Creative Spark PHL/458 For this assignment, I chose Sir Ken Robinson’s video talk about how schools kill the creativity of the children they teach. In his roughly 20 minute speech in Monterey California, in February 2006, he took center stage to deliver a humorous monologue on the spark of creativity. He pointed out that it was his belief that everyone has an interest in education, and it runs deep within us as a society, because it drives the way our culture performs. His speech points out that
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Critical Thinking and Society Exercise Student PHL/458 June 4, 2012 Instructor Critical Thinking and Society Exercise Describe a situation in which critical and creative thought could have been used for a better outcome. Describe why it is important to think critically and creatively in similar situations. Alaska’s economy in the summer is in many ways driven by tourists visiting the state. A few years back the Alaska legislators enacted a head tax on visitors who arrive to the state. The
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Famous Creative Thinkers PHL/458 August 12, 2013 James Hal Cone and Cornel Ronald West are two individuals famous for using creative thinking to impact society and history. Hal Cone is a black theologian and Cornel West is a philosopher. This paper will focus on each individual’s unique contributions to society, ideas used to solve a specific issue, how the ideas were applied, personal and political background, creative
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Critical Thinking and Society Exercise Christopher Nieto PHL/ 458 May 1, 2014 Patricia Caracena Critical Thinking and Society Exercise Describe a situation in which critical and creative thought could have been used for a better outcome. Describe why it is important to think critically and creatively in similar situations. Alaska’s economy in the summer is in many ways driven by tourists visiting the state. A few years back the Alaska legislators enacted a head tax on visitors
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Refining Solutions Travis Lara March 24, 2014 PHL-458 Carrie Woodhouse My issue happened about a year ago. I had to decide weather or not I should stay in the military or get out. This decision would change everything, not just in my life, but my families life. My first solution would be to stay in the military. With this solution came a lot of sacrifice. If I stayed in the military I would be receiving orders out of California, which is where home is, unaccompanied. Unaccompanied
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Creative Spark Talk Analysis Sonya Walls PHL 458 December 2014 Creative Spark Talk Analysis In the video, Elizabeth Gilbert, a 40-year old author, explains how she began her start in writing. This speech takes place in California, February 2009, in front of hundreds of people. There, Elizabeth digs deep into her past to convey to the audience “the elusive creative genius.” As a teenager, Elizabeth knew exactly what she wanted to do. Her dream was to become a professional writer and she
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Creative Spark Paper PHL/458 Creative Minds and Critical Thinking July 7, 2014 Abstract In the video John Bohannon, a scientist and writer, gives a presentation which takes place in November 2011 at an international convention hosted TED in Brussels, Belgium. Bohannon introduces a modest proposal for easing our economic financial burden through the use of dance vice power point presentations. The idea first came to Bohannon during a conversation with a friend who is physicist at the
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Creative Spark Talk Analysis: Schools PHL 458 September 08, 2014 Mrs. LaTrisha McAloon Creative Spark Talk Analysis: Schools Kill Creativity Belief that public education standards are suppressing the creativeness of children, thus society as whole, is gaining wide spread acceptance. The pressure that students are under to achieve in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs leaves little time for commitment to creative programs such as music, theater, dance, film, and visual
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Creative Spark Talk Analysis PHL/458 October 6,2014 Creative Spark Talk Analysis To find ones creative spark, one must look beyond the possibilities of failure within yourself and your peers and do what makes you happy. There will always be a time that the creativity will not be readily available, and the creative thinker will be able to recognize this and not get frustrated, and just find a way to put that spark away for another time. After watching a few of the TED
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Creative Spark Talk Analysis PHL/458 Creative Spark Talk Analysis The video I have chosen is titled “Everything is a remix” by Kirby Ferguson, who is also the speaker. The presentation takes place in the year 2012 at Edinburgh, Scotland. The premise is that all creative thinking is based on the work done by those who came before us. In Kirby Ferguson’s words “Everything is a remix”, meaning there is nothing new under the sun. Ferguson defines the steps involved in making a “remix” of a
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