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Mike Planche: So, before we get started, we have a busy day today. You'll remember last
week that I mentioned to you that I think that it's poetic justice I videotaped you
last week so this week I'm being videotaped. So, the nerves are on me time. We're going
to be doing a couple of things: one of the things we're going to be doing this morning
is, we're going to be starting with Chapter 4, we're going to be doing an exercise on
analytic, creative and practical thinking skills. So, fun exercise, and I'm going to
take you through a different way that I've done it before, because I want to really bring
up the skills.
But, some questions first. So, the self-evaluation exercise, I put a self-evaluation exercise
on Blackboard for you to do. A couple of people raised some points who have tried to do it.
It's on your video, so make sure you watch the video file, it's not due until next week,
and it is due in Blackboard, so you have the time to do it, watch the video file. Then
it just asks you some questions about how you felt you did, and what would you do differently.
It's an individual exercise, not a group exercise, so everyone has to respond to it, it is worth
three marks, so you have a week to do it, make sure you access the video file. I would
strongly suggest that you try to access the video file early, so you will know if you
have problems. If you email me on the weekend to say that you have problems, I don't generally
reply on the weekend, on Blackboard, so make sure you check it early. I'd suggest today,
tomorrow, make sure that you get it checked.
I told you about the video file, so today, what I think we're going to do is Chapter
4, then we're going to have a break after our exercise and then we're going to start
on Chapter 8, which we're going to finish next week. Any questions?
So why is it, that some people are good at getting things and some people are not?
Sorry? You're thinking differently. Some of you think, remember we talked about his before,
in Chapter 1, some of you think logically, laterally, sequentially, this is not an exercise
where you can do that. You have to think creatively, imaginatively. So the reason why I gave you
that today was to understand that people think differently. Now you probably already know
that, but what I'm going to get you to do today is think differently. I have a task
for you to do, and you're going to have about an hour to do it. We're going to go through
each piece separately. So what I want you to do in your group, I'm going to give you
the assignment, I want you to take one per group member, and pass the rest down. When
you get it, just start reading the first page.
So, in this particular exercise, what's your goal? The tallest? Okay, the tallest structure,
the tallest freestanding structure. Okay, that's your goal; to build the tallest freestanding
structure, what does that mean? Not tied down to anything. So, can it be tied down to the
ceiling? The roof? Okay, so it has to be secured to the base, which is your cable, okay, and
it has to be a freestanding structure. So when I say time is up, I'm going to get you
to let go of your structure, and it will be measured by the base of your table to it's
tallest point. Okay? Now, so I want you to proceed to part one where it says define.
I want you to talk about this in context of -- and I'm going to get you to submit one
of these per group, okay? So, decide who's going to submit the group copy, or who's going
to do the good copy. So here, I want you to define, and if you look at the "define" above,
it's going to tell you one of two things: either the problem solving, or the decision-making.
So, go through that particular piece, and create a definition.
Okay, what I want you to do now, is I want you to just, up in the right-hand corner write
the number that you think you solved, whether right or wrong, just write the number that
you believe you solved individually. Yeah, so if you think you solved three of the puzzles
individually, or eight, write the number that you think you solved. Okay, now I want you
to get together in your groups and see how many you can solve, you can change answers,
you can add answers, you can discuss them, do whatever you need to do and see how many
you can solve, I'm going to give you 10 more minutes.
If you have any questions, the resources are up here for you to see. This is a stick; it's
a stir stick, a coffee stir stick. You have a stick a roll of masking tape, a straw, and
twelve index cards. The base of your structure is your table.
Okay, before we start, if you have any questions, please let me know what they are. Yes? Can
you cut them? You may do anything you wish with the resources.
Student: Can we use all of them?
Mike Planche: You can use all of them, or not all of them at your choice, but you cannot
use more, or anything else that is not provided. Any other questions? You have 15 minutes to
construct your structure, go ahead!