Creative Digital Problem Solving

DIG 2821

J Michael Moshell

UCF Digital Media

Fall 2009

 

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This document was last updated on 19 November 2009

The Syllabus

The Schedule

The Forms

GRADES RANKED. You will need to get your GRADING NUMBER from me in class.

Date Tuesday Thursday Read BEFORE this week Forward Assignments
25, 27 August Introduction Metaphor and Humor Nothing (yet) Absurd Talent Show -> ATS
1, 3 Sept ATS1 & Feedback Brainstorming -> BRA CC 255-281 Brainstorming Group Task BRA (see lecture PPT)
8,10 Sept Brainstorming Demos Creative Process:Requirements Analysis   Requirements Analysis Exercise (see lecture PPT)
15, 17 Sept Req Analysis Demos MindMaps; Free Writing Get FREEMIND software for Thurs. Moshell's Freewriting Example
22, 24 Sept Freemind demos Hypothesis Testing The Hypothesis Reading Petals around the Rose
29 Sept CHALLENGE 1 TEST 1 See powerpoint for Thurs 24 Sept for details about CHALLENGE 1 and TEST 1
6-8 October SCAMmPERr Lecure Recombination Activities CC 85 - 131 Two assignments: SCAMPER, Homospatial
13-15 October Connecting the Unconnected Showing your Scenarios CC 139-172 See the Tuesday lecture for how-to instructions for Thursday
20-22 Oct Jeff Wirth Improvises Reversals CC 173-192  
27-29 Oct Looking in Other Worlds Parallel Worlds CC 195-226  
3-5 Nov CHALLENGE 2 TEST 2    
10-12 Nov Active Listening Six Hats    
17-19 Nov Six Hats - Demonstrations Pitching: How-to Pitch Videos to Review  
24 Nov Pitching; Design Session Thanksgiving    
1 Dec Pitch Show and Tell 1 Pitch Show and Tell 2