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My kid made his first OC! This is R2-JEF, a Lego Star Wars OC (there's been a lot of Lego Star Wars in our home lately). According to my son, he's basically R2-D2 with flight capability. That's all the background I've gotten so far, but I'm proud of him for showing his creative side!
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Encouraging Creativity in the Classroom Through Learning Failures
Research conducted by Professor Kyun Hee Kim at the College of William and Mary shows that creativity among American students is in a period of decline. This fact is most strongly underscored by the striking decline in entrepreneurial drive among people under the age of 30. While this trend may partially stem from reduced tolerance for risk and failure in the aftermath of the economic recession, educators can undertake new approaches to education that encourage creativity. By encouraging “learning failures,” teachers and students can work together to undertake experiments that try out new forms of student engagement and grading policies. Some people may ask what happens when an experiment fails, but the answer is simple: unexpected results are not failures per se. Results need to be shared, discussed, and used for continual improvement. It is also necessary to recognize that creativity can be encouraged within traditional academic disciplines such as math, science, and history; art and literature aren't the only fields where students can experiment and express themselves. In addition, educators can adopt a different attitude towards creativity. Rather than thinking of it as something that occurs spontaneously in gifted individuals, teachers and administrators can consider creativity a learned skill that can be nurtured over time with practice.
Howdesign.com has a great article on encouraging creativity in the workplace.
The must-read list goes:
1. Innovation isn’t just for creative types. Involve everyone — even outsiders. We frequently ask the UPS man to stop in and share a quick idea. Invite customers, too.
2. John Cleese, of Monty Python fame, once gave this advice: “If you spot any colleagues engaging in unfamiliar activity such as wondering out loud or gazing thoughtfully into space, poke them with a sharp stick and accuse them of wasting time.” Enough said.
3. Hang a giant piece of paper on your office door; at the top, write a question or issue that you need help with. Invite everyone to come by at their leisure to share thoughts and ideas.
4. Show a stand-up comedy video before every creative session. Laughter stimulates great thinking.
5. Keep magazines unrelated to your business in the office. Encourage your team to cut out pictures that relate to a project you’re working on and make a collage.
6. “The amount a person uses his imagination is inversely proportional to the amount of punishment he will receive for using it.” This anonymous quote says it all. Allow your team to get comfortable taking risks and support them for doing so. From small things like sharing personal anecdotes and wearing goofy hats, to physical challenges like trust falls and walking high ropes, seek activities that get people out of their comfort zones.
7. Hang an “If Only” board. Let people jot ideas, then use them to spark your imagination during the next creative session.
8. Have everyone choose a different hat, then participate in the creative session as if they were that person.
9. Trade environments. Going somewhere else to generate ideas—the park, a toy store or even someone else’s conference room—will stimulate fresh thinking.
10. Encourage people to do something with their hands during the creative process. While playing with toys and doodling have been criticized as being “too simplistic,” there’s scientific evidence that 97% of the nerves in our hands are connected directly to our brains. Busy hands stimulate brain cells.
Sounds great to me! Now to find a workplace that incorporates these ideas...
