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Reading Journal: Brainstorming
- Due
- 12:00 noon, Wednesday, September 30
- Preparation
- Read a short book excerpt:
- Tom Kelley with Jonathan Littman (2001). The perfect brainstorm. Chapter 4, The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, America's Leading Design Firm, pp. 53-66. [posted under Resources on CLEo]
- Submitting your work
- Please post your response as a blog entry on CLEo.
- Collaboration
- Each
student should turn in their own answers to the
questions below. You may discuss the assigned readings with anyone you
wish, but you should clearly acknowledge the source of any insights
that come from outside your own reading of the text(s).
- Evaluation
- I will evaluate this assignment on the scale presented in the syllabus.
Journal questions
- Which of of Kelley's rules and suggestions do you think is most critical to a successful brainstorm? Why? [prioritization]
- Reflect on the brainstorm you conducted for your mini design
project (Investigation 4). Which of Kelley's rules and suggestions did
you follow? Which ones didn't you follow? What might you do differently
when brainstorming in the future? [analogy, metacognition]
Janet
Davis (davisj@whitman.edu)
Created September 28, 2015
Last revised September 28, 2015
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