ways to foster creative thinking
principles of brainstorming
mind mapping techniques
What is brainstorming?
-a ter given when a group of people meets to generate new idea around a specific area of interest.
-an effective way to generate lots of ideas and then determine which idea(s) best solves the problem.
*effective with larger group of people.
*performed in a relaxed environment.
*all the ideas are noted down.
Principles of brainstorming
1. postpone and hold your judgements of ideas
2.encourage wild and exaggerated/crazy ideas
3.quantity counts at this stage, not quality
4.build on the ideas put forward by others
5.every person and every idea has equal worth
Procedures
-team members will do their contributions in turns.
-only one idea will be contributed at each turn.
-a member may decline to contribute during a particular round, but will be asked to contribute the other round.
Mind Mapping
-a mind map is made up of words, colours, lines and pictures. It is easy to construct.
5 steps to make a mindmap
1. black paper (unlined paper) and some coloured pens.
2. draw a picture in the middle of the page that sums up your main topic/ subject.
3. draw some thick curved lines away from the picture. One for each og the main ideas you have in your subject.
4. name each idea and draw a little picture.
5. from each of these idea, you can draw other connected lines, spreading out like the branches of a tree to represent the details.
AND WE ARE DONE WITH A MINDMAP !!
