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    the creative group
General



The Group

half of james, mina's, ariel's, elise's, and nicole's face being scrolled from right to left continuously.

James:  "Creativity is doing something unique or original"

mina: "Creativity is a mental'"play time.'"

nicole: "Creativity is the process of using your knowledge and imagination to produce something never done before."

ariel: "Creativity is self expression. It satisfies our need for brain stimulation. It is an expression of culture and a reflection of issues of the moment."

elise: "Creativity is being able to come up with unique ideas."

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who are we?

 

Five students from Psy 344 were randomly assigned for their destined creativity project. Though this particular group was only considered as “group 4”, we soon realized that we were something more:

The shy one, the rescuer, the storyteller, the graduate, and the stutterer all became good friends who want to make a difference.

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The 411

If you want to adopt an animal:

a medium sized pitbull facing the camera while holding his toy

NEW HOPE ADOPTION LIST

LIST OF DOGS (AND CATS) IN SHELTERS WHO NEED IMMEDIATE RESCUE.

rED TEXT= EXTREMELY URGENT; HAVE ONLY A FEW DAYS BEFORE THEY ARE PUT DOWN

GREEN TEXT=URGENT, NEED RESCUE (HAVE A LITTLE LONGER)

Do not buy a pet! adopt from a shelter or rescue!

please spay or neuter your pet!

prevent over population and the deaths of thousands of animals.

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beautiful large german shepard dog smiling at the camera while laying on its side

City shelters

view pictures of animals and  get information about your local shelter

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our projects

Final project_____________________________________

 

this special assignment is dedicated for our four-legged loved ones.
many pets are put to sleep-shelters are overflowing with animals.
Thousands are killed every year.

for our group project, we decided to put our creativity together to make dog beds, sell them, and use our profits to save a dog and give him/her a home! =]
Some beds were donated to needy dogs in shelters and rescues.
We were able to rescue a dog from the South LA shelter with the money we raised before she was euthanized.

She is now in a great home in san diego. Be sure to watch the video we made to document our project!



a long haired medium sized dog (german shepard) smiling at the camera.

sally!! our rescue!!



elise and ariel walking into a fabric store in downtown los angeles to find the perfect material to make dog beds. this store is completely full to the ceiling with beautiful fabric!

looking for fabric

 

ariel, elise, and nicole trying to decide which fabric to purchase while in the background lays a mountain of cotton stuffing rolls which look like giant marshmellows!

choosing the fabric

 

after everyone of us put our share, ariel pays the cashier of the store for our new beautiful fabric which will later be made into dog beds.

buying the fabric

VIDEO:

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click camera for "plan b"

small image of a video camera.

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Presentation: First, we showed our video (documenting our journey) then we showed a video that documents the life and death of animals in shelters. Ariel talked about rescue work-she showed a book called "shelter dogs" and a calendar of pictures of homeless dogs in downtown la (from downtown dog rescue)

book:
front cover of the book with a white medium adorable sized dog facing the camera while his left ear is up.

downtown dog rescue calendar:

a german shelter is standing on a cold sidewalk while a a homeless' cart is in the background.

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Next, we had groups play with baby chicks. This was our animal appreciation time.

one of our classmates is sitting in his desk while petting an adorable dark baby chick.
aww.. animal appreciation..

a cute dark baby chick walking around our classroom as elise's feet are near by.
"i'm surrounded by feet!"

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For the remaining time, everyone drew a picture of an animal that has been important to them. These stories and pictures were shared within the group. The most touching story was then presented to the class.


 

an image full of art supplies such as colorful paint, ink, and paper


 
first project___________________________________

 

our goal was to give the classroom activities that would help describe chapter 4 in creativity--beyond genius by robert w. weisberg. its topic: problem solving

activities

  • solve crime scene-cps model (for problem solving)


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  • left vs. right brain hemisphere--we use each hemisphere for different types of problem solving


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  • different uses for common objects--students were given random objects and had to come up with 10 alternative uses


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  • creating something out of scrap--and sell it to the audience--groups were given garbage bags full of random shit from our trash bins (jk). it ranged from toilet paper rolls, tampons, to dog biscuit boxes. groups then had to create an invention which had to be "sold" to the class


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items invented:

  • stylish hat with matching purse made of aluminum foil, tissue box, and pipe cleaners.
  • male order bride--consisting of balloons, toilet paper, and a t.a. (igor)
  • "the gift that keeps on giving" aka  a fake bomb: made out of water bottles, Christmas wrapping, cereal box, and a blank cd
  • robot bride--a dog biscuit box with telephone chord, cups, veil, pipe cleaner, and a wooden egg

pictures

james, james #2, mina, nicole, ariel, and elise all pose for the camera with big smiles in front of classroom.

james, mina, james II, NICOLE, ARIEL, AND ELISE IN ACTION!

nicole and elise smile as they sit in front of class. elise has a big smile while posing with her arms up high

NICOLE AND ELISE GETTING READY TO START FOR OUR PRESENTATION

while the groups are arranging into their groups, ariel is explaining their activity--create something creative out of scrap and present it to the class

getting started..

group #3 was busy making their bride robot out of a cereal box, yarn, bottles, and some glue. the group is concentrating!

GROUP WORKING AWFULLY HARD ON THEIR ROBOT-BRIDE

Our professor, Dr. Hardy, is working hard while holding the "bride robot" which is made out of a cereal box and a cd case. the students are helping her out by getting more material.

GO, DR. HARDY, GO!

group working hard on their project--some are cutting material, some are pasting, and some are just having fun

GROUP WORKING ON THEIR "GIFT"

group member giving us a big smile as she works on her project.

WEEE,  THIS IS FUN!

other group deciding on what to create with a cereal box while one of the group members is enjoying her lollipop

CREATIVITY IN ACTION!

THE FINAL PRODUCTS

a group member modeling her hat made out of aluminum foil, string, veil material, tissue paper, and cereal box while holding her matching clutch purse

AWESOME HAT WITH MATCHING CLUTCH PURSE

other group member showing us their creation: what seemingly looks like a gift with beautiful wrapping with veil material, it's true content is a bomb with plastic water bottles on its sides!

ZEE BOMB DISGUISED AS A GIFT

other group presenting their robot bride--a smiling robot made out of a cereal box, blue plastic cups as shoes, aluminum foil as her dress with a red heart drawn on it, and a whilte veil covering her face with a big smile

ROBOT BRIDE!!

one of the TAs posing as a male escort with balloon breasts and toilet paper outift

ESCORT?

 

 

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super 4-paws-heroes to the rescue!!

 

an image of x-men character "wolverine" with his claws agressively out while mina's head is replaced by wolverine's.

 

an image of batman standing in front while bats are flying behind him--ariel's face is replaced under batman's mask.

 

an image of superman standing strong with his red long cape and blue tights--elise replaced superman's head with her own

 

an image of strong and beautiful wonder woman posing toward the camera with her long red boots and tight blue shorts--james head replaced wonder woman's.

 

an image of the imense hulk strutting his green mucles while wearing blue sweatpants. nicole replaced hulk's head with hers.