Homework: Boosting Creativity
• Explanation of a problem to solve.
• Creative Divergence. Exercise where the groups work in a
DIVERGENT manner suggesting proposals to solve the problem previously exposed.
Creative tools can be used for expanding the playing field using Brainstorming, Brainwriting, SCAMPER.
• Creative Convergence. Exercise where the groups work in a CONVERGENT manner to find a creative solution to solve the problem exposed in the first point.
Two creative tools will be used for project evaluation: SWOT- Matrix and Mind Mapping.
• Design a Logo. The task is to design a logo for the problem exposed in the first point, considering the ideas came up in the 2nd and 3rd point.
Exercise where the groups work to solve in a creative way using two creative tools: Brainstorming and Mind Mapping.
• Some examples of DIVERGENT questions are:
o What are other alternatives to this?
o What is another way of looking at this?
o How could this be done differently?
o What are all the possibilities?
o What different strategies could be used to solve this problem?
o What predictions might you make about the future of this?
• Some examples of CONVERGENT questions are:
o What is the single most important point that has been made?
o What is the common theme here?
o What is the most relevant pattern to solve the problem?
Homework divided into 4 parts:
o Explanation of a problem to solve.
o Creative Divergence.
o Creative Convergence.
o Design a Logo.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.