Creativity and Problem Solving by Shahd Samy

Can creativity be learned and taught ?

shahdkhaledsamy — 2018-05-10 20:32:29 UTC

Definitely yes ! We are all naturally creative ..Creativity can be learn and taught and everyone should improve his creativity skills .. the fact of thinking that you are not creative ( even if your not ) will make you not creative
! .. You have to think positively of your skills , always look forward to improve yourself and your creativity skills .

Schools and Creativity

shahdkhaledsamy — 2018-05-10 20:47:03 UTC

Schools must empowers student's creativity by giving them the chance to explore different subjects , do what they love and what they are forcedto do , discover their hidden talents , improve their talents and their skills and most of all : Encourage them to Innovate

What is Creativity ?

shahdkhaledsamy — 2018-05-10 21:08:47 UTC

Creativity is the fact of having the ability to generate , recognize , imagine and come up with new ideas that may help to solve a problem and to innovate .

Reclaim your Creative Confidence !

shahdkhaledsamy — 2018-05-10 21:17:14 UTC

People must learn how to over-come their fears .. You have to believe in you self and do not overthink about anything except your goals... Always Remind your self that :
-We are all born creative
-Failure is a way to succeed ( Failure is needed )
- Improving your skills is your choice !

BELIEVE IN YOUR SELF

shahdkhaledsamy — 2018-05-10 21:31:33 UTC

IF YOU CAN DREAM OF IT , YOU CAN DO IT

My motivational song <3 ( Favorite one )

shahdkhaledsamy — 2018-05-10 21:34:08 UTC

I had a dream so big and loud
I jumped so high I touched the clouds

GROWTH AND FIXED MINDSET .. WHICH MIND DO YOU HAVE ?

shahdkhaledsamy — 2018-05-10 21:38:43 UTC

In a Fixed mindset people believe their qualities are fixed traits and that they cannot change. These people document their intelligence and talents rather than working to develop and improve them. They also believe that talent alone leads to success, and that effort is not required.
Growth mindset, people believe that their learning and intelligence can grow and increase with time and experience. When people believe they can get smarter, they realize that their effort has an effect on their success, so they put in extra time, leading to higher achievement.

Growth Mindset is needed

shahdkhaledsamy — 2018-05-10 21:41:41 UTC

Remember that you always the ability to increase your skills and talents and to improve ..Improvement come with hard work , Experiences and exploring and learning new things .

10 possible ways that may help you to improve your self

shahdkhaledsamy — 2018-05-10 21:50:58 UTC

1- Face your fears
2- Set your Goals
3-Believe in yourself
4- Overcome your fears and admit your mistakes
5- Improve your talents and your skills
6- Discover your self and be aware of your self-knowledge
7-test your emotional intelligence
8- Explore and learn new things
9- Organize and convert your time
10- get away of all your negative thoughts

Law of attraction

shahdkhaledsamy — 2018-05-10 21:58:53 UTC

Since i was a child i always believe in law of attraction which is the fact that you attract to your life whatever you give your attention , energy , focus m thoughts to .. Whether its positive or negative ... That made me believe that what ever i dream of i can have it and attract it to my life .
Think Positive and positive things will happen ;)

Process to design thinking

shahdkhaledsamy — 2018-05-12 13:59:13 UTC

1) Empathize : Understand people and their needs
2) Define : define what you are going to do by focusing on your point of view
3) Ideate : you ideate the problem and try to solve it
4) Prototype : you prototype your solution to make it clear
5) Test : you test it by having feedback from the users

the relation between creativity and empathy

shahdkhaledsamy — 2018-05-12 14:10:42 UTC

Empathy is very needed in creativity . It helps to see the different perceptive of a user .

Methods that may help you to be creative in your design thinking projects

shahdkhaledsamy — 2018-05-12 14:19:02 UTC

1) Brainstorming
2) Making a plan ( mind map / concept map )
3) Team work
4) Making a persona
5) AEIOU
6) insight cards
7) How might I , How might we ?
8) Journey map
9) Stakeholder Map

What is identity ?

shahdkhaledsamy — 2018-05-12 14:27:27 UTC

there are many things that helps to reform and shape an identity .. Like :- NAME
PERSONALITY
GENDER
AGE
APPERANCE
BELIEFS/ RELIGION
ETHICS
PRINCIPLES
NATIONALITY
LANGUAGE
TRADITIONS
CULTURE
FAMILY
FRIENDS
EDUCATION
EXPERIENCES
FEARS
DREAMS / AMBITIONS
INTERSTS
SKILLS AND TALENTS
ACHIVEMENTS
IQ
PROFESSION

Self knowledge

shahdkhaledsamy — 2018-05-12 14:34:23 UTC

being aware of your self knowledge is very important because it leads you to know how you are and where do you wanna go

Who am i and where do i wanna go

shahdkhaledsamy — 2018-05-12 14:37:33 UTC

This is one of the most important assignment that i have written .. i wrote it after making lots of activities and assessment that helped me to know more about my self .. this assignment shows my personality , my skills , my interests and where do i want to go

Self discovery : How can i discover myself ?

shahdkhaledsamy — 2018-05-12 14:46:01 UTC

- Explore the world ! As much as u can
- Think about what YOU want ( not what people around you want )
- Do lots of activities and assessments that can help you to discover your self
- Read ! reading can help you to Find yourself
- Search your happiness and your inner peace
- be a sociable person and communicate with different types of people
- Try new things and take risks !

The employer perspective ( what is the employer looking in a fresh graduate ? )

shahdkhaledsamy — 2018-05-14 13:33:47 UTC

Confidence
skills
attitude
time management
work under pressure
capability
experiences
dedication
= A GOOD CV

shahdkhaledsamy — 2018-05-14 13:37:29 UTC

PSYCHOLOGY REQUIREMENTS ( to work in the field of psychology )

shahdkhaledsamy — 2018-05-14 13:41:12 UTC

-GPA at least 3.5
-Smart
- Friendly
- Emotionally stable
-Good listener
-Communication skills
-Motivational person
-Psychology Skills : Ex. can understand body language and people behaviors
- Problem solver
-Passionate about -Psychology ( itself )
-Good in doing researches

Ways to Market yourself

shahdkhaledsamy — 2018-05-14 13:53:01 UTC

- Highlight your Skills
- be a very sociable person and build a community/ relationships in the filed you want to work in
- Be different and unique !
- Use social media to help you to brand/market yourself
- always work to improve yourself so you can have a great CV that nobody can refuse
- Work on your communication skills
- Elevator pitch

SPLIIT ( my favorite film )

shahdkhaledsamy — 2018-05-14 14:13:20 UTC

This a thriller /psychological horror film that discusses a very dangerous mental illness which is Identity disorder . ( a story of a man who has 23 personalities )

How to label" your self" as product ?

shahdkhaledsamy — 2018-05-14 14:29:33 UTC

here is a label that represents some facts in my personality and my identity

THE SKY IS YOUR LIMIT

shahdkhaledsamy — 2018-05-14 14:32:05 UTC

There is nothing to prevent someone from being very SUCCESSFUL ..The limit of success is high and wide as the sky

The moon landing activity

shahdkhaledsamy — 2018-05-14 14:39:50 UTC

The moon landing activity shows the importance of choosing your Principal Priorities .
-How to choose your priorities ?? :-

Collect a list of all your tasks. ...
Identify urgent vs. important. ...
Assess value. ...
Order them ...

Your Fears

shahdkhaledsamy — 2018-05-14 14:55:33 UTC

Your fears are yours and only yours ..
They are a battle that you need to be able to face on your own

What do you need in a CV

shahdkhaledsamy — 2018-05-14 15:15:28 UTC

1 )You Career Objective
2) Contact details ( your name , Home Addressee , your Phone number , your email )
3) Education
4) Experiences
5) Academic service
6) Skills ( talents , specific Skills , Languages , ...)
7) Awards , Honors , ..
8) References

Motivational Speech

shahdkhaledsamy — 2018-05-17 15:09:34 UTC

Don’t look back on your life and wish it was different. There are always choices you could have made that you regret. But it all brought you to where you are now ❤️"One door closes, another one opens." I like that saying. When life knocks you down, get back up and keep going towards your goal Because Sometimes when what happens seems to be the absolutely the worse thing...it leads to the best ever possible.

shahdkhaledsamy — 2018-05-17 15:09:34 UTC

The two mindsets assignment

shahdkhaledsamy — 2018-05-17 15:15:39 UTC

i wrote this assignment at the beginning of the course .. i wrote that i have a fix mindset and that i don't have the ability to improve my self But now i can admit that my beliefs and my thoughts changed ! I am proud of my growth mindset and i believe that i have the ability to improve my self no matter what

shahdkhaledsamy — 2018-05-17 15:23:58 UTC

Things i have learned from this course

shahdkhaledsamy — 2018-05-18 03:04:26 UTC

1- Everyone is creative in his own way
2- You can always improve yourself/your skills no matter what
3-Creativity is needed in everything
4- Avoid the Red hammer
5- Self discovery
6- Quality not quantity
7-the sky is your limit
8-you have to Market yourself ( be your own marketer )
9- Team Work !
10- Punctuality
11 - think from different angles ( Outside of the box )

My Dream Job

shahdkhaledsamy — 2018-05-18 03:29:40 UTC

My dream job ( beside being an actress ) is to be a Psychologist .
i wish i can work in Ahmed Okasha's hospital as a psychologist as i really love him so much and he inspires me alot ..

My Creative CV

shahdkhaledsamy — 2018-05-18 03:38:01 UTC

i find that this a very creative way to represent myself and my CV because this is a short video that shows my CV and my communication skills in a very creative and interested way

MY FINAL REFLECTION

shahdkhaledsamy — 2018-05-18 04:33:58 UTC

I had mixed feelings while i was writing this Reflection : II had the feeling of sadness , because this course has come to an end ... But on the time i was so happy and proud of all the things that i have learned through this course ...It was really a great experience <3 Thank you Dr Rasha for Everything !

What is critical thinking ?

shahdkhaledsamy — 2018-05-18 04:48:32 UTC

Critical thinking is having the ability to :
1- Think in different perspectives and different angles
2- think about the issue or the problem in an objective and critical way
3-Recognize any weaknesses or negative points that there are in the evidence

---> Critical thinking = Problem solving

Th gift giving experience ( activity )

shahdkhaledsamy — 2018-05-18 04:56:40 UTC

This activity taught me :-
1-The design thinking process
2- how to think from different perspectives
3= Solve a problem in a creative way ( find a creative solution )

The airplane activity

shahdkhaledsamy — 2018-05-18 12:57:36 UTC

i learned from this activity that you don't have to look at things from the same perspectives .. You have to look at them from different angles and perspectives to have the ability to be Creative