The most creative act you can undertake is the act of creating yourself. http://ow.ly/QntJp #practicecreativity http://ow.ly/i/c8P5t
Creative people see things for what they can be. Take the challenge http://ow.ly/QlROg #practicecreativity http://ow.ly/i/c89vE
(image courtesy of @maureen_maher)
The simple act of copying can increase your creativity.We all have a different perspective on the way we view our world that is a result of our unique experiences. When we practice creativity by copying, we pay closer attention to detail and we tend to …
Monday marked the beginning of the 21 Day Teacher Empowerment Challenge (#21DayTEC). An amazing group of educators from all over the world have assembled to explore empowerment, because…
Empowerment doesn’t just shine down on a select few.The challenge was developed by the team at …
Letter to My 16 year old Self (written for my granddaughter, Janie Rae on her 16th birthday)
Listen to your heart. Inside is a beautiful, intelligent woman who knows more than you realize, and she will never steer you wrong.
The voice in your head is your conscience. She knows …
“If you lose a sense of play, you have lost nearly it all.” @cogdog http://ow.ly/CHvuA #create5
Sitting back reflecting on the whirlwind that was the 5 Habits of Highly Creative Teachers, a sort of MOOC that was the product of an idea and a passionate tribe, I am finally able to do what we asked each participant to do…reflect upon the experience. You see, reflection is …
As the the third week of The 5 Habits of Highly Creative Teachers takes off, I am cautiously optimistic. Why you might ask? Let me explain. What started as the seed of an idea during participation in the Creativity, Innovation and Change (CIC MOOC) in October of last year has …
“…the fire was not the purpose of the party; it was the catalyst for connection.” Image credit: @twocrowsfarm
In this last week’s Rhizomatic Learning quest “Is Books Making Us Stoopid?” trickster Dave Cormier conflates this question with Nicholas Carr’s “Is the Internet Making Us Stupid?” and got just what he …
“A metaphor for adventure into the unknown.”
Years ago, I had the opportunity to hear Chogyam Trungpa speak in New York City. At one point in his talk, he said “LEAP.” I thought to myself, leap where? And, as if he heard me, he said “It doesn’t matter where you …
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Just started Dave Cormier’s Rhizomataic Learning: The Community is the Curriculum on the P2PU platform with 300 like minded individuals, many of whom I’ve met in the MOOCisphere in the past year — EDCMOOC, ds106, CICMOOC, …
When I first met Jack Matson, back in April on Maui, I never realized that I would be embarking on such an amazing creative journey. Six months later, I am reminded of the metaphor I used to describe my experience in connectivist MOOCs and why I was enrolling in Creativity, …
If you are still part of #CICMOOC, it is probably because you are part of a team that keeps you going. That is certainly true for me. I am reminded of Dave Cormier’s advice Orient, Declare, Network, Cluster,and Focus in his video ‘Success in a MOOC.’ If you haven’t created …
The last time I can remember being at the edge of the High Dive was when I worked for a startup company that was hosting its first seminar (yes, seminar) for HR executives. We needed a way to hook some bigwigs from Fortune 500 companies in order to fill the …
This week in Creativity, Innovation and Change, our project “Promoting Creativity in K-12 Education Through Professional Development” enters the Design Phase. In addition to developing a Strategic Plan, we have spent the week doing research around our idea using a common Pinterest Board and uncovering the areas of resistance …
We started off Design Week with inspiration from Tim Owens @timmmmyboy. I loved it and used it as inspiration to create a Haiku Deck using all original photographs. (First time ever!)
We have been asked to reflect on all aspects of design — “What is design? It is everywhere you …
Do you remember the iconic opening sequence to ABC Wide World of Sports from the 1970′s?
At the mid-point of this MOOC, we have been tasked to form collaborative groups to design and implement a project plan. As a whole, chances are that 50% of the people who started the …
“It is innate for human beings to create stories and to create art.” ~Jason Eskanazi
In Week 5 of DS106, we were challenged to create stories through our photographs. Using suggestions borrowed from David duChemin in his book Ten: Ten Ways to Improve Your Craft, we were asked to be…
