Posted: January 4th, 2017

Describe the skills you needed to learn in order to feel comfortable and competent creating these things, ideas, or concepts.

In this final reflection, you are asked to describe a set of skills you acquired over the years that allows you to be creative in some way. This might be musical instrument skills, cooking, knitting, writing, model-building, gardening….anything you consider yourself “good at” that encourages you to experience “…the process of having original ideas that have value” (Robinson, 2011, p. 151). By analyzing these skills in light of the culturally relevant context in which they were learned, you may realize an even deeper understanding of the skills facilitated within this course. Initial Post: Post a response that addresses each of the following five items:

Explain something you do or have done in your life that is creative. Describe the skills you needed to learn in order to feel comfortable and competent creating these things, ideas, or concepts. Describe some of the macrocultural factors you believe contributed to your decisions to keep practicing and participating in your creative endeavors.. Describe some of the microcultural factors you believe contributed to your decisions to keep practicing and participating in your creative endeavors. Explain how learning the skills that define your creative endeavors are different from or the same as the manner in which you learned academic skills.

Optional: If you have any pictures, sound files, or videos of your creations, feel free to share and/or provide a link. Guided Response: Post replies to at least two peers before the close date of this discussion. In your replies, comment on their creativity descriptions, asking follow-up questions about their experiences and accomplishments.

Carefully review the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate this Discussion Thread.