tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16296721.post2576929325784643583..comments2024-03-14T23:47:52.732+11:00Comments on The Global Educator: Thinking about ThinkingJulie Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05043807289251144925noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16296721.post-27585051455507919842008-04-22T00:51:00.000+10:002008-04-22T00:51:00.000+10:00Any chance someone could post the video on Teacher...Any chance someone could post the video on TeacherTube? Youtube is blocked at my school board.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16296721.post-55410272865260709062008-04-18T09:27:00.000+10:002008-04-18T09:27:00.000+10:00I feel creativity is a growing problem (well lack ...I feel creativity is a growing problem (well lack of it). By the time students get part way through secondary school we seem to have reprogrammed them to take few risks and hence their creativity is restricted. I found this great video the other week that really brought this issue to the forefront of my thinking once again:<BR/><BR/>http://elearning4schools.net/index/creativity-in-education<BR/><BR/>It is quite entertaining but has some excellent points.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16296721.post-40599997431960887542008-04-15T07:10:00.000+10:002008-04-15T07:10:00.000+10:00What a great video! Thanks so much for sharing it....What a great video! Thanks so much for sharing it.Joan Vinall-Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07054812627103822788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16296721.post-1622507804900293692008-04-15T06:23:00.000+10:002008-04-15T06:23:00.000+10:00Julie, I love the Thinking Hats and have trained m...Julie, I love the Thinking Hats and have trained my teachers with that wonderful process to open up students' thinking a bit more. I couldn't agree with you more about creativity, collaboration, and using Bloom's ... all of that adds up to also working with teachers and students (and others) to give more chances to develop right-brain skills. Even though we are well into the 21st Century and we have enough indicators to know better, we seem to be stuck in left-brain predominant ways of teaching and leaning. So, I think the challenge as educators is to start taking some educated risks that promote moving from left to middle, and maybe a little more to the right of our brains. Perhaps edutech professionals are a bit ahead of others in this area, but the critical mass is just not there yet.<BR/><BR/>I agree with Dan Pink when he says that there is a shift from the Informational Age to the Conceptual Age (Creative Economics). We need more holistic, conceptual, intuitive, imaginative, non-verbal thinking to help balance things out a bit.<BR/><BR/>Lots of obstacles, however. Many administrators, teachers, school boards, and parents still believe that left-brain schooling is best.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com