Makerspaces will provide space for students and teachers to collaborate and learn by engaging with building materials such as advanced 3D printers and laser cutters and even simple tools such as plywood, a hammer, and nails. Social media is also encouraging creativity among our current generation of students.
Through social media programs such as Tumblr, Pinterest, and Instagram, students are combining technology with inspiration, to create a wealth of resources and information available globally. Students in higher education are able to innovate, engage in online discussions, and share creativity through social media platforms.
Through these platforms students can share ideas with each other, collaborate, and keep even their professors on their toes! Regardless of the types of media that professors introduce, and students suggest, use, and implement, technology is taking hold in our universities to expand opportunities for the use of creativity inside and outside the classroom.
Often times students can contribute new ideas to discussions and development regarding creative design, STEM learning, robotics, film animation, game design, and other arts. As we advance into the 21 st Century, we are all learners.
We can all make use of both the left and right sides of our brain to advance the technology we already possess by using our creativity. Many classrooms incorporate a technology bar that can accommodate a number of scholars without taking over the entire room. Teachers can combine technology with design thinking in a variety of ways […]. The Edvocate. Another science co-ordinator at a South Gloucestershire primary school used stop-frame animation with plasticine models like the Wallace and Gromit films to help children understand forces in real-life situations.
Working in groups of two or three, the children were asked to tell a story with their short animations that would involve everyday examples of forces in use. One child commented:. Such teaching for creativity is no laissez-faire, easy option — it requires careful preparation. Portsmouth Climate Festival — Portsmouth, Portsmouth. Edition: Available editions United Kingdom. Become an author Sign up as a reader Sign in.
Dan Davies , Cardiff Metropolitan University. In a knowledge economy where rote tasks are can be completed by machines, and almost all information is available with one click, students need to be ready to learn independently, and constantly adapt, innovate, and creatively problem-solve in the workplace.
Creativity also directly enhances learning by increasing motivation , deepening understanding, and promoting joy. Intrinsic motivation is essential to the creative process—and relies on students pursuing meaningful goals. As Alane Jordan Starko points out in the book Creativity in the Classroom, the strategies that support creativity—solving problems, exploring multiple options, and learning inquiry—also support depth of understanding.
Robert Sternberg has argued that creativity can predict college success above and beyond just what we get from standardized test scores: In one study of students taking the GRE, higher scores correlated with higher creativity.
Beyond academic achievement, creativity can make learning more fun—leading to joy and positive emotional engagement in students. Creativity requires a safe environment in which to play, exercise autonomy, and take risks. We can approach any situation in life with a creative spirit. Teachers who can model creative ways of thinking, playfully engage with content, and express their ideas, will beget creative students. That contagion of passion and positive emotion is a hotbed for creative thought.
Creatively fulfilled teachers may also be happier teachers. One study in the Journal of Positive Psychology suggests that engaging in a creative activity—doodling, playing a musical instrument, knitting, designing—just once a day can lead you into a more positive state of mind. This positive state of mind will sustain you, and spread to your students. Another teacher in my school also used Da Vinci notebooks in his 4th grade classroom, and we eagerly traded stories.
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