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There are so many articles and posts today on the new open platform TED-Ed...and with good reason. They state "the goal is to allow any teacher to take a video of their choice (yes, any video on YouTube, not just ours) and make it the heart of a 'lesson' that can easily be assigne din class or as homework, complete with context, follow-up questions and further resources." This scoop will send you to a page that has a video TED-Ed Website tour; a sample of a lesson where the teacher and the animator worked together; and tools that allow you to edit headlines, introductions, questions and follow-up links. Take the time to look at these new offerings, and realize that this is the beginning of a resource that become a key component of your tool box.
"Sir Ken Robinson has previously challenged and delighted us with his vision for changing educational paradigms to better optimize a broken system for creativity. In this wonderful talk from The School of Life, Robinson articulates the ethos at the heart of The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything — one of 7 essential books on education — and echoes, with his signature blend of wit and wisdom, many of the insights in this indispensable collection of advice on how to find your purpose and do what you love."
A 9 year old boy - who built an elaborate cardboard arcade inside his dad's used auto part store - is about to have the best day of his life. Creativity, inspiration, design...this nine year old follows his passion...with support from his father!
"...new research is beginning to shed light on the science behind creativity and imagination. As it turns out, anyone can be creative. “Creativity shouldn’t be seen as something otherworldly. It shouldn’t be thought of as a process reserved for artists and inventors and other ‘creative types.’ The human mind, after all, has the creative impulse built into its operating system, hard-wired into its most essential programming code,” writes Jonah Lehrer in his new book Imagine."
Flash Rosenberg imagines how the ideas in IMAGINE are tackled, tickled and teased-out by the author Jonah Lehrer.
"One of my favorite books on leadership is The Future of Management by Gary Hamel. If you haven’t read it, I encourage you to do so...the essential premise is that current management models, which are centered on control and efficiency, are extremely ill-suited for an era in which adaptability and creativity drive organizational success. This has major ramifications for how we think about leading schools and preparing school administrators, of course."
Parents pay top dollar for private school tuition, but the posh existence they're buying may actually hurt American ingenuity.
English researchers say children who watch magical scenes from Harry Potter are more creative than their peers who don't. "...students who'd watched the clips containing magic significantly outscored the other group on creativity tests..."
Creativity: now there’s a word I thought I wouldn’t see under attack. Don’t we live in a society that thrives on the idea of innovation and ...
The image of the 'creative type' is a myth. Jonah Lehrer on why anyone can innovate—and why a hot shower, a cold beer or a trip to your colleague's desk might be the key to your next big idea. From Imagine: How Creativity Works.
A recent study by Mareike Wieth and Rose Zacks suggests that innovation and creativity are greatest when we are not at our best, at least with respect to our circadian rhythms...
Seven steps to become a 21st century school or district, beginning with adopting a vision and embracing the four C's (critical thinking, communication, collaboration and creativity)...
Myoats is a community where people create designs using an online drawing application. These designs can be rated, downloaded, and archived. The Most Liked designs are rewarded by being featured on the home page.
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Our age of digital disruption has opened a cornucopia of creative endeavors, but the ability to multitask may also hinder creativity. "Consider this: In a recent global study, three-quarters of respondents said their creative potential is being stifled. More than 60% of American said their education systems squelch creativity, and a majority of total respondents said pressure at work hurts creativity. Yet 80% of respondents worldwide said allowing creativity to flourish is critical to economic growth."
"One of the challenges we run into again and again in our teaching is the 'forest for the trees' pitfall...we stress both core facts and larger themes. This seemingly dual focus can sometimes puzzle our students as they try to internalize one notion or the other. Ideally, we try to show how the details and the ideas are actually the same thing. Or to borrow the words of the furniture savant Charles Eames, 'The details are not the details. They make the design.'" Rich with resources and links this article explores how using design in our classrooms "combines all the top-tier thinking skills, such as creativity and ingenuity."
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. C.S.Lewis There are whispers in corridors. Wanderings and wonderings. There are twists and bends. The unexpected, the predicted,... A look at how digital story telling provides students a space to tell their story, what has value to them, stories that will help begin conversations that may lead to new areas of discover and reflection. Rich with resources and ideas this post has many valuable ideas.
Many consider Thomas Edison a genius, and he left behind 3500 notebooks. "The pages read like a turbulent brainstorm and present a verbal and visual biography of Edison's mind at work." This article provides some of the tools Edison used, "creativity lessons that emerge..." The key concepts are: * Challenge all assumptions * Quantity * Nothing is wasted * Constantly improve your ideas and products and the ideas and products of others * Turn deficiencies to your advantage * Record your ideas and thoughts Check out this article for additional detail!
In his new book, Imagine, Jonah Lehrer explores the art and science of original thinking — from Shakespearean tragedies to the invention of masking tape to Nike's "Just Do It" campaign. And when you get stuck?
"I tweeted yesterday an interesting news item in Erik Robelen’s blog in Education Week that a few states (Oklahoma, California, Massachusetts) are seriously looking into some sort of assessment of creative thinking as part of the whole 21st century skills/entrepreneurship movement. I think it is a great idea, with a lot of potential for leveraging change. Now, of course, the naysayers are quick to say that you cannot measure creative thinking. This is silly: here is a rubric for doing so..."
Creativity, Innovation, Team Building, Leadership, Brainstorming, Idea Champions...
Do you use Bloom's Taxonomy in your classroom? Here are a number of images for Bloom's that you may want to share with students. There are two versions of each, on of which is digital. Links to the tools in the digital version are also listed below each version. You can see Bloom's Taxonomy as a Bloomin' Pinwheel, a Bloomin' Peacock, or an Um-bloom-ra Bloom's!
It makes perfect sense when you think about it. Creativity is an invaluable tool in problem solving. In a digital age where innovation is highly valued, teaching creative problem solving is essential...
"Stuck solving a problem? Seek the obscure, says Tony McCaffrey, a psychology PhD from the University of Massachusetts. “There’s a classic obstacle to innovation called ‘functional fixedness,’ which is the tendency to fixate on the common use of an object or its parts. It hinders people from solving problems.” McCaffrey has developed a systematic way of overcoming that obstacle: the “generic parts technique” (GPT),..."
What happens when you turn convention on its head and look a the world from a totally different perspective? It's an exercise in opening the mind by turning expectations upside down.
ANNALS OF IDEAS about brainstorming and creativity. In the late nineteen-forties, Alex Osborn, a partner of the advertising agency B.B.D.O., decided to write a book in which he shared all of his creative secrets. “Your Creative Power” was filled with a variety of tricks and strategies, but Osborn’s most…this is a pretty long article but the information within is worth reading.
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