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Inspiring Creativity21st Century Skill
Cheri StermanCrayola
Director, Content & Consumer Relationships
Cheryl LemkeMetiri Group
President and CEO
Creativity 21st Century Skill
• What • Why
• How
• Policy Implications
• When + Where (application exercise)
Creativity is cycle, a thinking process.
Inspire-Explore-Create-Evaluate
Creativity is the ability to see what’s not there and make
things happen.P21
Creativity is thinking out of
the box.
Creativity has roots in
curiosity, playful
branches, and leaves
new discoveries.
Visual Voices: Kids Speak Up for Creativity
“Magical Creativity Glasses"By Erika J. 6th grade
“Creativity let’s you see the world with different eyes."
“Vines of Life“ by Niza, age 12
"Creativity is each of our gift. Creativity reflects how unique you are and what separates you from everyone else.“
Creativity myths…
Cheryl’s logo
…creativity is not only about being
an artist. Instead creativity is a habit of mind
that applies to every aspect of
our lives.
creativity is not a special gift that a few people are born with… it can be grown within everyone.
21st Century Readiness
Why a 21st Century Skill?
Source: Are They Really Ready to Work?(2008) The Conference Board, Corporate Voices for Working Families, P21, and SHRM
Critical Thinking
Creativity
Collaboration
Communication
Creative Experiences Build 21st
Century Skills
original ideas solveproblems
Answers are discovered,not memorized
to express what is within and around us
celebrate multiple perspectivesnew ways to see the world
Why Children Need Creative Experiences in School…
Bloom’s Taxonomy
Creative folks feel like colorful peacocks in a sea of
formal penguins.
How can school culture leverage both strengths?
Create the Culture
Source: Annette Simmons “Using Art in Training”Author: Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins and The Story Factor
Cheryl’s logo
Draw Your Culture
Photo credit: Lansing Public Schools
Draw Your Culture…
Hands on exercise
Existing
Time
Com
plex
ity
Project-Based Authentic Assessment instead of Standardized
Tests
Creative Thinking
Skills Taught to Enhance all Subjects
Art Teachers = Chief
Creative Officer in Schools
Change Maps
Planning Change
Engage Administration
& Parents in Values of Creativity
Forum
Assess Culture re: Champion Creatively Alive Kids
Gain District Commitment to
4Cs: Critical Thinking, Creativity,
Collaboration & Communication
Current“Inconsistent support of Creativity in Schools.”
Dream Space 5 year horizon
“Creativity = one of 4 Cs Priority for
Preparing Students with 21st
Century Skills”
Champion Creatively Alive Children
What does creativity look like in k12?
Source: High Tech High
What I have in common with Hydrogen…
Gets Along Well With Others: I have an easy-going nature about me and would consider myself to have a go with the flow personality. Just like Hydrogen I like to be near others and hanging out with friends any chance I get. In this fast paced world we live in, sometimes its nice to just spend some time relaxing with friends.
Low Boiling Point (-252.87 C): Generally, I am a calm and collected individual. As is true of anyone, I have my moments of high stress and low patience, but for the most part I am a calm and caring individual. I share my cool nature with Hydrogen.
Source: High Tech High
Creativity: Will you know it when you see it?
ImaginativeThinking
PurposefulWork
Original Work
Of Value to Others
Sangaku
From the June 5, 2006, Princeton Weekly Bulletin <http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pwb/06/0605/5a.shtml>
Sangaku
Creativity: Will you know it when you see it?
ImaginativeThinking
PurposefulWork
Original Work
Of Value to Others
The questions we ask…
Use Gapminder to form a series of hypotheses to be investigated about the spread and impact of HIV globally.
Creativity: Will you know it when you see it?
ImaginativeThinking
PurposefulWork
Original Work
Of Value to Others
Visual representation
Can creativity be scaffolded?
Your Turn
1. Review and reflect on the following sequence of data from an investigation (CSI-like).
2. Hypothesize what happened, based on evidence.
Your Turn…
Tracks
Scene 1
Scene 2
Scene 3
Scene 1
Scene 2
Scene 3
Your Hypothesis?
Culture: Creating Space for Creativity
• Imaginative Thinking/Intellectual Safety– Questioning, challenging, taking risks– Defining the problem (new ways of seeing the problem)– Analogies/Metaphors – parallels in other universes– Representing the solution
• Collaborative, open inquiry that leads to expertise and associations
– Encourage cycles of collaborative open inquiry, reflection, and evaluation– Encourage a range of explorations– Advance generative thinking– Use the growth model of intelligence as a classroom principle
• Intrinsic motivation/advocacy– Encourage students to “problem find”– Scaffold students into connections with prior knowledge– Probe to uncover student interests and curiosities
Model
Explain
Surround
Probe
Assess
It Ought to be a Law…
Safety records suggest that silver vehicles have the best safety record.
Should the federal government ban all colors except silver for all on-road vehicles?
Scaffolding creativitythrough Assignments
A. Jamie is provided a 2-hour block daily for a semester to create a senior project – his choice: any topic, any medium, intent is to demonstrate learning to panel.
B. Elaine and Bob are asked to choose an aspect of social networking today and compare and contrast it to the social networking of the 1920s. Five class periods are dedicated to the assignment. Presentation to classmates.
C. Marie, Philip, and Charles are to work with a local zoo to solve a problem: Situation: the polar bears spend 80% of their time in their cave (where visitors can’t see them) and only 20% of the time in the water (where visitors can see them). Their challenge: make the bears more visible to visitors. Budget: $150.00. Timeframe: 10 weeks.
Scaffolding creativity through Assignments
A.Jamie is provided a 2-hour block daily for a semester to create a senior project – his choice: any topic, any medium, intent is to demonstrate learning to panel.
B.Elaine and Bob are asked to choose an aspect of social networking today and compare and contrast it to the social networking of the 1920s. Five class periods are dedicated to the assignment. Presentation to classmates.
C.Marie, Philip, and Charles are to work with a local zoo to solve a problem: Situation: the polar bears spend 80% of their time in their cave (where visitors can’t see them) and only 20% of the time in the water (where visitors can see them). Their challenge: make the bears more visible to visitors. Budget: $150.00. Timeframe: 10 weeks.
Policy Discussion
Policy Implications
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Policy Implications
Policy Implications
Benefits of Creative Experiences
Compared two types of preschools:
Creative Experiences improved child outcomes
Photo Credit: A Diamond, Tools of the Mind report, Science, 2008
Policy Implications
Policy Opportunities
• The Common Core + the 4 Cs• National Agenda: student creativity
and economic viability• Fund innovative models• Establish media bank of examples• Assess the 4 Cs plus self-direction
Q&A Discussion