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  • 1.  Creativity classroom exercises

    Posted 01-20-2011 06:42
    Dear colleagues,

    I'm setting up a course on creativity and innovation. It's a course for 3rd year undergraduate Psychology students. I am currently looking for classroom exercises that might be relevant. Does anyone have any tips? Thanks very much in advance!

    Kindest regards,
    Eric Rietzschel

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    Dr. Eric F. Rietzschel
    University of Groningen
    Social and Organizational Psychology


  • 2.  Creativity classroom exercises

    Posted 01-20-2011 08:38
    I teach an entrepreneurial creativity course.  I use a lot from Michalko's Thinkertoys as well as Clegg & Birch's Instant Creativity.  Google "Lateral Thinking Puzzles" and you can find some interesting stuff.

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  • 3.  Creativity classroom exercises

    Posted 01-20-2011 09:53

    Eric,

    I would recommend checking the web site for Div. 10 of APA (Psychology of creativity) http://www.apa.org/divisions/div10/ - they may have some things there. They also have a listserv and you can post your question there as well, many of the active members teach similar types of courses.

    Good luck - I would be interested in what you find out

    Roni
    Roni Reiter-Palmon, Ph. D.
    Isaacson Professor of I/O Psychology
    Director, I/O Psychology Program
    Director of Research, Center for Collaboration Science
    University of Nebraska at Omaha
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    Dear colleagues,

    I'm setting up a course on creativity and innovation. It's a course for 3rd year undergraduate Psychology students. I am currently looking for classroom exercises that might be relevant. Does anyone have any tips? Thanks very much in advance!

    Kindest regards,
    Eric Rietzschel

    ___________________
    Dr. Eric F. Rietzschel
    University of Groningen
    Social and Organizational Psychology




  • 4.  Creativity classroom exercises

    Posted 01-20-2011 11:10
    Eric,
     
    One exercise that I use that is received well by students is asking them to come up with an alternative use for 3.5 diskettes.  You could use any product.  But diskettes have multiple parts and is an item with which they identify.
     
    The class is divided into groups of 4 or 5.
    Each group is given a handful of diskettes.
     
    The scenario is that a company has a warehouse full of the diskettes and wants to explore innovative alternative uses for the diskettes.
     
    They "green light" brain storm for 10-15 minutes - no negative thinking - the sky is the limit.  They are encourage to hold them, feel them, and tear them a part to really explore with all senses.
     
    The group with the most ideas always gets a round of applause.
     
    Then the group is instructed to judicially go through the list and choose one idea they would like to present to the class.
     
     
    I hope this is helpful,
    Joyce
     
     
     
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    >>> "Eric F. Rietzschel" <e.f.rietzschel@RUG.NL> 1/20/2011 6:42 AM >>>
    Dear colleagues,

    I'm setting up a course on creativity and innovation. It's a course for 3rd year undergraduate Psychology students. I am currently looking for classroom exercises that might be relevant. Does anyone have any tips? Thanks very much in advance!

    Kindest regards,
    Eric Rietzschel

    ___________________
    Dr. Eric F. Rietzschel
    University of Groningen
    Social and Organizational Psychology


  • 5.  Creativity classroom exercises

    Posted 01-20-2011 16:16
    Hi Eric

    During our current Summer School Leadership class (yes we are enjoying Summer right now: eat your heart out) we have
    - danced the tango
    - students presented group assignments on major leadership theories using one of a number of options such as making a video, writing a poem, drawing a cartoon, writing a short story
    - had a jazz trio perform so we could get to the problem of ethics via affect

    Cheers

    Ralph



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    Dear colleagues,

    I'm setting up a course on creativity and innovation. It's a course for 3rd year undergraduate Psychology students. I am currently looking for classroom exercises that might be relevant. Does anyone have any tips? Thanks very much in advance!

    Kindest regards,
    Eric Rietzschel

    ___________________
    Dr. Eric F. Rietzschel
    University of Groningen
    Social and Organizational Psychology


  • 6.  Creativity classroom exercises

    Posted 01-21-2011 14:30
    Eric,
     
    Also consider:
     
    * Tom Wujec's marshmallow challenge (Google will help you find it)
    * The "leadership jazz" exercise (Lengnick-Hall and Lengnick-Hall, 1999. Journal of management education. Vol 23, Issue 1)
     
    Best,
    Corinne Post, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor of Management
    College of Business and Economics
    Lehigh University
     
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    Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 6:42 AM
    Subject: [OB-LIST] Creativity classroom exercises

    Dear colleagues,

    I'm setting up a course on creativity and innovation. It's a course for 3rd year undergraduate Psychology students. I am currently looking for classroom exercises that might be relevant. Does anyone have any tips? Thanks very much in advance!

    Kindest regards,
    Eric Rietzschel

    ___________________
    Dr. Eric F. Rietzschel
    University of Groningen
    Social and Organizational Psychology