As Children’s Freedom Has Declined, So Has Their Creativity. 10Share Synopsis New research suggests that American schoolchildren are becoming less creative. If anything makes Americans stand tall internationally it is creativity. “American ingenuity” is admired everywhere. We are not the richest country (at least not as measured by smallest percentage in poverty), nor the healthiest (far from it), nor the country whose kids score highest on standardized tests (despite our politicians’ misguided intentions to get us there), but we are the most inventive country.
We are the great innovators, specialists in figuring out new ways of doing things and new things to do. It is sobering, therefore, to read Kyung Hee Kim’s recent research report documenting a continuous decline in creativity among American schoolchildren over the last two or three decades.[2] You might wonder how creativity can be assessed. While most of Torrance’s colleagues focused on standard measures of intelligence as a path toward doing this, Torrance chose to focus on creativity. The Real Neuroscience of Creativity. 87Share Synopsis "The latest findings from the real neuroscience of creativity suggest that the right brain/left brain distinction is not the right one when it comes to understanding how creativity is implemented in the brain. Creativity does not involve a single brain region or single side of the brain. " So yea, you know how the left brain is really realistic, analytical, practical, organized, and logical, and the right brain is so darn creative, passionate, sensual, tasteful, colorful, vivid, and poetic?
No. Just no. Stop it. Please. Thoughtful cognitive neuroscientists such as Anna Abraham, Mark Beeman, Kalina Christoff, Andreas Fink, Jeremy Gray, Rex Jung, John Kounios, Hikaru Takeuchi, Oshin Vartanian, Darya Zabelina and others are on the forefront of investigating what actually happens in the brain during the creative process. Importantly, many of these brain regions work as a team to get the job done, and many recruit structures from both the left and right side of the brain. Six Essentials to Foster Creativity and Innovation in the Classroom. I was overjoyed when I read the news that the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) had added creativity and innovation to its standards.
While many of us pioneers in the education technology movement have assumed these goals were implied, it is wonderful to see them made "official. " To me, technology lives up to its true potential only when we approach it creatively. At its best, technology allows us to make new connections and share new ideas. It also allows us to test theories, bend the rules, see the results, react and modify. The very simple but human act of listening can change a life. The past test-centric decade has been challenging for both students and teachers, but I am confident that we're heading into the decade of creativity and innovation. -generate new ideas, new products and new processes; -create original works as a means to personal or group expression; -use models and simulations to explore complex systems and issues; and Sounds nifty, eh?
1. 2. 3. Janet Echelman: Taking imagination seriously. Phil Hansen: The art of the imperfect. "Ferret in a Brothel": Just One of the Masterpieces on Display at the Museum of Bad Art. Atlas Obscura on Slate is a new travel blog. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. Woman Riding Crustacean, one of the works in the Museum of Bad Art’s 600-strong collection, is a portrait of a faceless, handless, footless naked woman astride a giant lobster.
For reasons unknown, an amorphous black blob encases the woman and her animal. Like the other items in the museum’s collection, the work displays a glaring gap between the artist’s sincerity and skill level. The Museum of Bad Art began with a single painting found between two trash cans on a Boston street in 1993. Since its inception, the Museum of Bad Art has had rigorous standards. Twenty-five to 30 items from the museum’s collection are on show at each of its two Boston locations. Why Marketers Fear The Female Geek | Howtonotsuckatgamedesign.com. So, there is this story making the rounds where Paul Dini on a podcast explains why execs do not want female viewers for their super hero shows. There’s a link in the resources below. But the gist of it is basically “Girls do not buy our merchandise.”
Sounds horrible right? People are shocked! Yeah, well, it’s worse then you think. Here is the reasoning, that drive execs and marketers to pro-actively exclude women from their audiences and to pro-actively encourage a culture in which women do not feel welcome. This is why we can’t have nice things… or can we? Target Group Optimization Imagine for a couple of paragraphs that you manufacture your own range of candy bars and now plan to sell them. You are willing to spend 100$ on marketing. Now, once the ads are out there, we track the response. Let’s say the tracking data now says that 80% of men bought the candy bar after the ads went live. What do you do with you next 100$? Are you going to spend your 100$ equally on men and women again?