Tuesday, January 19, 2010

GD1: Reading #1

Brainstorming:
Tips I liked fromt he reading:
-Don't shoot down any ideas until after the session is over
-Look at examples of other posters and decode the visual strategy
-Encourage outrageous thought and bizarre ideas

Cubing:
Describing, Comparing, Associating, Analyzing, Applying, Arguing
1. Select a topic (issue, person, idea...)
2. Write from each perspective
3. Try not to sabotage yourself
4. Reread what you have written

Clustering/Webbing?Mapping:
-Basically, this is brainstorming
-Start with a central word in the middle and branch off
-You'll focus on areas that do not come to dead ends
-Look over all ideas that branch off... dead ends are not always bad

Heuristics:
-Is an impressive word that means a learning aid or problem-solving technique that uses
"self-education".
-You interview yourself
-Done by using questions and prompts
-Who, what, when, where, why and how

Questions I have:
1. How intricate/detailed should a brainstorming cluster be before you know that it is good enough to use when starting a project? Is it okay to stop if you get stuck completely even if there is more that could possibly be brainstormed?
2. Couldn't you consider Cubing and Clustering similar/the same as one another? Wouldn't they just be different forms of brainstorming that would lead you to the same ideas in the end?

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