Sir Ken Robinson speaks at TED Talks Education in April 2013 outlining three principles crucial for the human mind to flourish. Along the way he tells us that ‘human life is inherently creative’ and that ‘curiosity is the engine of achievement’. He also talks about his move to America (sorry, Los Angeles!) 12 years ago.
Creativity, not compliance. Inspiring and encouraging.
Steve Jobs once said:
The most important thing is a person. A person who incites your curiosity and feeds your curiosity; and machines cannot do that in the same way that people can.
I woke up this morning, checked Twitter and found an article posted today in the Guardian by Dylan William (@dylanwilliam) called ‘Love the one you’re with: improving professional development in schools.’ Passionate about professional development, my curiosity was piqued and I read on. The third paragraph hit the mark on something we as teachers know to be true…
Although the differences between schools are small, the differences in teachers are not. Teachers vary greatly in their ability to teach students what they need to learn. If you are taught by the best teacher in a group of 50, you will learn in six months what students taught by the average teacher will take a year to learn. If you are taught be the least effective teacher in that group, that same learning will take you two years.
In high school I was taught by an amazing, inspiring music teacher whose classroom, concert hall, theatre, wherever we were, was a fun place to be. I learned a lot … Read more...
When you key in a telephone number, why does each number have a specific tone? I wondered this a couple of days ago.
Answer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual-tone_multi-frequency… Read more...
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up. Pablo Picasso.
This quote hung on my classroom wall for years. At first, I just liked the sound of it. Being a music teacher, I used to change it to “Every child is a musician…” After observing and hearing of numbers of educators shy away from embracing technology, and ultimately learning, I understood what Picasso was talking about:
Every child is curious. The problem is how to remain curious once we grow up.
Exciting Curiosity’s misson is to excite back into life the curiosity we had when we were young, and by doing so inspire learning!… Read more...