Yes, You Can Teach and Assess Creativity! A recent blog by Grant Wiggins affirmed what I have long believed about creativity: it is a 21st-century skill we can teach and assess. Creativity fosters deeper learning, builds confidence and creates a student ready for college and career. However, many teachers don't know how to implement the teaching and assessment of creativity in their classrooms. While we may have the tools to teach and assess content, creativity is another matter, especially if we want to be intentional about teaching it as a 21st-century skill. In a PBL project, some teachers focus on just one skill, while others focus on many. Quality Indicators If you and your students don't unpack and understand what creativity looks like, then teaching and assessing it will be very difficult. Synthesize ideas in original and surprising ways.Ask new questions to build upon an idea.Brainstorm multiple ideas and solutions to problems.Communicate ideas in new and innovative ways. Activities Targeted to Quality Indicators
5 tips to grow your start-up using SWOT analysis Having a strength greater than your competitor is irrelevant unless it is an important factor in customer decision making. As a start-up, how do you pinpoint these strengths? What can you do about it? If you have many competitors, and they offer equally attractive products and services, then you are unlikely to have great traction with customers. However, if no-one else can do what you do, then you can have a big advantage as long as the customer has a need that your services can address. The use of SWOT Analysis allows a start-up business to identify your strengths, minimise your weaknesses, take advantage of opportunities and overcome threats. YOUR STRENGTHS: What are your key advantages in relation to problems and opportunities as defined by your target customer segment? YOUR VALUE: How do you develop a value proposition such that your target customers easily recognise your strengths as directly relevant to solving their specific problems? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. inShare77
L’école de la créativité selon Ken Robinson Rendre les élèves plus acteurs, leur donner ainsi la possibilité de développer leurs talents et passions, voilà ce que prône Ken Robinson, allant à l’encontre de notre système scolaire trop standardisé. Et que disent les enfants quand on leur donne l’occasion d’exprimer leurs idées pour changer l’école ? Est-il nécessaire de rappeler qui est Ken Robinson ? Cet enfant d’une famille nombreuse, du milieu ouvrier anglais, aurait pu ne jamais croiser son élément, le monde de l’éducation, s’il n’avait pas contracté la polio à 4 ans. Comme il le dit dans son livre L’élément, cette maladie qui lui a fermé les portes du football, auquel il se destinait, lui en a ouvert d’autres. Depuis, après une longue carrière dans l’art, il s’est attaché à démontrer l’intérêt de la créativité dans l’enseignement, ainsi que l’effet d’un « mentor » dans l’accomplissement d’une personne. Carte mentale en pdf Cependant, standardiser contribue à faire baisser le niveau global de l’enseignement. ou
Great Teachers Don't Teach In a conversation on LinkedIn, one person asked, "What are the characteristics of an effective teacher?" I read quite a few excellent remarks that describe what such a teacher does to be effective. I couldn't help thinking about some of my best teachers. I had an amazing psychology professor in college. He was on fire every class period and his enthusiasm was contagious. My psychology professor was an effective teacher because he provided experiences that created long-term memories. "I appreciate all of the comments that have been made so far. My experience is that good teachers care about students. All of this is good but great teachers engineer learning experiences that maneuver the students into the driver's seat and then the teachers get out of the way. In The Classroom Long past are the times when we teach content just in case a student might need it. The philosophy that supports such a great teacher is simple. Taking Action How can you keep from teaching and promote true learning?
The Science (and Practice) of Creativity "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. But before it can be incorporated broadly in curriculum, it must first be understood. Creativity Starts in the Brain Recent research in cognitive science, often with education in mind, suggests that creativity is an ability that we all have and can cultivate with practice. Complex cognitive mechanisms are required to produce creative ideas. Dr. Creativity needs space and time to flourish at school. Creativity doesn't come on demand. Nurturing Creativity at School
Apps for multiple intelligences What makes the iPad brilliant is that it caters to all different intelligences. In fact most apps touch upon all different types of intelligences. I’ve tried to match all of my favorite educational apps with their corresponding intelligences. For those apps that matched with more than one, I’ve used equivalents. Students can use whichever app they chose to study. Take the brilliant app “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. The debate whether Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences really excist or not has been contested quite a few times. Children do differ in their abilities with different modalities, but teaching the child in his best modality doesn‘t affect his educational achievement. So much like the ideas behind TPACK, consider which type of intelligence best serves the content and not just the student. Click on the app icons to see the app in the App Store. Related posts:
Top 10 des technologies qui vont changer notre société prochainement Nos technologies ont fortement évolué ces dernières décennies, transformant la société dans son ensemble. Les Nouvelles Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication (portables, réseaux sociaux...) en sont certainement les preuves les plus récentes. Mais alors que nous commençons à accepter ces changements, de nouvelles inventions sont sur le point d'arriver. Désactiver la lecture automatique 10. Les intelligences artificielles sont déjà présentes dans notre vie de tous les jours et nous viennent constamment en aide. 9. Les trains capables de voyager à une très (très) grande vitesse sont déjà en développement et pourraient devenir une alternative aux avions dans le futur. 8. Cette technologie est juste devant notre porte et fera partie intégrante de notre style de vie d'ici quelques années. 7. Dans le même style, on retrouve les jeux vidéos ultra-immersifs. 6. L'arrivée de l'impression 3D a déjà changé de nombreuses choses dans l'industrie. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1.
30 Ideas for Teaching Writing Summary: Few sources available today offer writing teachers such succinct, practice-based help—which is one reason why 30 Ideas for Teaching Writing was the winner of the Association of Education Publishers 2005 Distinguished Achievement Award for Instructional Materials. The National Writing Project's 30 Ideas for Teaching Writing offers successful strategies contributed by experienced Writing Project teachers. Since NWP does not promote a single approach to teaching writing, readers will benefit from a variety of eclectic, classroom-tested techniques. These ideas originated as full-length articles in NWP publications (a link to the full article accompanies each idea below). Table of Contents: 30 Ideas for Teaching Writing 1. Debbie Rotkow, a co-director of the Coastal Georgia Writing Project, makes use of the real-life circumstances of her first grade students to help them compose writing that, in Frank Smith's words, is "natural and purposeful." ROTKOW, DEBBIE. 2003. Back to top 2. 3. 4.
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