Tim Brown on creativity and play

Three Easy Steps To Start Your Creative Process - Pick the Brain The creative process is in our genes – handed down to us by our ancestors who created out of necessity. With their bare hands and rudimentary tools structures were formed, food was grown, garments were made and entertainment was discovered. We reached a point where we no longer have the need to create. Our homes are filled with gadgets that do our work for us. Every day new items are on the store shelf and we snatch up the latest and greatest.

ART journaling goodness & FREE digital kit - creativityUNLEASHED by traci bautista TODAY I'm the featured artist on 30 journals 30 days. So hop on over to Dirty Footprints Studio's blog to check out my interview about my Art Journaling inspirations which includes images and links to videos. check out my recent collection of art journals {photo set} *******FREE art journaling digital kit****** As a special BONUS and thank you to all of you for being part of my creative journey, I'm giving away a FREE DOWNLOAD! Want a Healthier Family? 12 Health Benefits of Homeschooling  By Linda Dobson Healthy food for breakfast and lunch! A family’s homeschooling decision almost always begins with academic considerations. For myriad reasons, each family comes to the conclusion that the children will learn better and happier when the family is in charge of decisions, resources, and schedule. There’s another aspect of homeschooling, though, that doesn’t receive anywhere near the attention it deserves when mainstream media covers the topic. Once they get started, many families realize terrific health benefits emerge from the homeschooling lifestyle, too.

20+ Surprisingly Useful Inventions The World Didn’t Know It Needed You may never eat Pringles in the same way again. Advertisement 1. The chair that has a notch cut into it for your bag. 2. Write to Done Arouse your creativity Electric flesh-arrows … traversing the body. A rainbow of color strikes the eyelids. A foam of music falls over the ears. It is the gong of the orgasm. ~ Anais Nin One of Homeschooling’s Benefits for Parents: You Can See Clearly Now  You Can See Clearly Now by Linda Dobson Don’t let what you’re being get in the way of what you might become. - Harry Palmer My initial reasons for entering the world of homeschooling revolved solely around my children. I saw an opportunity to spare them from spending many adult years shaking off the condition­ing that would limit their thinking, their potential, and their hap­piness.

Intelligent YouTube Channels Below, we have gathered together some of the most intelligent video collections on YouTube. A great place to find culturally enriching video... General Universities Spotlighted Collections Reverse Brainstorming - Brainstorming techniques from MindTools A Different Approach to Brainstorming © iStockphoto/Diva_Nir4a Reverse brainstorming helps you solve problems by combining brainstorming and reversal techniques. By combining these, you can extend your use of brainstorming to draw out even more creative ideas. » You can’t manage informal learning – only the use of informal media Learning in the Social Workplace Recently I’ve been reading more and more blog posts and articles that talk of how to “manage informal learning”, so I thought it was time for another post of my own that tries to explain how this is actually misleading, and in fact misses the big picture in terms of the importance of informal learning in the workplace, and L&D’s role in supporting it. Here’s a graphic which summarises this posting. Although the two terms “Formal Learning” and “Informal Learning are now quite commonplace, they still seem to be causing some confusion. So let’s look at some definitions from CEDEFOP – the European Centre for Vocation and Training.

Brainstorming Description: Brainstorming is the name I have chosen to use to describe techniques aimed at generating new ideas (e.g. game concepts, features, game mechanics, play mechanics, etc.) or solving design problems (e.g. imbalances, loopholes, control schemes, etc.) through spontaneity. As a game design tool, brainstorming is not isolated to the beginning of the game design process but recurs throughout the entire process.