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CREATIVE
CITIES Dr. Kevin Stolarick
Oct. 20, 2011
CREATIVE
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Standard Timing
(revised)
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Time
3:10-3:15 3:15-3:20 3:20-3:30 3:30-3:35 3:35-4:00 4:00-4:10 4:10-5:00
Activity
Quiz Peer Grading Group Discussion Questions/Answers Announce Selected Question to Class Discuss Questions in Class Break Discuss Questions in Class
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Quiz Seating
Front of Room 1 2
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Quiz Questions
CREATIVE
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2. Workplace openness, benefits, perks, and workspaces can be a sign of what?
3. Should Robert Putnam’s
social capital
be considered a strong or weak tie?
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Grading Process
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CITIES • • • • Switch within group (#) – – NOT each other All pass left or right “Graded By” Quiz Answers – 2 points completely correct – – 1 point “mostly” correct 4 points for reasonable exam question Total Score Upper Left
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Quiz Answers
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CITIES 1. Give one of three used measures of regional diversity?
Melting Pot, Gay/Lesbian, Bohemian Index
2. Workplace openness, benefits, perks, and workspaces can be a sign of what?
Employer diversity or openness
3. Should Robert Putnam’s social capital be considered a strong or weak tie?
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Pick Your Favourite Question
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Within your group CITIES Discuss each question Pick group’s favourite – Your selection makes it eligible for use – Mark with a big star Person never announced before – Announce selected question Turn in all cards before break
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Break
10 Minutes
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Selected Questions
And Answers
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Selected Questions
CREATIVE
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• Why does diversity matter to high-tech growth? How can it be measured? And, provide a metropolitan region that is high in both diversity and high-tech.
• How does the gay index reflect regional economic growth?
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Selected Questions
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CITIES • • What is the effect of diversity and the gay index to the creative city and what is the importance of tolerance?
What is
Zipf’s Law
, and why does it remain a puzzling issue?
• According to Clark and Lloyd, what is included in the “entertainment machine” and why is this better than municipal “big ticket” items like arenas and opera houses?
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Selected Questions
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CITIES • • • • What are the four indices used to correlate with areas of high technology and what does each show?
How does the Creative Class place emphasis on
social capital
?
Describe the differences between strong and weak ties and how each relates to the growth of cities.
Who are the ‘new outsiders’ and what is their role in regional prosperity?
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