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MAKE du JOUR:!Fostering Daily Creativity
@amyburvall
www.amyburvall.com
Personalized Learning with Choice and Voiceand
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http://bit.ly/makedujour
http://padlet.com/amyburvall/makedujour
schedule8-9 intros, “on creativity”, divergent thinking9-10 curiosity, creative habit
10-11 creativity in constraint, serendipity, improv11-12:30 lunch and outside safari12:30-1 make and share
1-2 remix / mashup, storytelling
2-3 creative environment, design3-4 manifestos, reflection
What’s “Historyteachers”?
What’s “Historyteachers”?
Introductions!!
choose 1 from the G-doc
a reminder…
a reminder…
On “Creativity”…!!
Think/ Pair/ Share
WHY
?
=
MOVE BEYOND...
REITERATION
MOVE BEYOND...
REGURGITATION
MOVE BEYOND...
REHASHING
my former student, Johan
my former student, Johan
@johanus on Instagram
Alan Levine
photo / design!safari
look…listen…!analyze
photo / design!safari
tuning your senses to the way effective media is assembled, and to better APPRECIATE the parts that work well enough to not be noticed.
@cogdog
listening to / doing !what moves you
break beyond!boundaries
listening to / doing !what moves you
break beyond!boundaries
listening to / doing !what moves you
suggest!alternatives
move to a different plane…!just running differently from the CROWD
@cogdog
create with others
creativity happens!together
create with others
creativity happens!together
create with others
art studio vibe
@cogdog
there is an energy effect of!creating in PROXIMITY…
personal blog !might be best
personal blog !might be best
contribute to !knowledge
personal blog !might be best
contribute to !knowledge
personal blog !might be best
give peer feedback
@cogdog
But there is more to just sharing YOUR stuff…sharing is also celebrating the work of OTHERS…
@austinkleon
On “Creativity”…!!
“Keep feeling fascination”
Authentic learning (and assessment) are related not only to the knowledge students RECEIVE, but also to the knowledge PRODUCTION they can themselves achieve.
- Steve Wheeler @timbuckteeth
On “Creativity”…!!
“Blind Dates”
divergent thinking !
out of the box college app
out of the box college app
CREATIVITY is intelligence!having fun
albert einstein
CLOSED
relaxed
relaxed
expansive
relaxed
expansive
less purposeful
relaxed
expansive
less purposefulhumour
play is distinct from the locality!and duration of everyday life
-John Cleese
play is distinct from the locality!and duration of everyday life
-John Cleese
1.5 hours
“It’s easier to do!trivial things !
that are urgent!that we know!we can do…
- john cleese
“It’s easier to do!trivial things !
that are urgent!that we know!we can do…
…than the BIG THINKING”- john cleese
shhhhhhhhhh…..
We don’t stop PLAYING because we!grow OLD…we grow old because !we stop playing
- George Bernard Shaw
Divergent / Creative Thinking!!
“Out of Box Thinking Activities: 4 rounds”
unexpected mediums @donalddrawbertson
unexpected mediums @donalddrawbertson
unexpected mediums @donalddrawbertson
repurposing @donalddrawbertson
unique display: “donald by the yard”
repurposing the mundane
serendipitous “doodle-ramblings”
@Hombre_McSteez
“The Deep”…example of Pareidolia
“The Deep”…example of Pareidolia
Divergent / Creative Thinking!!
choose 1 from the G-doc
CREATIVITY is not a talent…!it’s a WAY of operating…!and it’s CURIOSITY !for it’s own sake
- John Cleese
“become a microscope”
“become a microscope”
slow journalism
see the angel!in the marble…
MOBILE walkabout : photographic
MOBILE walkabout : photographic
Curiosity!!
“Bag of Tools” mashup !
+ choose 1 from the G-doc
start small
@austinkleon #showyourwork
low barrier!of entry points
low entry points: do now by KQED
low barrier entry points: photo challenge
#littlethings
low barrier entry points: photo-a-day
low barrier entry points: photo challenge
BESTAGRAM
low barrier entry points: photo challenge
BURNING HOUSE
low barrier entry points: photo challenge
BURNING HOUSE
pin ideas down
visible thinking: marginalia
networked reading @MrZiebarth
myconography: metaphorical icons
100% time, simple diaries @Braddo
#sketchquote
#threethirtysketchquote #birthdaysketchquote
take a break…and make!
SPACE
SPACE
TIME
SPACE
TIME
TIME
SPACE
TIME
TIME
CONFIDENCE
SPACE
TIME
TIME
CONFIDENCE
HUMOUR
TIME
TIME
linger longer…in the question
NEGATIVE CAPABILITIES
CONFIDENCE
there’s no SPONTANEITY in reason- alan watts
CONFIDENCE
there’s no SPONTANEITY in reason- alan watts
FAIL FORWARD…
@DamianRentoule
“the only one who truly doesn’t believe in you”@DamianRentoule
@austinkleon
draw your favorite activity
HUMOUR
HUMOUR
HUMOUR
Creative Habit!!
Daily Photo Challenge Brainstorm !
+ 1 from the G-doc
Creativity !in restraint
…Nuns fret not at their convent’s!narrow room, and hermits are!
contented with their cells…
William Wordsworth
short bit !of news
micro-narratives, Félix Fénéon, 19063 line novels
synopsize
synopsize synthesize
synopsize synthesize
ESSENTIALIZE
6 word stories
6 word memoirs: shawn budlong, 13
condensed shakespeare, mya gosling
MINIMALIST MOVIE POSTERS
POEMS
NOVELS
HISTORICAL EVENTS
synthesis: emoji story
@mirandakeeling
Creativity in Constraint!!
“Line Game” + 1 from the G-doc
analog + digital
poetry helps !your !
soul grow
@austinkleon
Creativity as
analog + digital: book spine poetry
Creativity as
blackout poetry by @austinkleon
blackout poetry by @austinkleon
“cut up method” !
William Burroughs
analog + digital: cut-up poetry
my “makeout poetry”
ipad Paper 53 + magazine +
Instagram filter
cut-up poetry + exquisite corpse
@ajaved22
“revolution is to transform
understanding with disruptive
learning”
@twoheadlines
image
news story
music sound speech
video
RANDOMIZE
“4 things Template” by @alicekeeler
Serendipity!!
choose 1 from the G-doc
Improvisation!!
choose 1 from the G-doc
LUNCH and OUTSIDE SAFARI
* do Duchamp-It + bring back Realia
you are a mashup of what !you let into your life
@austinkleon
you are a mashup of what !you let into your life
@austinkleon
“All ideas are secondhand, consciously and unconsciously drawn from a million outside sources
Mark Twain
CREATIVITY= DERIVATIVE WORKS
CREATIVITY= DERIVATIVE WORKS
Nastya Ptichek
remix: magnetic poetry
remix: google search found poetry
remix: infographic
from this ^ to this >
remix: parody music video (Harvard)
remix: parody music video (Harvard)
art + pop: @AncientTop40
STANDING ON THE!SHOULDERS OF GIANTS
Remix / Mashup!!
“Hack a Children’s Book” +1 from the G-doc
digital storytelling
original lyrics, music, vocals, art, film editing
original lyrics, music, vocals, art, film editing
Storytelling!!
choose 1 from the G-doc
the woodshed
environment: graffiti wall
environment: student art
sharpies!dry erase markers!coloured pencils!coloured markers!
scissors!glue sticks
environment: $10 design kits
environment: $10 design kits
math class
environment: creative curation
transparency and empathy
The Studio
The Studio
“studio time” “work time”
The Studiocollaborating!
!
planning/ brainstorming!!
developing!!
making/doing
The Studioteacher
The Studioteacher
troubleshoot
The Studioteacher
troubleshootrefine
The Studioteacher
troubleshootrefine
critique
The Studioteacher
troubleshootrefine
critiqueguide
The Studioteacher
troubleshootrefine
critiqueguide
The Studio
The Studio
Google’s !“innovation!
time off”
The StudioProduction
The StudioProduction
The StudioProduction
Creative Environment!!
“think/ pair/ share” + “woodshed”
divergent thinking: disruptus game
Design!!
“Disruptus” game + 1 from G-doc
combinatorial / crowdsourced creativity
john cleese on playing in the sandbox
john cleese on playing in the sandbox
“Exquisite Corpse”
“the exquisite!corpse shall!
drink the!new wine”
“Exquisite Corpse”
#burtonstory for MOMA
Tim Burton: Cadavre Exquis
collaborative creativity: #remash
kapsul, the scream
“Character Collaboration”
transparency and inspiration
EPIC WORKcomes from making a deeper
to who we are
& finding a MEDIUM to EXPRESS it wellto OTHERS
@berkun
Publish the “raw”
There is no WINThere is no
FAIL
There is only
MAKE- john cage
stages of work
@austinkleon #showyourwork
Share…on @Somewhere
criteria specs
assignment design brief
universal specs?
GOAL
demonstrate learning / knowledge
GOAL
leave a legacy
make it beautiful
make it unique
make it relevant
make it poignant
make it transparent
hey… !
that spells BURPT
THINK BIG: THE WORLD IS SMALL
“If your work isn’t online!it doesn’t exist”!
@austinkleon
encourage the “white crayons”@KaseyTamamoto
encourage the “white crayons”@KaseyTamamoto
Reflection!!
Make du Jour Manifesto
your big takeaway
your big takeaway
a question
your big takeaway
a question
your personal challenge
WHO INSPIRES YOU ?!TWEET A “SELFLESS SELFIE”!
!your favorite artist or musician
!a great Instagrammer or Viner
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