Perspective

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Who am I? Theresa Devine –BFA, MFA, MCP, MCSD –theresadevine.com 12 years of experience programming Chief Executive Artist – Zamtox, LLC –Zamtox.com 3.5 years teaching Game Design and Programming at Columbia College Chicago 2 years teaching junior high art 1 year teaching K-8 art

Why would I want to teach? It is time for me to give back – wc&p=488EB2A987E52E91&playnext=1&ind ex=1http:// wc&p=488EB2A987E52E91&playnext=1&ind ex=1 Research opportunity – I am going to explore games and play; full time

Where are you? s/personnel/jobs/Why_New_College.pdfhttp://newcollege.asu.edu/sites/default/file s/personnel/jobs/Why_New_College.pdf

Where are you going?: The view In business you will often hear a mountain climbing metaphor For Example: people will say “what is the 10,000 foot view?” –They want to know what the big picture is In order to explain perspective I am going to use this metaphor.

100,000 feet up The world is in a paradigm shift. It is a BIG one. We are at the beginning of the Creative Age. –The Industrial Age went from roughly 1750 to 1900 (the revolution in America was from 1790 to 1860) –The Information Age began with invention of the telegraph in 1837 and we are at the tail end of it now (notice the overlap?) –The Creative Age has just begun.

85,000 feet up During the industrial age workers like weavers lost their jobs to machines. –Workers learned how to make machines work as their new job. –Then the factories moved overseas. –And people lost their jobs again. During the information age communication boomed. –Workers who could make the communication happen got the jobs –Computer science, math, engineering (left brained jobs) were/are the most coveted. –Now these jobs are being outsourced again –People are loosing their jobs again. Now the creative age has begun –What does that mean?

50,000 feet up Richard Florida eo/index.php?video=02_CreativeEconomyhttp://creativeclass.com/richard_florida/vid eo/index.php?video=02_CreativeEconomy

What is the Creative Age? This is the age when creative professions will be more valued As jobs that can be done by automated processes or easily defined requirements go overseas (accounting, programming etc), the jobs that need creative input will replace those jobs. Right brained activities will replace left brained activities The jobs that will not go overseas are the ones that require the synergistic relationship between people for innovation purposes.

25,000 feet up Dan Pink A whole new mind nk__poptech_2007http:// nk__poptech_2007

10,000 feet up: The super creative core You are a member. Your creative education is very important because your livelihood depends on it. It is the goal of this class to give you guidance on being creative but also give you the practical aspects so that you can survive in the industry. –It is my personal goal to help give you the tools to be a leader in that industry so that you can thrive (not just survive)

100 feet up: Club Creativity A common myth is that creativity only happens with in the confines of special places and that the only people capable of creative endeavors are these special people in these special places. This predilection has permeated our world and education itself. –I have heard repeatedly from children and adults that they have gotten the message from their schooling that they were incapable of creativity and only those “with talent“ were creative.

Everyone is a member of club creativity and what is more, because of the challenges we face in becoming a global village this creativity is essential to the growth of the global community. We need to cultivate the creativity club and make sure everyone knows that they are a valuable member in the club. It is not just for special people in special places.

At the base of the mountain - Creativity-what is it? The process of making up new stuff that has value. As soon as you have made something visible you have created something that has a possibility of value.

You have PERMISSION To fail To be wrong To learn and succeed To have your own thoughts To have your own point of view To see the world as you wish it could be To form the world as you wish it could be

The world as it could be Is informed by what we are able to create.

Homework None today –But if you feel like it, ponder the world as you wish it could be. Buy the Wiley Plus login per the instructions.