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Week 2 Plan:

Class Meeting:
Monday, September 18th, 4:00-6:45pm ET on campus and in Zoom.

1. Check-in and course Q&A; review of course structure.
2. Think-pair-share around personal challenges and creativity.
3. Activity on testing principles related to constraints.
4. Small group examinations on questions around "Everyone can be a creative thinker."
5. Additional discussion around Theme 1 project ideas

Assignments Due Next Week (Sept. 25):
Recall that next week is a "dialogue" week with shortened class period. Our dialogue with help to bring together thinking on the Theme 1 projects and help everyone to prepare for the upcoming work-in-progress presentations.

1. Readings:

• a. Haught-Tromp, The Green Eggs and Ham Hypothesis
• b. Mossayeh, 5 Constraints That Help Me Innovate
• c. OPTIONAL: Stokes, Creativity from Constraints, Chapter 3, Constraints for Creativity in Literature
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2. Identify 2 or 3 sources (readings, web sites, educational programs or materials, etc.) outside of the course materials that can help you to address your own project related to the theme of "Everyone Can Be a Creative Thinker" (they can be things that you plan to read/review or have already reviewed). Post the citations for these materials on the Theme 1 discussion board page, with a brief explanation (a few lines) of what makes them seem relevant to the theme based on the direction that you are taking with it. Use the Theme 1 discussion page for sharing any other comments over the upcoming weeks.

3. Identify your first source to be used for the Literature/Arts Reflection Journal and write your first entry. Continue weekly journal entries going forward, and identify new sources as needed.