This is the last Skill Development Exercise self-reflection journal entry. These reflective activities are intended to give you an opportunity to practice stress management strategies and reflect on the outcomes. The goal is to help you develop a stress management toolkit that you can use and share with others in your work or home life.
This week, you will complete exercise 14.3 My Creativity Project Download My Creativity Projectand reflect on your experience. This is your opportunity to let your creative juices flow. Have fun with this activity!
Reflect on your completed Creativity Project and respond to the following questions:
My Creativity Project is… Please describe your project.
How I did the project… Please explain the four states of creativity – explorer, artist, judge, and warrior.
What I learned from the creative process… Describe lessons learned from engaging in this project.
Your work should be submitted in a 1-2-page double spaced Word document. This is a skill building exercise. No references are required. However, if you use any source material beyond the textbook exercise, including course materials or external sources, you must cite your references using APA formatting for both in-text citations and reference page. Please carefully spell and grammar check your work before submitting.
Participation in this activity assesses the following outcomes:
Discuss the primary and secondary parts of the creative process.
Recommend strategies for overcoming roadblocks to the creative process and effective time management.
Compose your work in a .doc or .docx file type using a word processor (such as Microsoft Word, etc.) and save it frequently to your computer. For those assignments that are not written essays and require uploading images or PowerPoint slides, please follow uploading guidelines provided by your instructor.
Check your work and correct any spelling or grammatical errors. When you are ready to submit your work, click “Upload Submission.” Enter the submission title and then click on “Select a file to upload.” Browse your computer, and select your file. Click “Open” and verify the correct file name has appeared next to Submission File. Click on “Continue.” Confirm submission is correct and then click on “Accept Submission & Save.”
Turnitin
This course has Turnitin fully integrated into the course dropbox. This means that you should only submit your assignments to the dropbox below. Please do not submit your assignment directly to Turnitin.com.
Once submitted, your assignment will be evaluated by Turnitin® automatically. You will be able to view an Originality Report within minutes of your first submission that will show how much of your work has been identified as similar to other sources such as websites, textbooks, or other student papers. Use your Originality Report as a learning tool to identify areas of your assignment that you may not have cited appropriately. You may resubmit your assignment through this dropbox as many times as you need to check to see if you have made improvements, until the due date of the assignment. However, once you have made your first submission, you will need to wait 24 hours after each subsequent submission to receive a new Originality Report. Plan accordingly as you draft your assignment. Once the due date has passed, your assignment submission will be considered final.
Evaluation:
Your five Skill Development Exercise reflective journal entries are cumulatively worth 35% of your overall grade. Your work and will be evaluated according to the Skill Development Exercise Rubric, that can be found in the Course Rubrics folder under the Start Here- Course Information Module area in the course.
