Conceptual Blending

Conceptual Blending

The aim is to create innovative ideas by making combinations.

1. The students write down the keyword of the challenge in the middle of a piece of paper. 
2. The students write down the first words that come to their minds when they look at the keyword.  They should identify several words to create a ‘word cloud’.
3. The students make links between all the words on their pages.
4. The students pick 2 words out of their 'word cloud' and combine them into 1 idea.
5. The students make a drawing of this idea and if necessary add some explanation to it.
6. This process should be repeated with 2 other words.
7. The teacher discusses the ideas created with the groups.

The challenge should be as clear as possible for the students to understand.
The activity could be done using online tools such as Padlet, virtual whiteboard and breakout rooms in Teams/Zoom.

Inspired by: http://www.ideasforideas.com/