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From the Ted Talk by Tim Brown: Tales of creativity and play
Unscramble the Blue Letters
So another one of Bob McKim’s favorite ecriexses is called the "30 Circles Test." So we’re back to work. You guys are going to get back to work again. Turn that piece of pepar that you did the skcteh on back over, and you’ll find those 30 circles petinrd on the piece of paper. So it should look like this. You should be looking at something like this. So what I’m going to do is, I’m going to give you minute, and I want you to aadpt as many of those circles as you can into objects of some form. So for example, you could turn one into a football, or another one into a sun. All I’m interested in is quantity. I want you to do as many of them as you can, in the minute that I’m just about to give you. So, everybody ready? OK? Off you go.
Open Cloze
So another one of Bob McKim’s favorite _________ is called the "30 Circles Test." So we’re back to work. You guys are going to get back to work again. Turn that piece of _____ that you did the ______ on back over, and you’ll find those 30 circles _______ on the piece of paper. So it should look like this. You should be looking at something like this. So what I’m going to do is, I’m going to give you minute, and I want you to _____ as many of those circles as you can into objects of some form. So for example, you could turn one into a football, or another one into a sun. All I’m interested in is quantity. I want you to do as many of them as you can, in the minute that I’m just about to give you. So, everybody ready? OK? Off you go.
Solution
- printed
- adapt
- paper
- sketch
- exercises
Original Text
So another one of Bob McKim’s favorite exercises is called the "30 Circles Test." So we’re back to work. You guys are going to get back to work again. Turn that piece of paper that you did the sketch on back over, and you’ll find those 30 circles printed on the piece of paper. So it should look like this. You should be looking at something like this. So what I’m going to do is, I’m going to give you minute, and I want you to adapt as many of those circles as you can into objects of some form. So for example, you could turn one into a football, or another one into a sun. All I’m interested in is quantity. I want you to do as many of them as you can, in the minute that I’m just about to give you. So, everybody ready? OK? Off you go.
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