Who is the subject of your creative profile?

Don't forget to email the subject of your creative profile to Mr. Capozzi today!!

Class Today

Students,

I will be traveling unexpectedly this afternoon, and so will not be in class.  Attendance will still be taken.  Please continue to refine your presentations.  To help get you going again, check out this great tip on presentations from Lifehacker:

http://lifehacker.com/5687910/create-compelling-presentations-with-the-three-q-method

A few things to consider:

• ALL GROUPS - Think about survey data you want to share to back up your recommendations in your presentations.  Consider an informal poll, or even a short survey to distribute to other students at the SVHEC with a few questions that would provide some data to make your argument stronger.  Don't delay on this as it may take some time!
• ALL GROUPS - Think about "best practices," that is, what are other institutions, classes, people, or places doing to address the same concerns your presentation is about.  If your recommendations are informed by, or backed up by, what other folks are successfully doing elsewhere, that makes your argument stronger.
• FACEBOOK GROUP - If you were to contact someone on Facebook from one of the classes you've looked at that use Facebook, and ask them how it's working/not working, that would demonstrate some impressive initiative and also strengthen your presentation.

~MrC

PS - As promised, below is that video I promised to post.  It features Tim Brown, CEO of IDEO, a creative firm that should sound familiar to you by now, and it continues the conversation on the importance of Play.

Tim Brown on creativity and play | Video on TED.com
- Watch more Videos at Vodpod.

Egg Drop Date

Estudiantes!

We will drop our eggs on Tuesday, November 23rd, the last day of class before the Thanksgiving holiday!

Gracias,
~MrC

Job Opportunities

Students,

Just passing along a note about several Job Listings at EBI in Danville, VA.  They're an upholstered furniture and mattress maker, and manufacturing needs your creative brains!

Find the job descriptions on the page below:

http://www.svhed.org/index.php/workforce-assessment-a-advancement

Or contact Dr. Nettie Simon-Owens, SVHEC Director of Workforce Assessment & Advancement, at nettiesimon-owens@svhed.org or 434-572-5477.

~MrC

Project EPD

Forget the date of 2008!  The time for your Egg Drop is NOW!  Check out the project description at right 

and let me know your team members as soon as possible.  You can be a team of One, but no more than a team of Three.  Materials will be handed out in class.

~MrC

Homework for Thursday, 11/4

Students,

Please come to class Thursday ready to deliver a joke.

Also, please review the list of suggested Interview Questions in the Creative Profile Project and come to class with your own suggestions for additions.

~MrC

Homework for Tuesday 11/2

Ciao, studenti!

Today in class, we'll introduce a new project, the Creative Profile, and also take a closer look at your presentations on School Improvement.

For next week, please come to class having read the chapter on PLAY in Daniel Pink's A Whole New Mind.  We'll discuss, as well as practice!

~MrC