Creativity is messy, doodling is good. Peter Reynolds, nominated entrepreneur of the year from fablevision has given 16 year olds everywhere the ultimate excuse (especially the one sitting in a messy room upstairs at my house).
I heard the good news during my massCUE conference highlight- a session with Peter Reynolds talking about creativity and imagination and by [...]
Attended a free webinar from O’Reilly media Thursday hosted by Dan Meyer, a math teacher from Santa Cruz. The seminar was boldly title “How to save Math Education”
Even if you are not a math teacher, this is talking about getting students to think…and applies to all teachers really. It’s just hidden in a math webinar.
Dan [...]
The art museums I have visited this year have wonderful online features.
These Sol Lewitt Wall Drawings were fabulous up close. You have until 2033 to see them at Mass Moca, but you can take a sneak peak online and see interactive timelapses of how they were created.
Online art activities and ideas can be found at [...]
Leonardo Da Vinci was more than an artist, he was an inventor, an architect and still has a lot to teach us. For our summer brain fit challenge today we are going to spend sometime in his workshop for an online edventure and then go out and about and do some art projects outside.
First go [...]
I just love synchronicity.
Twitter today brought me to this blog post on creativity
The post talks about how to encourage creativity in your classroom. Some tips include
Let the students sleep on it.
Interruptions can impede creativity so warn students when you are going to interrupt them so they can finish their thoughts.
Consolidate learning objectives into multi-disciplinary projects [...]
