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Resources related to creativity and/or imagination.
Updated on Feb 21, 15
Created on May 02, 10
Category: Schools & Education
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Great list of character traits of creative people.
An article that describes the value of making and tinkering and Makers Faire.
Article by Grant Wiggins that presents a rubic about group work.
A video that shares 14 behaviors/attitudes “guaranteed to stifle imagination, innovation, and out-of-the-box thinking.”
Video of Sir Ken Robinson talking about creativity.
George Couros shares key ideas on fostering a culture of innovation. The post included embedded links to additional resources for each idea.
Opportunity for "student teams solve open-ended Challenges and present their solutions at Tournaments."
An article in Psychology Today that highlights how school did not work for Albert Einstein, George Bernard Shaw, and Richard Feynman. The comments are interesting, too, particularly one that argues schools are not equipped to deal with the extremes on the spectrum.
This article highlights the need to improve our preparation of students to be innovators and creative thinkers and shares ideas from a recently published book, Bringing Innovation to School: Empowering Students to Thrive in a Changing World.
Things to know about creativity.
A commentary in Education Week by Yong Zhao that addresses education reformers’ tendency to hold contradictory goals that may cancel each other out. He discusses efforts to promote entrepreneurship and creativity yet test rote knowledge as demonstration of learning.
Video that shares what happens to creativity when more time is allowed.
A long, but interesting article about the value of not only being a problem solver, but being a problem finder. It shows how a student’s “curious drive…is pretty much beaten out of you by the time you graduate.”
Identifies and explains processes for fostering creativity.
An article in the Boston Globe that shares Google’s secrets for hiring the best. It emphasized the need to collaborate productively and think creatively.
Article about the importance of tinkering and remixing (creativity) for next-generation learning.
34 items | 1 visits
Resources related to creativity and/or imagination.
Updated on Feb 21, 15
Created on May 02, 10
Category: Schools & Education
URL: