...THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF VISUAL ARTS, THEATER, AND DANCE TECHNOLOGICAL IMPACT ON CREATIVITY: ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF COMPUTER MODELING AND RAPID PROTOTYPING ON PERCEIVED CREATIVITY By ANTHONY L. CONETTA A thesis submitted to the Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Fine Arts in Interior Design Degree Awarded: Fall, 2012 i Anthony Conetta defended this thesis on June 26, 2012. The members of the supervisory committee were: Marlo Ransdell Professor Directing Thesis Eric Wiedegreen Committee Member Jim Dawkins Committee Member The Graduate School has verified and approved the above-named committee members, and certifies that the thesis has been approved in accordance with university requirements. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS [Type or paste your acknowledgements paragraph(s) here] iii TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES .......................................................................................................................... 1 LIST OF FIGURES ........................................................................................................................ 2 ABSTRACT .................................................................................................................................... 3 CHAPTER ONE ............................................................................................................................. 4 INTRODUCTION...
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...Master Business Studies, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), University of Amsterdam THE INFLUENCE OF PHISICAL ACTIVITY ON CREATIVITY THE WALK TO INNOVATIVE SUCCES! Abstract This paper is an analytical review about the possible relation between physical activity and creativity. Relative new research studies show promising results for a possible positive relationship between walking or standing meetings and increased levels of creativity at the workplace. By creating a conceptual graph and discussing several models, the potential role of physical activity in the creativity process is shown and the important role of the organisational environment. Although future research is clearly needed, stimulating physical activity might be a useful new management practice to enhance creativity in companies. Entrepreneurship & Innovation Management Paper Introduction Artists, musicians, writers, have used body movement to help overcome mental blocks and lack of inspiration. Also, historical figures like Sigmund Freud, Charles Dickens, and Charles Darwin, frequently walked to find solutions for deeper questions and thoughts (Loehle, 1990). For example, Harry s. Truman woke up at five in the morning for a ‘vigorous’ walk of a mile or two, wearing a business suit and tie. More modern methods are also used by Steve Jobs who is well known for his walking meetings and Mark Zuckerberg who has also been holding meetings on foot. It seems that they all intuitively knew...
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...it is the dream of being a famous musician, artist or athlete. With education budget cuts and the motion for higher standardized test scores on the raise, many schools have been forced to cut some of their programs. Those hardest hit are music, art and physical education classes. The issue is that cutting these programs may do more harm to students than good. Studies have shown that music, art and physical activity have many positive effects on student development and learning. Physical education has become especially important today. With childhood obesity become an increasing problem, physical health and proper nutrition has become a great concern. Music and art also have also shown to have an impact on physical development. These are the classes and programs that promote creativity, self-expression and individuality, and for many students are the classes that they look the most forward to and are often the highlight of their day. By taking them away are we not robbing our students of the opportunity to learn through different mediums? What about the future musicians, artists and athletes? Are we not robbing them of the opportunity to follow their dreams and be who they are? There is no question that music, art and physical education is important in many ways to the lives of students, and there are many reasons why keeping these programs in schools are a must. Many cities and school districts have begun to create programs, many outside of school, to ensure that students have...
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...Creativity In Schools: A Maltese Perspective Paper presented during the First International Conference on Strategic Innovation and Future Creation, Malta, March 2009 Shirley Pulis Xerxen 1 The knowledge and skills needed in the future may not even be known at the time a person attends school or university. As a result, these institutions cannot limit themselves to the transmission of set contents, techniques and values, since these will soon be useless or even detrimental to living a full life. (Cropley, 2006, p. 136)1 Introduction In this paper I attempt to provide some insight about the teaching of thinking and creativity in schools by drawing parallels between what is found on this subject in the literature, my experience as a teacher of thinking skills in Primary schools in Maltai and from findings that emerge from a questionnaire that I conducted with Maltese Primary and Secondary school teachers to analyse their perceptions on the teaching and learning of creativity, compatible with the educational values of current pedagogical practices. Facing today’s challenges Educators are being increasingly faced with the ever-growing call for entrepreneurial citizens who value openness, diversity and creativity, who are able to design the future in all areas of their life. This demands that a school’s curriculum must be open and flexible enough to accommodate these new perspectives. This paper focuses on the need for a holistic approach to creativity in education, an...
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...results. What does this kind of training entail? Practitioners included: Srdja Popovic and Giorgi Meladze from CANVAS Sam La Rocca, Jason MacLeod, James Whelan, Holly Hammond, and Anthony Kelly from The Change Agency Zsuzsanna Kacsó, Bianca Cseke and Corina Simon from PATRIR Daniel Hunter, Joe Catania, and Philippe Duhamel from Training for Change Linda Sartor from Nonviolent Peaceforce Dola Nicholas Oluoch from Chemchemi Ya Ukweli-Active Ouyporn Khuankaew from International Women's Partnership for Peace and Justice Shaazka Beyerle from The International Center on Nonviolent Conflict Hardy Merriman, an independent consultant in the field of strategic nonviolent conflict Learn more about the experienced nonviolent action trainers who shared their ideas and resources during the dialogue. Summary of Dialogue Moving Nonviolent Action Theory to Practice Enormous and exciting developments have taken place over recent decades to make this strategic theory available and accessible to people around the world, notably through education and mainstream acceptance of the theory. Core concepts of successful nonviolent action are support, careful planning and strong leadership. It is essential to have a vision and strategic plan and to develop the tactics and campaigns necessary to achieve it. Most often, movements tend to happen through local grassroots organizations and unions, in response to circumstances in a place or because of the creativity of a group of...
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...Chapter Twelve CREATIVE STRATEGY AND THE CREATIVE PROCESS Objectives To show how advertising strategies are translated into creative briefs and message strategies that guide the creative process. The chapter examines the characteristics of great advertising, styles of thinking, the nature of creativity, its importance in advertising, and the role of the agency creative team. We discuss how research serves as the foundation for creative development and planning, and we review common problems and pitfalls faced by members of the creative team. (p. 370) After studying this chapter, your students will be able to: 1. Discuss the meaning and the importance of creativity. 2. Identify the members of the creative team and their primary responsibilities. 3. Tell how to differentiate great advertising from the ordinary. 4. Explain the role of the creative brief and its affect on the artistic expression in an ad or commercial. 5. List the principal elements that should be included in a creative brief. 6. Explain the purpose of the message strategy and how it differs from the creative strategy. 7. Define the four roles people play at different stages of the creative process. 8. List several techniques creatives can use to enhance their productivity. Teaching Tips and Strategies This chapter introduces students to the creative process. Students are amazed when I explain to them that a 30-second commercial can take days to shoot in some cases...
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...a beginning idea. Consider how you can modify the activity to meet your specific needs. Check back at this site often, as we keep adding ideas. Activity 1) I Wish... Objective: Identify problem areas within an organization in order to select problems you can solve; have a positive impact on organizational culture. Assign people to interview an employee or have trainees interview each other, using the questions below. This will reveal issues that are worth discussing in your training at appropriate times. 1. What do you like best about your job? 2. If you were in charge of the organization, what would you most want to change? 3. What wish for change do you think your boss would make? 4. What could be done to make your job more productive or more enjoyable? Compare answers (if employees were interviewed do not divulge their names, only the data they provided). Discuss and compile a list of suggested changes. Choose those that are appropriate for your training participants—which issues are they willing to tackle? Narrow the list down. If possible choose one item, one suggested change, that you believe is valid and that you could work on. Make this into a group project. Set a plan and assign activities to support the attainment of the goal. Secure organizational endorsement or resources if needed. Keep this list of problems you identified in "I Wish..." and refer back to it at appropriate times. Check yourself quarterly to see how you are doing on reducing some...
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...Nguyen Thu Trang Class: 14E12 _____________________________________________________________ WRITING ASSIGNMENT Version 01 Task: To what extend do you agree with the statement: “School is bad for students?” Support your claims with appropriate grounds and warrants. People may think that children must go to school; thus, almost children go to school every day (this sentence has a problem in how you express the idea) However, arguments have persisted as to whether school is good (can be replaced by 'beneficial') for children or not. Although there are convincing argument on both sides, I strongly believe that it is bad for children because school not only prevents children’s creativeness, but also has negative impacts on children’s (their) health. Most of (omit) educators claim that school is encouraging children to be individual and different (how does school encourage children to be individual and different? I think you should clarify this a little bit); nevertheless, it is a fact that school is crushing (stifle/ inhibit) kids’ creativeness ( can replaced by 'creativity' to avoid repetition) by asking almost (virtually) all of them to do the same things and not accepting creative children’s characteristics. The majority of students are cast in the same mould made by educators, thinking that model is standard for people who children will be. (express in a clearer way). These acts (not suitable) are the root of being not interested in exploring new ideas or enlarging...
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...quality of work. In this paper I will give a summary of an article called becoming an evidence based HR practitioner. This article is relevant to this paper because it gives background on how to address issues in the workplace, using evidence based solutions. Also, I have chosen to focus on team building exercises and how they affect employees in the workplace. I will include evidence to support my argument whether or not this is a useful technique. Becoming an Evidence-Based HR Practitioner Becoming an evidenced based HR practitioner was a very insightful article to read. The article described EBHR as a decision making process that combines critical thinking and scientific evidence along with business information. It also informs the reader how to get started as an EBHR practitioner. The key aspect to EBHR is to actively manage professional decisions. This involves making decisions using practices supported by high research. The article also includes step by step set of approaches to becoming an evidence based HR practitioner. It offers guidance for evidence- based practice the article underscores the connection between effective practice and organizational research. Team Building and Employee Relationships The question I decided to focus on was “Do team building exercises improve relationships among employees?”First I decided to address why team building seem like a good technique to use in the workplace. First it facilitates better communication among...
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...submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts: Leading Innovation and Change at York St. John University, United Kingdom. An Investigation into Attitudes to Workplace Creativity and the Role of Innovation StylesTM as a Model to Enhance and Encourage Creative Thinking in Groups at NCP. Abstract In recent years, organisational creativity has attracted much attention from academics and leadership experts. This is due in part to the relationship between creativity and innovation and also because employees throughout organisations are facing unfamiliar, complex problems. These new problems require novel solutions and as such, a high level of creative thinking is required. Increasingly, the workforce is being asked to identify the real problem, uncover problem-related information and then produce and evaluate a diversity of possible solutions. While organisations are constantly seeking innovative solutions, there is a great deal of evidence to suggest that leadership attitudes to creativity and organisational culture exert a powerful influence on creativity. This influence can be both positive and negative and in order for innovation to become embedded in an organisation’s culture, leaders need to find ways to ‘manage for creativity’. There is almost universal agreement that every human being has the capacity to think creatively, and there is strong evidence to suggest that creative thinking ability diminishes over...
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...The world is characterized by the presence of a wide range of music genres. Music plays various and different roles in the lives of individuals. In the book “High Fidelity”, Nick Hornby, the author, examines how music can be used to examine the various aspects of everyday life. In the book “High Fidelity”, Rob, the main character sets out to associate various events in his life with his forever-changing tastes in music. The main character in “High Fidelity” uses music to put things into perspective and re-examine some important aspects of his life. On the other hand, Alan Ruisbridger is of the view that music can change people’s lives for the better. In his book “Play it Again”, Ruisbridger tells the story of how the main character learnt to play the piano and ended up becoming a better person in the course of his lessons. Both Hornby and Ruisbridger are giving testaments of how music can play an important role in an individual’s life. In addition, both authors focus on the positive influences that music can have on people’s lives. Music has a hidden element and it is not easy to understand. Furthermore, it is true that music has the power to impact positive changes on an individual’s life. This essay explores the different ways in which music can improve our lives and change them for the better. Ruisbrigder is of the opinion that music can help us to learn ‘new tricks’ even at an advanced age. Using music as a learning tool is not a new concept because this strategy has previously...
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...should: • • • • • • • • understand the importance of choosing a research topic that lends itself to a ’do-able’ project; be able to evaluate potential topics; be able to formulate a valid research question (and hypothesis); understand the importance of creativity, and its relationship to innovation in formulating your research question; understand the integral role played by the research question; understand the vital role of the research proposal; be aware of the common pitfalls to be avoided in writing a successful proposal; and be able to write a logical and persuasive research proposal. Overview Chapter 3 deals with the practical issues of choosing an appropriate topic for your research project, and with the all important task of developing a research proposal. Section 3.1 deals with the practicalities of evaluating topics from your potential list, in order to choose the most appropriate for your project. Section 3.2 focuses on how to formulate a good research question. The role of the research question and different types of questions are dealt with in Section 3.3. Section 3.4 highlights the functional importance of the research proposal, which is often neglected by undergraduate students. The proposal acts as an exercise in thought, a reference point for supervision, and also as a motivational device. Section 3.5 deconstructs the proposal into its major components in order to make the development of the proposal more manageable. Section 3.6 presents the issue of the writing...
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...father is more acculturated than her mother. Thus, she disclosed some difficulties discussing some things with her mother. The client talked about an instance were her mother did not want her to dorm and it became more difficult when her mother found out that the dorms were coed. The client was able to talk about how her parents have difficulties at times because she describes her mother as “way more religious than my father”. The client describes herself as a “slaking catholic” as she does not consider herself to be very active in her religious community as compared to her mother. Her brothers are more active as she mentioned that they do it to please her mother. The client mentioned that she at times accepts the fact that she is going to be a disappointing child in terms of her religious beliefs....
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...The Illusion of Leadership Directing Creativity in Business and the Arts Piers Ibbotson The Illusion of Leadership This page intentionally left blank The Illusion of Leadership Directing Creativity in Business and the Arts Piers Ibbotson © Piers Ibbotson 2008 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2008 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan®...
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...acceptable levels of fluency is because of what we talked about in a previous WebQuest. In WebQuest #3, Task #2 (When we say students can’t read, what does that mean?), the text states: “95% of the textbooks that districts buy and publishers get lots of money for are written at least 2 grade levels above the grade level it is written for. So, unless the teacher modifies the reading and provides other resources, the student is always asked to read something at her/his frustrational level.” This is one reason why students are having trouble with Fluency. Another reason may be due to the teacher’s teaching style. I am a second year, returning substitute teacher. This year, the most popular teaching style that I have seen is that of a Traditionalist teacher. In WebQuest #2, Task #2 (The...
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