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6 Engaging End-of-Year Projects | Creativity | eSkills

6 Engaging End-of-Year Projects | Creativity | eSkills | 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it
Consider one of these six engaging and creative student projects to wrap of the school year.
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Consider one of these six engaging and creative student projects to wrap of the school year.


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Bee creative | MakerSpaces | Luxembourg | Digital4EDUcation | MakerED | Europe | eSkills

Bee creative | MakerSpaces | Luxembourg | Digital4EDUcation | MakerED | Europe | eSkills | 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it

Un « makerspace » est un lieu de découverte mais surtout de création où les jeunes pourront créer leurs propres outils digitaux. Durant l’année scolaire 2015/16, trois « makerspace » verront le jour au Luxembourg.


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Un « makerspace » est un lieu de découverte mais surtout de création où les jeunes pourront créer leurs propres outils digitaux. Durant l’année scolaire 2015/16, trois « makerspace » verront le jour au Luxembourg.


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Gust MEES's curator insight, May 22, 2015 11:21 AM

Un « makerspace » est un lieu de découverte mais surtout de création où les jeunes pourront créer leurs propres outils digitaux. Durant l’année scolaire 2015/16, trois « makerspace » verront le jour au Luxembourg.


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10 Awesome Outdoor Summer Learning Ideas

10 Awesome Outdoor Summer Learning Ideas | 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it
Thinkstock By Jennie Rose Summer can be a mixed bag, a combination of relief from the stress of school, followed by boredom, the bugaboo of a creative mind. The break from school offers a chance to carve out enriching, fun projects and beat the doldrums brought about by summer loafing. The warm weather is a great invitation to enjoy and learn about the outdoors during this time off. Here are 10  learning opportunities for kids to come away from the summer months invigorated with fresh skills.


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- https://globaleducationandsocialmedia.wordpress.com/2014/03/22/practice-learning-about-sustainability-up-from-the-early-age-a-must/


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Thinkstock By Jennie Rose Summer can be a mixed bag, a combination of relief from the stress of school, followed by boredom, the bugaboo of a creative mind. The break from school offers a chance to carve out enriching, fun projects and beat the doldrums brought about by summer loafing. The warm weather is a great invitation to enjoy and learn about the outdoors during this time off. Here are 10  learning opportunities for kids to come away from the summer months invigorated with fresh skills.


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- https://globaleducationandsocialmedia.wordpress.com/2014/03/22/practice-learning-about-sustainability-up-from-the-early-age-a-must/


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Boolean operators | Learning To Learn | Analyzing | Critical Thinking | ONE size DOESN'T fit ALL

Boolean operators | Learning To Learn | Analyzing | Critical Thinking | ONE size DOESN'T fit ALL | 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it

ONE size DOESN'T fit ALL <===> People #LEARN from "A" OR "B" and/or "A+B"! <===> #EDUcation4.0 


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ONE size DOESN'T fit ALL <===> People #LEARN from "A" OR "B" and/or "A+B"! <===> #EDUcation4.0 


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Personalization by Lauren Stanfield | Creativity | Personalized LEARNing

Personalization by Lauren Stanfield | Creativity | Personalized LEARNing | 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it

Personalized learning is like a pinball machine. Check out this ThingLink created by @laurenmcgetit


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Personalized learning is like a pinball machine. Check out this ThingLink created by @laurenmcgetit


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5 Ways To Use Word Clouds In The Classroom

5 Ways To Use Word Clouds In The Classroom | 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it
The popularity of word clouds remains pretty constant in education, and it’s not difficult to see why.


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The popularity of word clouds remains pretty constant in education, and it’s not difficult to see why.


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Street Art | Creativity | Hinter den Kulissen

Street Art | Creativity | Hinter den Kulissen | 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it
Sei hautnah dabei, wenn Street Art-Künstler ihr Kunstwerk erschaffen, mit dem Google Art Project #streetartproject


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Sei hautnah dabei, wenn Street Art-Künstler ihr Kunstwerk erschaffen, mit dem Google Art Project #streetartproject


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Why People With Multicultural Experience Are More Creative

Why People With Multicultural Experience Are More Creative | 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it
Most creative people have two things in common: They are willing to consider alternatives to the way things are currently done, and they see objects, people, and situations from multiple perspectives.


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Most creative people have two things in common: They are willing to consider alternatives to the way things are currently done, and they see objects, people, and situations from multiple perspectives.


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Marlin Reyes's curator insight, March 11, 2015 10:14 AM

Todos podemos creaer un mundo de arcoiris, con bellos colores y diferentes experiencias. La imaginacion muchas veces es antes que la accion.

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Not Giving Up On a Student

Not Giving Up On a Student | 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it

How can teachers and administrators help students overcome negative attitudes about school and learning?


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How can teachers and administrators help students overcome negative attitudes about school and learning?


Shannon Lim 's curator insight, February 28, 2015 10:25 AM

The author of the article tried to understand the student's situation first before approaching him and was determined to change the negative attitudes of the student. Despite failing to convey his main message to the student, the author kept trying so as to make sure the student understands. Hence, i find that teachers who put in their best to nurture a student are respectable. Those teachers will not give up on a student no matter how bad is he/she and will persevere to change the negative attitudes of the students. This positive change would be a great benefit to the students in the future. Therefore, teachers should not give up on a student. If they give up, the negative attitudes of the student may remain unchanged. 

Also, i think that in order to help students overcome negative attitudes about school and learning, a teacher should understand the student and talk to him/her nicely so that they know that you care for him/her.  

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5 Creative Ways To Use Skype In The Classroom

5 Creative Ways To Use Skype In The Classroom | 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it
Creative Ways To Use Skype In The Classroom

The answer: in more ways than you could imagine. While Skype was not designed as an educational tool, it’s quickly becoming one as teachers discover the many ways it enriches their lessons and the lives of their students. Even something as simple as hosting a guest speaker through a video call can add excitement to a lesson.

As with any tech tool, it can seem daunting to introduce this into your classroom at first. If you don’t know where to start, try one of these five creative ideas.


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Creative Ways To Use Skype In The Classroom

The answer: in more ways than you could imagine. While Skype was not designed as an educational tool, it’s quickly becoming one as teachers discover the many ways it enriches their lessons and the lives of their students. Even something as simple as hosting a guest speaker through a video call can add excitement to a lesson.

As with any tech tool, it can seem daunting to introduce this into your classroom at first. If you don’t know where to start, try one of these five creative ideas.


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- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Skype


Jen Pollard's curator insight, March 15, 2015 4:40 PM

Skype is a great tool to use in learning as it provides real time engagement with experts. This a great article with ideas about thinking outside of the box when integrating Skype. 

Phil Hobrla's curator insight, March 16, 2015 8:04 PM

Microsoft recently showcased a new Skype feature that allows for real-time, two-way, voice translation! This feature will make the Skype Cultural Exchange even more extensible and will allow those who use Skype for non-native language acquisition to have in-depth conversations, in their own languages, about their progress and issues in their learning. 

Henry Lee's curator insight, March 16, 2015 9:25 PM

Rescooped from Sarah Kozlowski. This make distance learning possible for virtual classrooms. While this setup up isn't ideal for a lot of virtual classroom setups, it can work as a low-tech solution.

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Excellent Tips to Stimulate Creativity

Excellent Tips to Stimulate Creativity | 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it


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How Kids Lose Their Creativity As They Age (And How To Prevent It)

How Kids Lose Their Creativity As They Age (And How To Prevent It) | 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it

1.       Teach creative problem solving over rote memorization. How to reach an answer is far more important than making the right choice on a standardized test and then forgetting the concept the next day.

2.       Teach kids to challenge assumptions instead of accepting things “as is.” Success is no longer about following an operating manual.  It is about imagining the possibilities and real-time innovation.

3.       Teach that mistakes are not evil, and should not be feared.Make sure kids learn that mistakes aren’t fatal – they’re simply the portals of discovery.

4.       Drive diversity of thought over conformity. World progress occurs by challenging conventional wisdom and approaching problems with fresh perspective.  Following the herd is a surefire path to mediocrity.

5.       Forster imagination and curiosity. No longer optional, creativity has become the currency of success for us all.  This applies to CEO’s and soccer-moms.  Musicians and military leaders.  Engineers and educators.


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Via Creativity For Life, David Hain, Dean J. Fusto, Ivon Prefontaine, PhD, Christopher Tienken
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1.       Teach creative problem solving over rote memorization. How to reach an answer is far more important than making the right choice on a standardized test and then forgetting the concept the next day.

2.       Teach kids to challenge assumptions instead of accepting things “as is.” Success is no longer about following an operating manual.  It is about imagining the possibilities and real-time innovation.

3.       Teach that mistakes are not evil, and should not be feared.Make sure kids learn that mistakes aren’t fatal – they’re simply the portals of discovery.

4.       Drive diversity of thought over conformity. World progress occurs by challenging conventional wisdom and approaching problems with fresh perspective.  Following the herd is a surefire path to mediocrity.

5.       Forster imagination and curiosity. No longer optional, creativity has become the currency of success for us all.  This applies to CEO’s and soccer-moms.  Musicians and military leaders.  Engineers and educators.


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- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Creativity


Lon Woodbury's curator insight, October 17, 2014 3:24 PM

Struggling Teens often are those kids who cannot/will-not give up their creativity.  Those are not broken kids needing serious treatment, but confused kids trying to find their way and making poor decisions.  There are schools working on this creativity gap, and should be a model for mainstream kids. -Lon


Nick Hester's curator insight, October 18, 2014 6:35 AM

Celebrate diversity, be open, share, listen and learn...

Dr. Pat McGuire's curator insight, October 20, 2014 11:41 AM

When my children were small we spent a great deal of time being creative and playing the "what if" game to test out theories. That is not seen with children in my practice much anymore.  They are stuck in overly compartmentalized learning and playing.  Few of them know what to do if told to go outside.

 

We need to bring curiosity and creativity back into the forefront of child development and learning.  I see the loss of this as being as devastating as when children were told "Do it because I said so and don't ask questions."

 

What do you think?

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Sir Ken Robinson - Can Creativity Be Taught? - YouTube

“If there was a moment when our crisis in education hit critical mass it may well have been the date Sir Ken Robinson’s TED talk went up on YouTube. In just ...


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Creative Classrooms Lab - Tablets in schools - UK - YouTube

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Creative Classrooms Lab - Tablets in schools


Koen Mattheeuws's curator insight, May 29, 2015 3:32 AM

Krab het promo-laagje ervan en luister naar en kijk naar wat deze mensen zeggen en doen. Ook dit is een manier om meer eigenaar te worden van eigen leren.

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Sketchnotes by Sylvia Duckworth sur Flipboard | Creativity

Sketchnotes by Sylvia Duckworth sur Flipboard | Creativity | 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it

Par @dougpete | A collection of images creatively made by Sylvia Duckworth


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Par @dougpete | A collection of images creatively made by Sylvia Duckworth


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Sir Ken Robinson: Creativity Is In Everything, Especially Teaching

Sir Ken Robinson: Creativity Is In Everything, Especially Teaching | 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it

Creativity is about fresh thinking. It doesn’t have to be new to the whole of humanity— though that’s always a bonus— but certainly to the person whose work it is. Creativity also involves making critical judgments about whether what you’re working on is any good, be it a theorem, a design, or a poem. Creative work often passes through typical phases. Sometimes what you end up with is not what you had in mind when you started. It’s a dynamic process that often involves making new connections, crossing disciplines, and using metaphors and analogies. 

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Being creative is not just about having off-the-wall ideas and letting your imagination run free. It may involve all of that, but it also involves refining, testing, and focusing what you’re doing. It’s about original thinking on the part of the individual, and it’s also about judging critically whether the work in process is taking the right shape and is worthwhile, at least for the person producing it.

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Creativity is about fresh thinking. It doesn’t have to be new to the whole of humanity— though that’s always a bonus— but certainly to the person whose work it is. Creativity also involves making critical judgments about whether what you’re working on is any good, be it a theorem, a design, or a poem. Creative work often passes through typical phases. Sometimes what you end up with is not what you had in mind when you started. It’s a dynamic process that often involves making new connections, crossing disciplines, and using metaphors and analogies. 

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Being creative is not just about having off-the-wall ideas and letting your imagination run free. It may involve all of that, but it also involves refining, testing, and focusing what you’re doing. It’s about original thinking on the part of the individual, and it’s also about judging critically whether the work in process is taking the right shape and is worthwhile, at least for the person producing it.

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Rebekah Paraskevas's curator insight, April 25, 2015 8:48 PM

I love the way Sir Ken Robinson phrases his topics.  Here is another of his invaluable topics.

SMARTERTEACHER's curator insight, April 26, 2015 12:15 AM

Creativity for Students,but also for Educators. 

Karen B Wehner's curator insight, April 28, 2015 7:39 PM

Such an important corrective to today's standards and assessment driven education models. Go, Sir Ken!

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New Vision for Education_Report2015

Especially check the TOPIC <===> Chapter 1: The skills needed in the 21st century <===> #eSkills!


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- https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2014/07/10/education-collaboration-and-coaching-the-future/


- https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2015/03/28/learning-to-learn-for-my-professional-development-i-did-it-my-way/



Via Manuel Pinto, Maria José Brites, Rui Guimarães Lima, Miloš Bajčetić, Mark E. Deschaine, PhD
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Especially check the TOPIC <===> Chapter 1: The skills needed in the 21st century <===> #eSkills!


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- https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2014/07/10/education-collaboration-and-coaching-the-future/


- https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2015/03/28/learning-to-learn-for-my-professional-development-i-did-it-my-way/


David Witzeling's curator insight, April 6, 2015 7:22 PM

This is a lengthy article detailing the relationship between 21st century skills and the adoption of technology as a way to promote growth in those skill areas. If you are here, you might find this very much "preaching to the choir," but the article provides a solid basis for understanding the need to integrate technology into education.

Melina Dayana Calizaya Torres's curator insight, April 6, 2015 10:19 PM

SO TRUE

Dr. Deborah Brennan's curator insight, April 7, 2015 2:19 PM

The World Economic Forum has published a new white paper called New Vision for Education: Unlocking the Potential of Technology; the link for the full report is included at the end of this article.  The World Economic Forum is a not-for-profit international institution headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.  Although the focus of this report is worldwide, the gaps in identified twenty-first century skills are very applicable to schools in the USA.  In a powerful statement, the report says: “By the time students enter college and the labour market, deficiencies that have not been addressed earlier can be far more difficult and costly to remedy.” (p 8-9).

The report differentiates 21st century skills among foundational literacies, competencies, and character qualities. It sees foundational skills as what schools and systems traditionally teach and measure: literacy, numeracy, scientific literacy, instructional-communication technology literacy, financial literacy, and cultural and civic literacy.  Competencies sited include critical thinking/problem solving, creativity, communication and collaboration. While curiosity, initiative, persistence/grit, adaptability, leadership, and social and cultural awareness are included in a category called character qualities.  Appendix 1 includes definitions of 21st century skills.

The instructional cycle is referred to as a “closed loop” in this report. Beginning with clear learning objectives through the development of curriculum and instructional strategies to instructional delivery, ongoing assessment, interventions and the tracking of learning outcomes in a repeating complex system.  The report looks at ways that technology can be embedded into each step of the instructional loop to improve student learning outcomes and eliminate the skill gap, providing some resources that might be used at different phases of the cycle.

The report cites differences in the use of technology tools to close the skill gap, looking at different income levels among countries which create different contexts and stating that there are fundamental social and economic problems, such as poverty, that impede learning and underlie the skills gap. Although the deficiencies in many undeveloped countries far surpass those found in the United States, it is my perspective that there are different contexts within the United States itself that must be acknowledged and addressed.

The importance of creativity, problem solving and innovation to the economic well-being of our nation and therefore, the employability of our workforce cannot be stressed enough. The pressure of standardized testing can lead to a standardized curriculum and instruction model that does not allow  the classroom time for these skills to develop. Teachers caught in this dilemma are often driven to insure success on state tests at the cost of providing time for experimentation, reflection, and collaborative feedback. The report does suggest using technology for some of the foundational skills in order to free teacher time to provide instruction on competency and character skills.

In two of the examples from low income countries, technology was used to provide scripted lessons that were created centrally  to under-trained teachers. My preference would be to  more fully train teachers or provide a mentor/coach rather than a “turn the page” curriculum model.

One of the tenants of the article is the need to define and find a metric to assess each of these 21st century skills in order to compare countries skill level. Although I agree with the need to define the skills needed and provide training and resources to teachers so these skills can be embedded into the curriculum and instruction, the idea of an assessment to measure creativity or persistence fills me with dread. Paul Torrance developed a well-used test for creativity used to screen students for school gifted and talented programs.  It is not a test that can be administered and interpreted without training. The idea of administering a standardized test which by definition is convergent in thinking to measure a thinking skill that is divergent by definition seems inappropriate and a major shortcoming of this report.

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Custom Menus in WordPress | Tutorial | Navigation Menus

Custom Menus in WordPress | Tutorial | Navigation Menus | 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it
If you have a theme that supports the Custom Menus feature, you can create and arrange a group of navigation links for your visitors to find the important parts of your site faster. Most Custom Men...

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The Science (and Practice) of Creativity

The Science (and Practice) of Creativity | 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it
"Creativity isn't about music and art; it is an attitude to life, one that everybody needs," wrote the University of Winchester's Professor Guy Claxton in the lead-up to the 2014 World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) dedicated to creativity and education. "It is a composite of habits of mind which include curiosity, skepticism, imagination, determination, craftsmanship, collaboration, and self-evaluation."

Sounds like the perfect skill set for equipping young people to navigate an increasingly complex and unpredictable world. Encouragingly, there's plenty of evidence -- from both research and practice -- that most of the above can be taught in the classroom. In fact, innovation and education experts agree that creativity can fit perfectly into any learning system.

But before it can be incorporated broadly in curriculum, it must first be understood.


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Creativity isn't about music and art; it is an attitude to life, one that everybody needs," wrote the University of Winchester's Professor Guy Claxton in the lead-up to the 2014 World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) dedicated to creativity and education. "It is a composite of habits of mind which include curiosity, skepticism, imagination, determination, craftsmanship, collaboration, and self-evaluation."

Sounds like the perfect skill set for equipping young people to navigate an increasingly complex and unpredictable world. Encouragingly, there's plenty of evidence -- from both research and practice -- that most of the above can be taught in the classroom. In fact, innovation and education experts agree that creativity can fit perfectly into any learning system.

But before it can be incorporated broadly in curriculum, it must first be understood.


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- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Creativity


SMARTERTEACHER's curator insight, March 30, 2015 12:14 PM

Creativity must be cultivated in our schools.

Dr. Deborah Brennan's curator insight, March 31, 2015 6:02 PM

Creativity has always been what has set America apart from other nations.  The ability of our population to imagine new solutions to everyday problems and create innovations has kept America as a world leader and given us the economic advantage.  many nations have looked at our education system and wondered how they could nurture this ability in their children.  As a gifted educator, teaching creativity has always been our focus.  Unfortunately, in these days of standardized testing, which lead to standardized curriculum and schools, we are losing our creative advantage.  Creativity is a key for ALL our children.  our children enter school with an active imagination and a natural ability for creative thinking.  We must understand creativity and how we can nurture it in our classrooms and schools. 

Ann-Lois Edström's curator insight, April 7, 2015 12:56 PM

Understanding the creative process and creating a creative atmosphere conducive to learning is crucial

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The Creativity Mindset | Growth Mindset | Creativity | eSkills

The Creativity Mindset | Growth Mindset | Creativity | eSkills | 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it

Suspends Judgment – Silences the Inner Critic


The ability to hold off on judging or critiquing an idea is important in the process of creativity. Often great ideas start as crazy ones – if critique is applied too early the idea will be killed and never developed into something useful and useable. (note – this doesn’t mean there is never a time for critique or judgement in the creative process – it’s actually key – but there is a time and place for it). (http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/05/09/9-attitudes-of-highly-creative-people/)

Many new ideas, because they are new and unfamiliar, seem strange, odd, bizarre, even repulsive. Only later do they become “obviously” great. Other ideas, in their original incarnations, are indeed weird, but they lead to practical, beautiful, elegant things. Thus, it is important for the creative thinker to be able to suspend judgment when new ideas are arriving, to have an optimistic attitude toward ideas in general.

Tolerates Ambiguity

Ambiguity tolerance may be… the “willingness to accept a state of affairs capable of alternate interpretations, or of alternate outcomes,” (English & English 1958). In other words, ambiguity tolerance may be central to creative thinking. (http://knowinnovation.com/tolerating-ambiguity/#sthash.XqxhaQh3.dpuf)

With the toleration of ambiguity, creativity gives way to new ideas, stimulates the acceptance of others’ viewpoints, and thus raises tolerance, understanding and cooperation. (http://www.academia.edu/2506344/Creative_climate_as_a_means_to_promote_creativity_in_the_classroom

Persists Even When Confronted with Skepticism & Rejection


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- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Creativity


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Suspends Judgment – Silences the Inner Critic


The ability to hold off on judging or critiquing an idea is important in the process of creativity. Often great ideas start as crazy ones – if critique is applied too early the idea will be killed and never developed into something useful and useable. (note – this doesn’t mean there is never a time for critique or judgement in the creative process – it’s actually key – but there is a time and place for it). (http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/05/09/9-attitudes-of-highly-creative-people/)

Many new ideas, because they are new and unfamiliar, seem strange, odd, bizarre, even repulsive. Only later do they become “obviously” great. Other ideas, in their original incarnations, are indeed weird, but they lead to practical, beautiful, elegant things. Thus, it is important for the creative thinker to be able to suspend judgment when new ideas are arriving, to have an optimistic attitude toward ideas in general.

Tolerates Ambiguity

Ambiguity tolerance may be… the “willingness to accept a state of affairs capable of alternate interpretations, or of alternate outcomes,” (English & English 1958). In other words, ambiguity tolerance may be central to creative thinking. (http://knowinnovation.com/tolerating-ambiguity/#sthash.XqxhaQh3.dpuf)

With the toleration of ambiguity, creativity gives way to new ideas, stimulates the acceptance of others’ viewpoints, and thus raises tolerance, understanding and cooperation. (http://www.academia.edu/2506344/Creative_climate_as_a_means_to_promote_creativity_in_the_classroom

Persists Even When Confronted with Skepticism & Rejection


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- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Creativity


James J. Goldsmith's curator insight, March 16, 2015 2:24 PM

From the article:  "Mindsets are simply defined as 'the ideas and attitudes with which a person approaches a situation.' Mindsets imply that mental and attitudinal states can assist one in being successful with a given skill set. I believe this to be true for engaging in the creative process, that a creative mindset is a prerequisite to being creative."  Of particular interest to brainstormers.

Catharine Bramkamp's curator insight, March 17, 2015 2:42 PM

Creatives are simultaneously essential and aggravating.  You know who you are, you are the person at the board table asking why?  No one wants to answer you so they pass you over.  But that is one of the strongest attributes of a creative mind:  why?  Why have we always done it this way? Why are we promoting our products this way?  Why are we meeting?

Ask one why question a day - just to keep limber.


Barbara Wilson's curator insight, March 18, 2015 7:43 AM

I love the graphic here and so agree with this overview of creativity

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13 Easy-to-Use Tools for Creating Killer Visual Content | VerticalResponse

13 Easy-to-Use Tools for Creating Killer Visual Content | VerticalResponse | 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it

Creating your own images is also an excellent tactic for re-purposing text-only content into enticing images. Here are some examples: Turn quotes into an interesting slideshow, post an event announcement on a pretty picture, place stats onto eye-catching graphs, give a blog post title some pizzaz, create an infographic about the history of your biz, create a catchy, custom featured image for a video, etc. The possibilities are endless.


To help you create images that get BuzzFeed-worthy engagement, here are 13 of our favorite and easy-to-use visual content creation tools....


  • 63% of social media is made up of images according to Citrix.
  • Photos account for 93% of the most engaging posts on Facebook according to Socialbakers.
  • Photos get 53% more Likes, 104% more comments, and 84% more click-throughs on Facebookaccording to KissMetrics.
  • On Twitter, tweets with images receive 18% more clicks, 89% more favorites, and 150% more retweets according to Buffer.
  • Adding a photo URL to your tweet can boost tweets by 35% according to the Twitter Media Blog.
  • Instagram currently has 300 million monthly active users and 70 million new photos are shared each day.

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  • 63% of social media is made up of images according to Citrix.
  • Photos account for 93% of the most engaging posts on Facebook according to Socialbakers.
  • Photos get 53% more Likes, 104% more comments, and 84% more click-throughs on Facebookaccording to KissMetrics.
  • On Twitter, tweets with images receive 18% more clicks, 89% more favorites, and 150% more retweets according to Buffer.
  • Adding a photo URL to your tweet can boost tweets by 35% according to the Twitter Media Blog.
  • Instagram currently has 300 million monthly active users and 70 million new photos are shared each day.

ffeog's curator insight, March 13, 2015 4:38 AM

A picture speaks a thousand words - some good resources here for visual content and creation to add a visual dimension to your messages, which tend to perform much better for opens and clicks than text alone.

Carlene Kelsey's curator insight, March 25, 2015 10:22 AM

Content is shared in many forms.  These tools make it pretty easy to get creative.

Michelle Gilstrap's curator insight, March 25, 2015 3:14 PM
Good article to help anyone wanting to create better content.
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Sketchnoting 101, for those with little artistic talent

Sketchnoting 101, for those with little artistic talent | 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it
Sketchnotes can be simple or ornate, but they all do the same thing: collect ideas visually that are easier to remember.


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- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Sketchnoting


- https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2015/02/18/introduction-for-courses-different-tools-applied/


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Sketchnotes can be simple or ornate, but they all do the same thing: collect ideas visually that are easier to remember.


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- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Sketchnoting


- https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2015/02/18/introduction-for-courses-different-tools-applied/


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The Ingredients Of A Creative Teacher

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The Ingredients Of A Creative Teacher
by Melissa Goodwin, creativist.io
There is a lot of talk about creativity these days.
Creativity drives innovation, it sparks new thinking, it enriches our lives, and it connects us to other human beings.


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- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Creativity



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The Ingredients Of A Creative Teacher 
by Melissa Goodwin, creativist.io 
There is a lot of talk about creativity these days. 
Creativity drives innovation, it sparks new thinking, it enriches our lives, and it connects us to other human beings.


Learn more:


- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Creativity


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Creativity Every Single Day

Creativity Every Single Day | 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it
Where does creativity come from? How can society encourage creativity? How can citizens make creative contributions to our shared life?...


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- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Creativity


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Where does creativity come from? How can society encourage creativity? How can citizens make creative contributions to our shared life?...


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- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Creativity


Carlos Rodrigues Cadre's curator insight, October 23, 2014 8:49 AM

adicionar a sua visão ...

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Travel Journals: Student-Created Textbooks

Travel Journals: Student-Created Textbooks | 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it
Each student at Normal Park Museum Magnet School creates a unique “travel journal” to explore the themes of science and social studies units.


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Each student at Normal Park Museum Magnet School creates a unique “travel journal” to explore the themes of science and social studies units.


Learn more:


- http://gustmees.wordpress.com/2012/06/30/tutankhamun-exhibition-in-cologne-de/


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