In the quest to grab the attention of a digital generation and prepare them to be entrepreneurs and social activists we need a new set of tools. The stand and deliver, memorization, trivial pursuit, drill and kill, test driven, standards based approach to education will not lead to the creative generation that our future depends on. Time to think different, break the mold, think out of the box.

Brainstorming

Brainstorming and the mindmapping play two roles in this process. The initial brainstorm allow you to generate lots of story ideas. Once you have narrowed down to one idea, brainstorming and mindmapping helps to create a framework for the script and to weed out ideas that are not robust enough to pursue. Here are some resources for this phase.

  • A quick overview of the process and history of mind mapping with some great xamples at mindtools
  • Imaginationcubed is a free web based drawing tool that allows you to create mindmaps and the email to others.
  • bubbl.us is a web based tool very similar to inspiration. Allows for quick fire brainstorming in a browser.

Before you move to the script you should have created a fairly substantial mindmap to guide you.