Living in the world of constant change via technology advancement, creativity becomes the norm in the 21st century trends with respect to human society. According to Gardner (2009), in most human societies, throughout human history, creativity was neither sought after not rewarded. By looking in the past, scientist like Galileo was honored the innovative scientist but was not rewarded but rather denounced and imprisoned. individuals in that era were discouraged and even destroyed at the time of their breakthrough. This is era is so different compared to the past. Innovation and creativity has become part and parcel of the world today. In the school district, evidence on introduction of "Edutainment" environment whereby creating and blending a diverse culture to technology. At the same time, school districts that are unfortunate get muscle out of quality of education. Some schools fell below poverty region and faces the challenges of new creativity and innovations that attract multiple intelligence. Creativity invites the introduction of new commerce in education, reaching for the best and finest instructional materials to embrace the excellence of education. This way of thinking about creativity emphasizes the importance of lateral thinking, the capacity to shift frameworks, change the dynamics of education and strenthing leadership through professional development.
Carlos, that's right, education has become "edutainment". It really has to be this way because of how wired our Digital Native students are. They are always "powered on" or hooked onto some sort of technology. You rarely see a young one walking around without either a cell phone in their hand or a little white cord dangling down from their ear (or you see both in most cases). I am amazed, when Peter and I go to the movies once in a blue moon, that kids come in and plop down and text each other during the previews instead of talking to each other in the next seat over. It's great fun to watch them...however, it makes it hard to actively engage them in learning at school because in coming to school they have to "power down".
ReplyDeleteWe had a tech day on friday in which the students were able to bring MP3 players to school and listen while in class. On this day I was able to get more work out of the students. I believe we met the kids in a place they felt comfortable.
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