tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5931834670826653533.post7631439490952219077..comments2024-03-28T04:13:42.906-04:00Comments on A Principal's Reflections: Creativity Fuels InnovationEric Sheningerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13733305358794643322noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5931834670826653533.post-12755460151671398582012-01-02T17:36:10.308-05:002012-01-02T17:36:10.308-05:00Thanks for supporting all of us out there that are...Thanks for supporting all of us out there that are making creativity a main focus of our daily work with students. I'm going to place a link to this blog on my recent description of our Fourth Grade "Creativity Days" Project ( http://teachwellnow.blogspot.com/2011/12/creativity-days-conclusion_21.html ) as a way of building understanding and investment in the creative process. As always, I appreciate your inspiration and action towards making schools engaging, meaningful, student-centered experiences.Teach Children Wellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15445866699209731255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5931834670826653533.post-25885147301406647792012-01-02T12:55:23.549-05:002012-01-02T12:55:23.549-05:00Comment via Ray Harrison (former NMHS teacher): I ...Comment via Ray Harrison (former NMHS teacher): I wanted to post on your blog about this excellent video but I could not log in as anonymous. I do not belong to any of the listed categories. This post seems to mark a transition in your thinking from merely using technology in the classroom to centering education upon the creative potentialities of students. If one compares a child to a tree, the goal is to nourish the innate capacities so that the tree/student grows into who she/he is meant to be. Too often education dictates a template and asks all trees/children to grow into one shape without attention to individual gifts and talents. If technology helps to nourish the tree/student, then of course utilize it. But just technology for the sake of supposed innovation, without centering the educational experience upon the creative potentialities and innate abilities of the student, is just another form of empty standardization. Students may graduate knowing how to utilize technology, but may have forgotten what to use it for. The entire premise of the Gifted Program at NMHS was to discover and nourish the innate creative capacities of each individual student. Education should be the opening of a space where learning can occur. Technology is a tool that can help to open such a space, but the space being opened is like the limbs and leaves of the tree. All growth begins from within. The problem with most standardized educational paradigms is that they begin from without. Great video!Eric Sheningerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13733305358794643322noreply@blogger.com