Flow Team

Flow:

To be in flow means to be completely involved or focused on the task at hand. But to be in flow the task must create of sense of being outside reality, of inner clarity, tranquility, timelessness, and produce intrinsic rewards for a person. For me, flow is being outside in nature. I feel completely in flow when I’m in that natural world, amongst the trees and the animals. Flow is not only a happy place, but a place where you never want to leave and can’t wait to come back to. I think that as teachers, we all want students to be in flow in our classrooms, but how often does that happen. In order for students to be in flow in our classrooms we need to make learning a situation that ignites curiosity and sparks creativity, because when students are engaged, interested, and able to take what they’ve learned and make it their own they’re in flow.

http://www.educationreformbooks.net/flow.htm

How does it feel to be in flow?

1. Completely involved, focused, concentrating

2. Sense of being outside reality

3. Greater inner clarity- knowing what needs to be done and how well it is going

4. Knowing the activity is doable- that the skills are adequate and neither anxious or bored

5. Sense of serenity, tranquility- no worries about self, feeling of growing beyond the boundaries of ego

6. Timelessness- focused on the present, don’t notice how time is passing

7. Intrinsic motivation- whatever produces flow becomes its own reward

Fedoras Web and Youtube annotations

Six Thinking Hats

This youtube clip has animation that explains the functions of each hat. The good thing about this video is that it gives you tips on remember what each hat is. For example, the red hat is for someone to express their feelings, so think of warmth to remember that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjVxSk1MqO4

This site explains the hats, but gives an example of how to use them.

http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTED_07.htm

This image shows each hat, what it stands for, and some questions to ask yourself when wearing it.

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFYMrZxarkHPSVBfg1Ies0Do2GcYEixa-sPtuYJkIUZKlRpcVfvQu-uPVFlbVckybzQDd2jTqM_Ad394wYK2HyUK13lKNGvyhvPtz07hPngqcwRH7sCN1cJtUZkQnxPFIwT2YydxLzLwb_/s1600/six-thinking-hats-class-display.jpg

Ways to use the Six Thinking Hats method

http://www.kurwongbss.eq.edu.au/thinking/Hats/hats.htm

Flourishtivity Summary

Team Flourishtivity

http://www.thecreativeleadershipforum.com/creativity-matters-blog/2010/12/10/environmental-stimulants-to-creativity-research-results-tere.html

-This site gives a breakdown of Ch. 8 of Amabile’s book. It discusses 8 environmental factors in work place that will help to foster creativity in the minds of the individuals.

http://thylmann.net/blog/2004/5/20/how-to-kill-creativity-by-teresa-amabile.html

-This is a short blog discussion on how creativity is killed. We felt that we could gain some insight on how to promote creativity by seeing what things can kill creative minds and ideas.

http://maaw.info/ArticleSummaries/ArtSumAmabile.htm

-This website expands on the information from Amabile on how creativity is killed. We liked some of the information that was presented and feel that it will be helpful to us.

http://www.bnet.com/blog/harvard/the-3-keys-to-organizational-creativity/9140

-This blog outlines Amabile’s 3-steps to organizational creativity. Once again, we felt it contained some interesting information that we would be able to use.

-At our last team meeting, I felt like we were finally able to get on the same page and I think things are starting to come together for us. There are still some items that were are not sure about and we are starting to run into trouble when trying to find information on Amabile, as most of the websites contain similar information. Overall, I feel we have a fairly decent grasp on what is going on.

Six Thinking Hats by Fedoras

Team Flow

Flourishtivity on Motivation

Fullo Clip on Critical Thinking

Flourishtivity

Flourishitivity

Nicolle, Spencer, Eric Group Name: Flourishtivity, a spontaneous decision for our group name, describing the flourishing creativity we hope to promote in our classrooms! Our team's topic is Teresa Amabile's model for creativity to flourish. Amabile's study of creativity in the workplace resulted in her theory of the factors that promote creativity. Three important elements are domain relevant skills, creativity-relevant skills, and task motivation. This week's discussion of what was creative about the shell video touched on creativity-relevant skills. The creators of the video were able to imagine the perspective of the shell, which demonstrates their creative skills. The video below is a student-made video illustrating intrinsic vs. extrinsic motivation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GohkieaDkDs&feature=related

Fullo

Fullo

Rebekah, Dow & Jen = Team Our Plato is Fullo (Thanks to Rebekah for our team name reflecting a hybrid of our hectic schedules, critical thinking, and a little spanish flair!) Our topic is the Questioning Model, also known as the Integrated Curriculum Model out of William and Mary College. It is a model of classroom instruction designed towards gifted learning styles to promote critical thinking. Here is a video about the importance of critical thinking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OLPL5p0fMg This week we discussed in our group about whether creativity is still valid if it doesn't seem to have a point. Creativity should relate to the learner's interests.

By Jennifer on Week 2 on 2/5/11

Flourishtivity

Spencer, Eric Group Name: Flourishtivity, a spontaneous decision for our group name, describing the flourishing creativity we hope to promote in our classrooms! Our team's topic is Teresa Amabile's model for creativity to flourish. Amabile's study of creativity in the workplace resulted in her theory of the factors that promote creativity. Three important el