“Creativity is a playing intelligence.”
Can creativity, or rather creative thinking, be developed in a playful way?
Can modern technologies be used to develop creative thinking?
The authors will try to answer these questions in this book that you have in front of you.
Creative thinking is a process that involves the ability to generate new, original and valuable ideas or solutions. It includes skills such as imagination, seeking unconventional approaches, flexible thinking and the ability to combine different elements into new units. It is key in problem-solving, innovation and adapting to change in different areas of life. Creative thinking is developed through experimentation, questioning established approaches and seeking new possibilities. Creative thinking is essential for the emerging era of Industry 5.0 because this era focuses on people, sustainability and harmony between technology and human values.
Creative thinking is the key to adapting new technologies to serve human needs. For example, it enables the design of user-friendly technologies, the creation of sustainable solutions and the discovery of new business models. Through creativity, organisations can come up with innovative ways to use artificial intelligence, robotics or nanotechnology in line with ethical and sustainable principles.
Creativity encourages approaching problems from multiple perspectives and finding original solutions, which is essential in an era of rapid change. Companies will increasingly require employees who can combine technical skills with critical and creative thinking. In addition, creativity encourages the development of social responsibility – enabling the design of innovations that benefit not only companies but also communities and the environment. In the context of education, creative thinking is essential to prepare students for future work challenges that will require the ability to adapt quickly and learn continuously. This is quite a challenge for schools tasked with preparing students for this era.
Today’s young generation is very good at using modern technology, but they often use it without their own insight. However, modern technology directly calls for teachers to implement it in the classroom and to use it to develop not only creative thinking but also face-to-face communication, both between students and with the teacher.
It is the development of creative thinking using modern technologies that the authors focus on in this book. The reader will find a demonstration of how SketchUp, a program designed for 3D modelling, can be used to develop creative thinking and also how to use this program to test the level of creative thinking.
