{"id":3723,"date":"2023-10-12T11:42:42","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T09:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nettop.guru\/wordpress\/?p=3723"},"modified":"2023-12-18T14:48:47","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T13:48:47","slug":"understanding-creativity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nettop.guru\/wordpress\/understanding-creativity\/","title":{"rendered":"Part 1: Understanding Creativity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is an introduction to teaching creativity for use by teachers, students, and anyone interested in understanding how creativity works and how to develop it through writing games. This first podcast discusses reasons to teach creativity, introduces a simple but useful definition for creativity focusing on divergent thinking, and finally discusses some challenges when teaching and using creativity, particularly the challenge of building a judgment free zone, the key to all creative work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Article on using the games in a Norwegian high school: <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.academic-conferences.org\/index.php\/ecgbl\/article\/view\/1385\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/papers.academic-conferences.org\/index.php\/ecgbl\/article\/view\/1385<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dylan Thomas Dominoes, an advanced game using some of these concepts: <a href=\"http:\/\/www8.uis.no\/fag\/DigitalGamesForReadingLiterature\/www\/docs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www8.uis.no\/fag\/DigitalGamesForReadingLiterature\/www\/docs\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Metaphor Mapping, an interface for exploring texts using these ideas: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allencjones.com\/metaphor-mapping.html\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.allencjones.com\/metaphor-mapping.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/podcast.uis.no\/media\/Teaching_Creativity\/transcription\/Part_1_A_Understanding_and_Teaching_Creativity_Master.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/podcast.uis.no\/media\/Teaching_Creativity\/transcription\/Part_1_A_Understanding_and_Teaching_Creativity_Master.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">You can find a transcription here (pdf, opens in new tab)<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8732\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3723-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/erasmus_enfermera_espaola\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/podcast.uis.no\/media\/Teaching_Creativity\/Part_1_A_Understanding_and_Teaching_Creativity_Master.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/erasmus_enfermera_espaola\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/podcast.uis.no\/media\/Teaching_Creativity\/Part_1_A_Understanding_and_Teaching_Creativity_Master.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/erasmus_enfermera_espaola\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/podcast.uis.no\/media\/Teaching_Creativity\/Part_1_A_Understanding_and_Teaching_Creativity_Master.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/erasmus_enfermera_espaola\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/podcast.uis.no\/media\/Teaching_Creativity\/Part_1_A_Understanding_and_Teaching_Creativity_Master.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/nettop.guru\/wordpress\/?powerpress_pinw=3723-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/erasmus_enfermera_espaola\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/podcast.uis.no\/media\/Teaching_Creativity\/Part_1_A_Understanding_and_Teaching_Creativity_Master.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Part_1_A_Understanding_and_Teaching_Creativity_Master.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 30:34 &#8212; 42.0MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('3723-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_3723-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_3723-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/nettop.guru\/wordpress\/?powerpress_embed=3723-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/nettop.guru\/wordpress\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/nettop.guru\/wordpress\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/nettop.guru\/wordpress\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is an introduction to teaching creativity for use by teachers, students, and anyone interested in understanding how creativity works and how to develop it through writing games. 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