughts and ideas of others

on a wall for evaluation and ease of useInterconnections of ideas becomes obviousParts/units become part of an overall

“story”

Final Thoughts

TRUE Creativity and Innovation consists of

SEEING what everyone else has seen

THINKING what no one else has thought, and

DOING what no one else has dared!

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