Week 2: Divergent and Convergent Thinking Help

Week 2: March 5 March 11

Welcome to week 2! This week we will include critiquing, some small drills on idea generation, and
the beginnings of peer evaluation. The main lectures are on Critiquing and on Divergent and
Convergent Thinking. We'll also recap of some examples from the exercises completed for the
course and we'll talk about them. We'll do this each week as the course proceeds.
Your homework this second week includes our first peer evaluation of the different that was just
completed; before you start to participate, however, you will need to have submitted your Eat DSD.
See the video on Critiquing for hints and directions; the goal here is to help others develop their
ideasand in doing so you'll also improve your own ability to create better ideas.

This week's homework also includes another 'do something different', this time to wear someone
different. For all DSD's we'd encourage you to post your DSD in the Forum to share your exploits
with others in the class; here and in the face-to-face version, it's the work that is done by learners
that makes the class fun, interesting, and a good learning experience.

The videos will deal with two topics; first, looking at the concepts of divergent and convergent
thinking, two different ways of thinking we all use; and second, the beginnings of the simple drills we
can use to build our creative capacity. Not only do we need to know about creativity and to attempt
certain challenges, we can also build our idea generating capability through practice.

Finally, you'll need to take the quiz on the Newsweek article and begin the readings in the Johnson
book, Where Good Ideas Come From. While we are building our skills and changing our habits, we
also need the supporting knowledge about creativity; the readings for this course are a beginning for
understanding more about creativity.

Homework, due Tuesday, March 11, 23:59 PM CST(-006) : Complete DSD 2 [Wear], complete evaluations
for DSD 1[Eat], OAE idea generation exercises, Newsweek quiz.

Lectures
Lecture 2.1: Divergent + Convergent Thinking (9:43)
Lecture 2.2: Idea Generation: What 90 Seconds with a brick has to do with creativity (4:34)

Activities and Exercises

Originality Assessment Engine [NOTE: OAE to be unavailable 16 March 0600-1200 CDT (-0500)
for system maintenance]
Originality Assessment Engine PDF (Instructions)

Do Something Different Assignment

Live Review: Review Eat DSD. (8:21) Every Tuesday we'll compile and discuss some creative
DSD examples. We don't always see every one, especially ones that are posted late on Tuesday,
 so if you have a really good project, post it as early as possible so we can share it!
Evaluation Submission 1: Eat DSD Peer Evals (ORIGINAL submission group)
Forum 1: Eat DSD Best in Class
DSD 2.1: Critiquing: Making improvements (2:48)
DSD 2.2: Wear Something Different introduction: redefining problem concept of the closet and
social conventions (1:07)
Examples: DSD Wear Something Different
Assignment Submission 2: DSD 2, Wear Something Different

**EXTENDED/LATE DSD 1 (EAT) Assignment** Due SATURDAY March 8, 23:59 -006.

EXTENDED/LATE DSD 1 (Eat) Assignment Submission (and peer evaluations for extended group only)
This link is for extended submissions/evaluations ONLY if you have not yet uploaded your
assignment to the submission module linked in week 1.
If you need to submit your assignment in this area, you must complete peer evaluations in this
"extended group" area (do not go back to the "original" submission link).
Do not use this link if you have already submitted your DSD 1 assignment to the original
submission area. Continue peer evaluations as normal in the original spot.
Do not use this link for peer evaluations IF you submitted your assignment to the "original group"
submission area, you must use the link for the original assignment to complete peer evaluations.

Quiz 1
Quiz 1: Newsweek article

Reading available here: Newsweek article The Creativity Crisis PDF Version

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