Creativity: The Power of a Process
Creativity
Are you full of ideas—maybe to create something new or to improve on something that already exists? Creativity is a process anyone can develop to explore questions or solve problems.
Each person experiences the world in his or her own way, so creative exploration produces lots of new ideas. Some of these ideas may just be for fun, while others may lead to solutions never before imagined. You can often be even more creative if you work with a team that shares ideas and can build on the ideas of your team members.
Watch this video, which shows how Edison used the creative process in developing the phonograph. As you play the video, listen for information that answers the following questions:
- What question or problem did Edison want to solve?
- How did he use the technology of the telegraph and telephone to invent the phonograph?
- How did he demonstrate the creative process in inventing the phonograph?
| Keyboard Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Space | Pause/Play video playback |
| Enter | Pause/Play video playback |
| m | Mute/Unmute video volume |
| Up and Down arrows | Increase and decrease volume by 10% |
| Right and Left arrows | Seek forward or backward by 5 seconds |
| 0-9 | Fast seek to x% of the video. |
| f | Enter or exit fullscreen. (Note: To exit fullscreen in flash press the Esc key. |
| c | Press c to toggle captions on or off |
