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What will we be doing at the Workshop? Enriching and expanding your familiarity with ten CPS and Critical thinking tools Discovering ways to use these tools to make decisions either individually or in a group Practice the tools so that you can teach them to others © Destination ImagiNation, Inc CPS Toolbox Trainer Workshop V2

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Generating Many, Varied, and Unusual Options Focusing By Identifying a Promising Direction or Theme The “Gem” of Creative Problem Solving © 2003, Center for Creative Learning © Destination ImagiNation, Inc CPS Toolbox Trainer Workshop V2 Reproduced by permission

Get to know your table team... Introduce yourself to the others at your table  Determine something that everyone at your table has in common  Choose a tool that illustrates this common element  Write your name on your nametag and draw the tool on it, too!  Explain to the group your table team’s selected tool © Destination ImagiNation, Inc CPS Toolbox Trainer Workshop V2

What’s a “tool?”  Makes work easier  Increases effectiveness or efficiency  Adds strength or power  Designed for specific job or function  Has a name! © Destination ImagiNation, Inc CPS Toolbox Trainer Workshop V2

Creative Thinking Encountering gaps, paradoxes, opportunities, challenges, or concerns; then searching for meaningful new connections by generating -- Many possibilities Varied possibilities Unusual or original possibilities Details to expand or enrich possibilities © Destination ImagiNation, Inc CPS Toolbox Trainer Workshop V2 Source: Treffinger, Isaksen, & Dorval, Adapted by permission.

Critical Thinking Examining possibilities carefully, fairly, and constructively; then focusing your thoughts and actions by— Organizing and analyzing possibilities Refining and developing promising possibilities Ranking or prioritizing options Choosing or deciding on certain options © Destination ImagiNation, Inc CPS Toolbox Trainer Workshop V2 Source: Treffinger, Isaksen, & Dorval, Adapted by permission.

© Destination ImagiNation, Inc CPS Toolbox Trainer Workshop V2 Reproduced by permission

© Destination ImagiNation, Inc CPS Toolbox Trainer Workshop V2 Reproduced by permission

What’s a “thinking tool?” Tools for Generating  Brainstorming  Attribute Listing  Morphological Matrix  Force-Fitting  SCAMPER Tools for Focusing  Hits and Hot Spots  ALoU  Paired Comparison Analysis  Sequencing: SML  Evaluation Matrix © Destination ImagiNation, Inc CPS Toolbox Trainer Workshop V2

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© Destination ImagiNation, Inc CPS Toolbox Trainer Workshop V2 A team is faced with a challenge: Two team members have written scripts for the Presentation at school. Both scripts are good ones. Does this call for Generating or Focusing? Situation 2:

© Destination ImagiNation, Inc CPS Toolbox Trainer Workshop V2 A team is faced with a challenge: One team member found an old box or cage on wheels in his grandmother’s garage. The team would like to use it in their Presentation in some way. Does this call for Generating or Focusing?

© Destination ImagiNation, Inc CPS Toolbox Trainer Workshop V2 A team is faced with a challenge: The team can’t decide on a theme for their Presentation. They have many ideas but they don’t know which one to choose. Does this call for Generating or Focusing?

© Destination ImagiNation, Inc CPS Toolbox Trainer Workshop V2 A Family is faced with a challenge: They have book a Safari in Africa and need to get it planned. Managing time is very difficult for them. They have an especially hard time meeting deadlines. Nothing is ever completed when they say it will be and they have a definite deadline with the trip. Does this call for Generating or Focusing?

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