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EXPLORING 21st CENTURY SKILLS and ISSUES
Sketch an essay; write a screenplay for a math formula; rap a biology chapter. Think fresh. Drop any preconceived ideas about a subject, then relearn it. Mix up sensory experiences. What if you could hear color? What if you could see odors? What would music feel like if you could touch it? Think in “what if’s...?” What if dinosaurs walked the earth again? What if the Allies had lost WWII? Diagram your day – backwards. Keep a Journal Ideas rarely arrive completely formed, polished, packaged and ready for the world. The creative brain is on its own schedule. Ideas often arrive at inconvenient times, like in the middle of the night when your mind is dreamy and free-floating ideas. They come in bits and pieces – small insights or notions that can be added to, revised, and developed. Writers often keep several files of partially written stories, ideas for stories or characters, or even just opening sentences of a novel, because they may be something they can use later. Innovators and inventors do the same thing. Exactly where these ideas fit is not yet known to them. They are like pieces of a puzzle. Make a habit of preserving your ideas by text, mail, voice message, journal, or sketching. Save them until you have enough to work with. Tell how you will journal your ideas or designs: __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ Unplug Tech is great, but it’s also addictive, and can be a barrier to interaction with people and the environment. The creative brain sometimes needs quiet to sort, develop, and bring ideas to the surface. Unplug once and awhile. Turn your cell phone off for an hour. Don’t even listen to music. Let the dust in your brain settle. Go for a walk. Notice the sounds of life. Create a story in your head using the sounds you hear or the sights you see. Engage in conversations without checking your phone every minute. Mediate in a quiet place. At first, this all may seem weird if you are tech-addicted, but your brain will soon welcome the change. Tell how you will journal your ideas or designs: __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT PREVIEW
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