{"id":3877,"date":"2024-09-11T12:30:18","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T18:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/?p=3877"},"modified":"2024-10-02T15:38:13","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T21:38:13","slug":"creativity-innovation-in-block-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/2024\/09\/11\/creativity-innovation-in-block-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Creativity & Innovation in Block 1"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Creativity & Innovation and the Crown Center for Teaching\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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We’re excited to announce that Creativity and Innovation (C&I) has become a part of the Crown Center for Teaching.<\/a> This alignment enhances Crown\u2019s mission to support innovative and inclusive teaching across campus by heightening awareness of C&I programming and opportunities for engagement. C&I will maintain faculty programs such as its \u201cPossibility Books\u201d and \u201cCreative Courage Cohort\u201d while integrating its Student Facilitator Development program under the auspices of Crown\u2019s efforts to recognize teaching across the college. Jessica Hunter has joined Crown as Associate Director, while Kris Stanec will serve as Director of C&I.\u00a0 As we explore the opportunities of this collaboration during the 2024-25 academic year, we welcome your participation and ideas to enhance our collective service to the College.<\/p>\n

C&I spaces\/where to find us:<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n

C&I office (NW corner of Cache and Weber)<\/strong>
\n– Offices: Kris Stanec, Director, and Madeline Brooks, Program Coordinator
\n– cSpace \u2013 see below for more info<\/p>\n

Crown Center in Tutt Library, Room 232\u00a0<\/strong>
\n– Office of Jessica Hunter, Associate Director of Crown<\/p>\n

C&I Honnen classroom 101<\/strong>
\n– Space for workshops
\n– Can be reserved by faculty who need to use the materials C&I provides.\u00a0 – — – Email Maddie at mbrooks@coloradocollege<\/a> for more info.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Introducing the Creativity Mindsets<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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People often ask, \u201cWhat IS creativity?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0The C&I program at CC aligns with the definition of creativity as \u201ca principled engagement with the unfamiliar and a willingness to approach the familiar in unfamiliar ways.\u201d (Beghetto and Gl\u0103veanu, 2021 p. 75)<\/p>\n

Rather than attempt to \u2018teach creativity,\u2019 our program proceeds from the premise that creativity is an innate human trait that can be consciously cultivated to help bring the richness of our whole selves into every aspect of our lives (Rubin, 2023). We believe this approach supports the development of flexible, life-long creative skill sets that center playfulness, exploration, and experimentation. Therefore, C&I focuses on cultivating specific mindsets that support creative thinking.<\/p>\n

C&I\u2019s framework of creativity mindsets provides the basis for many of our curricular\/co-curricular experiences and foregrounds creative processes over products. The chart below demonstrates how cultivating these mindsets can help us overcome barriers to creative thinking.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Throughout this year, our newsletter will explore each mindset and celebrate the ways people are practicing them across campus.\u00a0 Please reach out to find out more!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Updates & Opportunities through Block 2<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Faculty Opportunities<\/u><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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