"Success is based not only on what you know or how much you know, but on your ability to think and act creatively. In short, we are now living in the Creative Society.
Reflection:Unfortunately, few of today’s classrooms focus on helping students develop as creative thinkers. Even students who perform well in school are often unprepared for the challenges that they encounter after graduation, in their work lives as well as their personal lives."
I chose this quote because the idea behind it is something I agree with 100 percent.Students today are becoming less creative because they know that all they have to do is look in a book to get an answer, and if they put it off long enough, the teacher will do it for them. They aren't being challenged properly to find their own solutions. Students need more access to creative outputs in order to broaden their perceptions of the world and what they're learning.
Related Post:
Extra Credits: Gamifying Education
This is a video I saw about a year ago by the same group (Extra Credits) who did the video we saw in class. It takes the idea of games and applies it to the classroom, giving creative ways to get students learning outside of the classroom, along with encouraging them to do more while they work.
Citation:
Resnick, Mitchel. "Sowing." Learning & Leading with Technology. ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education), 2007. Web. 1 Apr 2012.http://web.media.mit.edu/~mres/papers/Learning-Leading-final.pdf.
