the Creative Sight

  When the Viewscreen Became a Game In Part 1, I explained how a classroom layout problem accidentally turned into a starship bridge, then into a functioning viewscreen. It started with moving stars, then came the clock, class schedule, agenda and eventually the end-of-class warp countdown. At that point, the viewscreen had become a useful little classroom system. But it was still something students mostly looked at. The next question was obvious. Could they interact with it? From Spreadsheet to Space Battle For content review, I wanted a system I could use with any class on any topic. I decided to start simple.  I built the content around a basic spreadsheet. Each row contained one question, one correct answer and three incorrect answers. That was it. The experiment was really a proof of concept: could ChatGPT Work take something that simple and turn it into an actual classroom game? Could students join from their desks? Could it all happen live ? The answer was...yes. Lock I...

The asteroid is coming. Planetary impact in 1:43...1:42...On the main viewscreen at the front of the classroom, a massive countdown timer is ticking steadily toward zero. Somewhere on the planet below, a team of scientists is waiting to be rescued. Planetary Impact in 01:20....hurry! The crew of the USS Lynx has one job. Get them out safely before impact. Around the room, Cadets, Ensigns and Lieutenants are working at their stations, answering questions as quickly as they can. Every crew member has to complete their part of the mission correctly before the evacuation can take place. At first, things are pretty calm. Students work through their questions. Correct answers come in. One by one, crew members complete their assignments. Then the timer gets lower. Most of the class is finished. A few aren't. And suddenly this isn't just another classroom review. The students who have completed the mission start looking around the room to see who is still working. “Come on.” “You'v...

Subscriptions Might Actually Make Us More Creative These days, it feels like we have subscriptions for everything — Netflix, Disney+, Adobe Creative Cloud, so many subscriptions. Most of us view them simply as a monthly moment when our bank account drops a little. But what if I told you that some subscriptions, of a very specific type, might actually help you become more creative ? If you have a subscription to a generative AI service like Runway, Kling, Midjourney, Freepik, or OpenArt, they typically operate on a credit-based system. You receive a set number of credits each month, and every action you take chips away at that total little by little. At the end of the month, any unused credits usually don’t roll over...they expire, as in you lose them . At first glance, that might sound like a bad deal. But it may actually drive something most adults need much more of: an excuse to play . Children play all the time. They imagine entire worlds and try new things (many adults might actual...