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This month I spy Innovation
This monthly topic serves as a great provoker for creativity and innovation. Include the
following questions in your planning and through the development of special projects in order to
foster innovation in your classroom setting:
What are some rough materials and tools that I want to explore?(Web)
What aspects of these materials produce what effects? (See-Think-Wonder)
What materials could I compare in order to see which I think is best?(Venn Diagram)
How am I changing the look because of the . . . . I am using?(Form and Change Keys)
How do I select materials?(Options Explosion)
Which other materials could I try using for this work and what might happen? (I used to
think…/Now I think)
What am I doing in this artwork that I never tried before in another artwork?(Creative
Questions)
What is the opposite of the effect that I am trying to get?(Branch)
How is my work different than anything I have ever seen done by others?(Viewpoint)
What would my work sound like as music? What instruments would play it?(X Routine)
What things do I try before I am satisfied with my discovery?(Wheel of Wonder)
What if I used my mistakes to look for new ideas? (Does it fit?)
What should I draw or practice to figure out how I want something to look?(What is
Missing)