Learning and Leading

• What are the four dimensions that J.P. Guilford used to describe creativity?
• Fluency, Flexibility, Originality, Elaboration
• With which of the four dimensions do you struggle the most? Provide details as to why/how this dimension is difficult for you.
• I think that I struggle most with flexibility. I think that once I know one solution to a problem, I get overwhelmed with other perspectives.
• Think about all of the tools we’ve learned about in class so far. Select a tool and describe how it might help with two or more of the four dimensions of creativity.
• I think that my project on Pinterest was very relevant to fluencey. There are so many different ideas that are being generated on Pinterest that often times people spend hours looking for projects to do because they find so many.
• Spend 10-15 minutes exploring one of the creativity tools listed in the chart on p. 14 in the article. Make sure not to choose a tool you’ve used before. How could that tool be used to support creativity in your chosen grade/subject area?
• Edistorm seems like a good tool to use for the Fluency category. I think that children can use this tool easily to share ideas and brainstorm.