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What is Creative Thinking?

Creative thinking is the way of thinking that leads to the generation of valuable and original ideas. All people are capable of engaging in creative thinking and practicing ‘everyday’ creativity (addressing everyday activities in a non-conventional way). Creative thinking can be applied not only to contexts related to the expression of imagination, such as creative writing or the arts, but also to other areas where the generation of ideas is functional to the investigation of issues, problems or society-wide concerns.

The PISA assessment will examine students’ capacities to generate diverse and original ideas, and to evaluate and improve ideas, across a range of contexts or ‘domains’. The assessment includes four domains: written expression, visual expression, social problem solving and scientific problem solving. In each of these domains, students engage with open tasks that have no single correct response. They are either asked to provide multiple, distinct responses, or to generate a response that is not conventional.  These responses can take the form of a solution to a problem, of a creative text or of a visual artefact.  

Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:

https://www.scoop.it/topic/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=Creativity

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Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:

https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2014/08/20/maker-space-a-new-trend-in-education-and-a-big-responsibility/

https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2014/08/24/coding-a-new-trend-in-education-and-a-big-responsibility/

Research shows that creativity and intelligence are linked with the physical connections in our brains. Here's how to connect the dots.

1. Recognize two types of functions and classify work life according to the “get work done” bucket and the “think strategically” bucket. 

2. Block off at least two to three hours on a weekly basis that are completely free from distractions and interruptions. This will allow the brain time to slow down and become immersed in the problem at hand, something very important and quite effective for engendering creativity. The hard part is having the strength to stick to this type of a schedule for two to three months to realize deeply satisfying, reinforcing results.  

3. Finally, take the time to brainstorm with trusted peers or an insightful manager on a weekly basis to stimulate different ways of thinking and allow for problems to be approached with fresh, creative perspectives. This is  a great way to learn from others and strengthen work networks, which everyone needs, wants and likes.

. Recognize two types of functions and classify work life according to the “get work done” bucket and the “think strategically” bucket. 

2. Block off at least two to three hours on a weekly basis that are completely free from distractions and interruptions. This will allow the brain time to slow down and become immersed in the problem at hand, something very important and quite effective for engendering creativity. The hard part is having the strength to stick to this type of a schedule for two to three months to realize deeply satisfying, reinforcing results.  

3. Finally, take the time to brainstorm with trusted peers or an insightful manager on a weekly basis to stimulate different ways of thinking and allow for problems to be approached with fresh, creative perspectives. This is  a great way to learn from others and strengthen work networks, which everyone needs, wants and likes.

===> As educators, we constantly strive to prepare our students for the ‘real world’ that exists around them. <===

We teach them how to read, write, and calculate. Then, of course, there are the less tangible skills we teach; such as how to work in a team, think critically, and be curious about the things they encounter each day.

Check also:

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

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

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

This post is the first in series and discusses free resources that may be stored on a local computer or a network. The list includes Scratch, Sketc-Up, Gimp, 3 free office suites, Alice, a variety of tools that will help you make movies and more. Most are described in some  detail and there are links to additional resources to help you learn the tool.

Additional posts will discuss Web 2.0 apps that may be used on the Internet (and across platforms), web apps and sites that promote literacy and student publication and web sites that promote student creativity.

A good list to help you start (or continue) bulding a "digital toolbox" for multimodal compositions. (I will steal some of these ideas for my delicious links!)

How do failures improve us? This post explores 8 ways that failures teach us lessons, including building empathy, humility, flexibility and creativity. Engineers understand that failure is a part of the learning process, yet in school we tend to look at failure as a negative component of learning. Is it possible for us to look at our practice and provide opportunities for our students to learn from their failures?

This article is about how technology can boost student creativity. It asks for teachers to transform their teaching method. Examples they give are puzzles or a quest of their own. They also discuss the flipped class method. All of these types of technology lessons lead to student creativity.

The advantage of using technology devices in the classroom is that it opens the doors to a vast universe of possibilities in which the student may take part and use to complete assignments and homework. The large quantity of sources available to students online, including learning applications, serve students as a springboard to their imagination and their creative tendencies to help them understand more about the world. In my classroom I incorporate the use of applications and the internet by assigning students assignments that require them to search the web and apply their creative ideas to make one-of-a-kind projects and assignments. 

An Instructables user by the name of ‘Joehan’ shared a 3D printable solution for what is perhaps the only component that is more important than the actual wind turbine itself - an electrostatic motor that can reside within the wind turbine.

Learn more:

- https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2014/08/20/maker-space-a-new-trend-in-education-and-a-big-responsibility/

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

Wonderful graphics dealing with critical thinking and creativity.

The new classroom is mobile!

Good addition to 21st Century learning discussion. 

Creativity is something that can be nourished but can it be learned? I'm not able to decide on that yet.

Some excellent reminders - 'All experiences are neutral...you don't see things are THEY are, you see them as YOU are'.

Learn more:

- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Sir+Ken+Robinson

話の途中でデジタル関連の用語が出てくるけれど、いくら英語ができたところで、ネットに関心がなかったら、さっぱりわかりませんよね。理解度は背景知識に大きく影響されると。

Check also:

- https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2012/07/28/how-to-prepare-for-giving-a-good-course/

- https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/is-your-professional-development-up-to-date/

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

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

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

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

Check also:

- https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2012/07/28/how-to-prepare-for-giving-a-good-course/

- https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/is-your-professional-development-up-to-date/

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

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

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

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

This post looks at what neurologists call executive function and eduation calls higher order thinking. A list of nine "ways to describe some of the executive functions when relating the arts to creativity and the thinking processes" is provided which includes:

* Conceptual thinking and transfer of knowledge

* Judgmen

* Critical analysis

* Induction and deduction

If you are interested in learning more about how creativity correlates with academic achievement as well as social and emotional success and how it helps to develop skills that support higher order thinking (a hot topic with Common Core) click through to the article.

creativity thinking exercises! great!

:)

The above comment, only one paragraph in quite a lengthy meditation on the necessity for creativity and passion in education, comes from "A Subject Leader of English in a large, successful state school in York" [England], who evidently desires to write anonymously.

In any event, huntingenglish has quite a bit to say on his/her own behalf and also peppers the piece with abundant links to additional writings by others as well as schools/programs that s/he considers exemplary.

From the opinions expressed, it seems to me that the educational landscape in the UK resembles that of the US in a great many respects...certainly I find much to agree with concerning personal reflections about the current state of educational affairs.

Huntingenglish has a lot to say and, IMO, says it very well. This is quite a stimulating read and I will be returning to this blog for more.

Quelques schémas et explications bien sentis...

Fantastic!