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18 Things Highly Creative People Do Differently

18 Things Highly Creative People Do Differently | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
'Inspiration and ideas often arise seemingly out of nowhere and then fail to show up when we most need them, and creative thinking requires complex cognition yet is completely distinct from the thinking process.'
Beth Dichter's insight:

What do creative people do that may be different from others. This post explores this stating:

'While there's no "typical" creative type, there are some tell-tale characteristics and behaviors of highly creative people.

The post shares 18 ideas, each of which are explained in detail if you click through...but five are listed below.
* They daydream

* They observe everything

* They turn life's obstacles around

* They ask the big questions

* They constantly shake things up

You may find that some of the ideas presented make you think of specific students in your classroom. As teachers are we recognizing that some of our students are more creative in their learning and may improve if we differentiate the instruction to help them engage their creativity?

David Baker's curator insight, March 16, 2014 11:06 AM

The traits and habits of creative people are things we all do sometimes. How dynamic might learning be if I purposefully built these ideas into my teaching and made it a part of my students routines?

KB...Konnected's curator insight, March 16, 2014 8:19 PM

Share with students!

Rosemary Tyrrell, Ed.D.'s curator insight, March 17, 2014 2:01 PM

This includes a list of things creative people do. Many of the things on this list we should all be doing - like making time for solitude. 

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Educational Leadership:For Each to Excel:Preparing Students to Learn Without Us

Educational Leadership:For Each to Excel:Preparing Students to Learn Without Us | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it

In this era of access, personalizing learning means allowing students to choose their own paths through the curriculum. For schools and teachers, it means connecting our expectations to students' passions and interests as learners. That is both a challenge and an opportunity for educators...

Jennifer McGuff's curator insight, August 1, 2015 5:26 PM

By pairing personalized learning and technology, a teacher can help students learn what they need to learn through the topics that interest them most.

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Can You Measure an Education? Can You Define Life’s Meaning?

Can You Measure an Education? Can You Define Life’s Meaning? | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
It's time to step back and think deeply about the purpose of education.
Beth Dichter's insight:

Today our schools are "obsessed with measurement." We take many hours of each school year testing our students. This post questions the value of this "obsession" noting that "children have become pawns in contests that pit parent against parent, teacher against teacher, school against school, and nation against nation in the struggle to see who can squeeze the highest test scores out of their kids."

It explores the questions "What is education? What is its purpose" and "Is it quantifiable?" by looking at the roots of education and how education has changed. If you want some food for thought on these issues this is a great post to read.

Monica S Mcfeeters's curator insight, January 5, 2013 11:10 AM

Fine article from Dr. Peter Grey that ask us to think about what education is truly about and rethink the current trend toward teaching for testing success. Wasn't sure if this didn't better fit under my austerity topic rather than education..

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DailyGood: 9 Essential Skills Kids Should Learn, by Leo Babauta

DailyGood: 9 Essential Skills Kids Should Learn, by Leo Babauta | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
Unfortunately, I was educated in a school system that believed the world in which it existed would remain essentially the same, with minor changes in fashion. We had no idea what the world had in store for us.
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