Summer assignment
During the Thursday of Welcome Week, students will go to a faculty, staff, or community members house for a home-cooked meal. After the meal, the students will be lead through a guided discussion of How to Fly a Horse.
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To fully participate in the discussion, your first classroom assignment is select from the following projects to be completed and submitted to your FYE Instructor at Dinner & Book Discussion on Thursday, August 23. Please select one of the following required projects: 1. Reflection Essay OR 2. Creative Assignment |
Reflection Essay:
Write a 2-3 page essay reflecting on the following questions related to the summer read.
Explain the common conception of creativity and innovation the author, Kevin Ashton, is challenging. What does he say the process of creativity and innovation really is? What do you think of his take on creation, invention, and discovery? What examples does he use that are connected to your chosen major/future career goals? How can this help you as you prepare for that? If you are undecided, what examples of creation, invention, and discovery were most interesting to you and why?
Write a 2-3 page essay reflecting on the following questions related to the summer read.
Explain the common conception of creativity and innovation the author, Kevin Ashton, is challenging. What does he say the process of creativity and innovation really is? What do you think of his take on creation, invention, and discovery? What examples does he use that are connected to your chosen major/future career goals? How can this help you as you prepare for that? If you are undecided, what examples of creation, invention, and discovery were most interesting to you and why?
Creative Assignment:
Create something – a piece of art, a poem, song, story, collage, etc. In a separate 1 page artist statement, explain your process of creation as it relates to the themes of the book and what the author, Kevin Ashton, says is a more accurate way to think about creativity, invention, and discovery.
Create something – a piece of art, a poem, song, story, collage, etc. In a separate 1 page artist statement, explain your process of creation as it relates to the themes of the book and what the author, Kevin Ashton, says is a more accurate way to think about creativity, invention, and discovery.