CREATIVE THINKING

for
EDUCATIONISTS

BRIG SIVAM
BE,MIE,AMBIMUK,MBA,
AMISTD,AMIIPE
FLYING HIGH
Reaching the Stars
Ride the Waves
To Be an Innovator

• Who am I today..?

• Our Goals….
• Update yourself with Technology for
Education
• Interact with Educationists of the
World
• Stanford, MIT, NUS……
GOALS

• TEST YOUR ABILITY

• SELF CONFIDENCE
• ADJUST TO REAL OUTCOMES
• DON’T GIVE UP
• SHARPEN YOUR PLANNING SKILL
•Spark Innovation.
•TEST YOUR CQ
•
Future is here….
Education offers…

• Knowledge
• Wisdom
• Application of science to
Improve living comforts of all
Eliminate poverty, health, explore the
universe, enjoy life
Protect the environment
SELF TEST

• Identify your goals, vision & DREAMS

• SKILLS
• ATTRIBUTES
• YOUR KIND OF READING
• ACHIEVEMENTS SO FAR…..
What is my contribution to my
institution?
• OWN COMMITMENT
• TO BE AN EFFECTIVE SPECIALIST
• THE RIGHT HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
• COMMUNICATION , CTREATIVTY
• SELF-DEVELOPMENT
• DEVELOP OTHERS
• ----PETER F DRUCKER
INVENTIONS
• Acupuncture chinese
• Aero plane Orville and Wilber Wright 17
Dec1903USA
• Bicycle Boron Von
DraisGermanyScotlandFrench18401868
• Calculator Leibnitz Germany 1694
• Camera Joiseph niepce 1568 1888
• Computer USA 1943
• Electricity
• Glass
• GramophoneTHOMAS EDISONUSA1898
INVENTIONS….
• Gunpowder
• Ink
• Laser
• Helicopter
• Matches
• PenBall point pen? EGYPT1880
• Paper
• Robots
• Shoes
• Telephone
• Television
• Washing machine Hamilton Smith USA1937
INVENTIONS….

• Television
• Washing machine Hamilton Smith
USA 1937
Cartoons Walt Disney
Cotton gin machine
Zero India…..
GREAT READINGS

• Business @ speed of thought

• - BILL GATES
• Future shock, The Third Wave
• - Alvin Toffler
• Think and Grow Rich - Napoleon Hill
• Yow can Win -Shiv khera
• Made in Japan Sony and Akio
Morita
What Can Teachers Do?

• Wise teachers can offer a curriculum

with plenty of opportunities for
creative behaviors.
• They can make assignments that call
for original work, independent
learning, self-initiated projects, and
experimentation.
Teachers can…

• Using curriculum materials that

provide progressive warm-up
experiences, procedures that permit
one thing to lead to another, and
activities that make creative thinking
both legitimate and rewarding makes
it easier for teachers to provide
opportunities for creative learning.
Search for tools for
Innovation
• www.mindtools.com
• Lateral Thinking – Edward de Bono
• Six Thinking hats
• The Third wave- Alvin Toffler
Your Power

• What is creativity, innovation,

problem solving
• How to be Creative?
• Brain Power
• Anatomy of Brain-Head
Strong- Tony Buzen
• Blocks to Creativity
God's gift to Human Race
Left and right brain
CT Techniques

• Critical Thinking Vs Creative

Thinking
• Edward De Bono- Lateral
thinking, Six Hats
• Alex F Osborn- Applied
Imagination, Brain storming
• Attribute Listing
CT TECHNIQUES…
• Check List- size, shape, colour,
state material
• Critical Examination- Work
Study, Time Study
What, When, Where, Who, Why &
How
Eliminate, Substitute, Alter,
Combine….
Six Thinking Hats
— Edward de Bono

Knowledge Type of thinking Risks, drawbacks,

possessed being used criticism
or needed

Opportunities, Advantages, Feelings,

possibilities, benefits intuition
alternatives
BRAIN STORMIMG
TECHNIQUE
• Suspend judgment.
• Think freely
• Tag on. Improve, modify, build on
• Quantity of ideas
• Choose a recorder
• Organize the chaos
• session relaxed and playful
• Ideas of immediate usefulness
• Areas for further exploration
CT Problems to solve

• TOOTH PASTE
• SHIRT BUTTON
• SHAVING BLADE
• BROOM
• LIGHT SWITCHES
• TOW WHEELER
TEN STEPS TO CREATIVITY
• Listen to Music
• Brainstorm
• Carry small note book
• Refer Dictionary
• Define your Problem
• Take a walk
• Watch TV selectively
• No Drugs /Alcohol
• Read voraciously
• Exercise your brain- Argue often
To Be Creative…..
– Be curious
– Seek problems
– Enjoy challenge
– Be optimistic
– Suspend judgment
– Improve imagination
– See problems as opportunities
– See problems as interesting
– Challenge assumptions
– Don't give up easily: persevere, works
hard
How you can be Creative
• Acquire Knowledge
Popular Science, Popular mechanics,
Scientific American
• Apply Wisdom
• Application of science to
Improve living comforts of all
Eliminate poverty, health, explore the universe,
enjoy life
Protect the environment
www.treehugger.com ,www.springwise.com
What you can do….

• Use of computer systems to acquire

knowledge
• Set up Innovation clubs
• Adventure clubs
• Explore Space travel
• Learning from advanced countries
• COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS

• HAVE BREAK …..

Explore space
Solar bike
Who needs this….
Solar cookers
Seeing through sound
ARTIFICIAL VISION
Antidirt structural membrane
www.ferrari­textiles.com
SEGWAY HT SYSTEM
ELECTRIC BIKES… CARS
BIO FUELS

• HOONGE SEED OIL-IISc Bangalore

• Veggievan.com, biofuel.org
• http://
www.veggiepower.org.uk/main.htm
ENVIROLET Waterless
Clean, Sanitary and Odor-
Free! www.envirolet.com
BIO FUELS

• HOONGE SEED OIL-IISc Bangalore

• Veggievan.com, biofuel.org
• http://
www.veggiepower.org.uk/main.htm
$50 Lab Kits Help Students Le
mobile Electronic
Workbench (mEWB),
• a SGD$50 portable electronics lab kit
designed and developed by lecturer
Hang Kim Yam and his team of
technical support officers.
• http://www.learnerstogether.net/50-lab-k
• Problem-based Learning
PROPOSED ACTIVITIES
•:
• Topic : Creative use of Waste Materials
(9.00 am - 10.30 am)
• 1. Different uses of fused electric bulbs.
• 2. Uses of empty cigerette packets/match
boxes.
• 3. Creativity using leaves of plants.
• Topic :Display of Exhibits and follow up.
(11.00 am-1.00pm)
• Activities, Projects and Display.
WVO BIODIESEL
Roombavac
www.irobot.com
RUBBER PAVEMENTS,
FLOORING
SHEETAL TYRES.COM…
Thin film Solar…
• gobind@fsec.ucf.edu
• 6381472
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• Solar World
2807 North Prospect
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Tel: 1-800-246-7012
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Fax: 719-635-5398
E-mail:
Sales@solarworld.com
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Charger

http://www.siliconsolar.co
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charger-sollite4aa-p-
16199.html
SOLAR CELLS
E-Book Reader Kindle
http://www.sony.co.uk/hub/reader
Karunya University , CBE

• set to Become an Eco-Friendly

Campus
• jatropha oil as a fuel to generate
steam
• Recycle the entire wastewater and
sewage generated by the 6,000
students, faculty and their families
living on the campus
PROPOSED ACTIVITIES

• Creative use of Waste Materials

• 1. Different uses of fused electric bulbs.
• 2. Uses of empty cigarette packets/match
boxes.
• 3. Creativity using leaves of plants.
• 4. Solar PV panels for car Parks.
• 5. Introduce CFLs and LEDS
WEB RESOURCES
•
http://www.buffalostate.edu/creativity/
Create an International innovation Center for
studies in Creativity
www.sharadainventions.com solar devices
http://www.fuelcelltoday.com
http://www.wenportal.org/ieclub_grants
www.innovationcentre.co.nz
www.mit.edu
http://www.nrdcindia.com/
BE CONNECTED…

• Readily available to
interact at your
College with
Faculty and
Students.
• sivambg@yahoo.com

• 9343537792