tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6040524831337878007.post707319833920505812..comments2024-02-19T13:57:50.195+05:30Comments on Tech Transformation: Encouraging Creativity (part 2)Maggie Hos-McGranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06906722339671067160noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6040524831337878007.post-32700486324707283732011-03-23T03:22:17.998+05:302011-03-23T03:22:17.998+05:30Priya Ganesan's TED talk cites examples of pro...Priya Ganesan's TED talk cites examples of projects like fill-in-the-blank poems, or drawings done with certain colors. She says students have been subconsciously pushed to do things one way. In elementary school, kids are starting to learn and we should encourage new ways of thinking. At my school, holiday decorations are created by template and each one is the same. I know teachers who say the skill is “following directions.” I think of technology projects I have done with kindergarten. I have given a template to color in. So where do we draw the line between structure and non-structure? Why do we insist on templates and step-by-step directions? Control? Lack of time? Fear? In my next lesson I am going to ask “Why are we doing this in this way?” Are teachers doing too much of their work for students thus causing them to lose creativity?Karen Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01240732301768373413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6040524831337878007.post-13727691195810653062011-03-22T09:54:49.358+05:302011-03-22T09:54:49.358+05:30I always loved to see what my students came up wit...I always loved to see what my students came up with when I just let them explore this way. The best is when one student learns how to do something and the students sitting around them asked the first student to show them how. In 2 min flat the "new" find would spread to every student in the room...viral learning at its best!Mrs. Tenkelyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15943016358147486172noreply@blogger.com