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Collaborative Project: Global Warming Student Speakout!

 
Project Summary:
The Global Warming Student Speakout! is an opportunity for youth and teachers to share their best ideas about global warming.

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The following information is provided to assist you with the process of brainstorming.

What is brainstorming?

 

Brainstorming is a group process for generating ideas and sharing knowledge in which participants are encouraged to think without interruption. Participant share their ideas as soon as they come to mind and all ideas are accepted without criticism. The technique is based on the principle that you cannot generate and evaluate ideas at the same time. After the brainstorming is over, ideas are evaluated and ranked for follow-up action.

 

 

A few resources for how to brainstorm

• How to brainstorm from Learning for Life
• Brainstorming from San Diego State University
• Step by Step Guide to Brainstorming from jpb.com
  

Web links that define the process of “brainstorming”

 

• Group activity that stimulates creative thinking. The goal is to come up with as many ideas related to a topic as possible. The main principle is deferred judgment. All ideas are accepted without criticism. After the brainstorming is over, ideas are evaluated.
  www.district196.org/elp/educationalterms.htm

 

 

• Thinking to invoke ideas and solve dilemmas. No idea is rejected, no matter how irrelevant it appears, until it has been thoroughly evaluated.
  www.bolton.ac.uk/learning/bissto/glossary/

 

 

• Method to get ideas from persons who are potential contributors. No criticism or discussion of ideas is allowed until all the ideas are recorded. The ideas are critically reviewed after the brainstorming session.
  thequalityportal.com/glossary/b.htm

 

 

• Typically used in writing, but is any activity where individuals general ideas related to a topic or task; done in either groups or individually with no restriction on quality of ideas. Once ideas are generation, they are they evaluated and a decision about which to pursue is made.
  www.teach-nology.com/glossary/terms/b/

 

• Technique for generating, refining and developing ideas that can be undertaken by individuals, but is more effective when undertaken by a group of people.
  www.booksites.net/download/chadwickbeech/Glossary.htm

 

 

• Method used to generate ideas on causes and possible solutions to process problems. A brainstorming session usually involves a group of people getting together and listing ideas. Analysis and commentary on ideas is held off until after the brainstorming session has concluded.
  accuracybook.com/glossary.htm
  

 

 

• Group process used to generate a large number of ideas about specific issues in a non-judgmental environment.
  www.qaproject.org/methods/resglossary.html

 

 

• Technique for generating ideas about a certain theme or topic. You start by choosing a topic, an image, or a description and then drawing or listing what comes to mind - a great practice for story building.
  www.bavc.org/brainglow/dev/html/glossary.html

 

 

• Idea-generating process that encourages alternatives while withholding criticism.
  www.crfonline.org/orc/glossary/b.html

 

 

• Brainstorming is a process to help generate ideas. It is based on the principle that you cannot generate and evaluate ideas at the same time.
  fourps.wharton.upenn.edu/advertising/dictionary/b.htm