Catalog of Critical Creativity Presentation

Creating with words (122-149)

• Potent Quotables 
• Intentionally pairing a quote and and image together, and then explaining why you did it the way you did.
• Students can mess around with colors, fonts, and text placement to create the mood they feel best expresses the text/image combination.

Creating with images (153-177)

• Haikonography 
• Creating a visual haiku by using images (specifically, icons) instead of words.
• Application of visual thinking into a medium traditionally focused on writing.
• thenounproject.com 
• translation

Creating with Sounds (181-206)

• Q-Lisions
• consideration of multiple perspectives
• threads of unison and dissension

Creating with the Body (209-231)

• Custom Signage
• Almost a recreation of sign language
• used to describe specific steps in a process 

Creating with stuff (235-263)

• Metaphorical Architecture
• Abstract vs. Concrete nouns, analogies
• design a building, monument, etc. that represents an abstract concept (ex: emotions).
• symbolism
• justify their choices

Creating with Social Media (269-295)

• One Word to Rule them All
• Great creative constraints; forces students to distill the takeaway into just one word.
• Modify the word using fun typography (1001freefonts.com) and/or doodles. 
• Discussion of denotative and connotative meanings