Learning technologies and creative thinking activities
Creativity in the classroom is a relatively new area of discussion. But this newness gives teachers and students an opportunity to do something exciting with learning – experiment.
Digital technology and creativity in the classroom prepares kids for the future
Educators in the US and worldwide are increasingly preoccupied with: 1) how children learn, 2) how best to prepare children for the future, and 3) what role digital technology plays in the classroom—all of which is controversial and widely debated. Noted developmental psychologist, Howard Gardner of Harvard's Graduate School of Education, has been instrumental for many years.
Before the Internet, Howard Gardner revolutionized the way teachers across the US and world viewed education and how children learn. He broadened the …show more content…
Children learn through play. Through play, children can become absorbed in learning when they enter a flow state and are completely present and immersed in a task. Perhaps this is most notable with children playing digital games today and why so many educators are latching on to them.
Educators are often looking for new ways to improve learning outcomes, such as reading or test scores, for children. And this is especially the case with children who perform poorly, underachieve, or seem unmotivated to learn. One idea is to bring the arts and creativity into schools. A good idea is to have an educational curriculum that is open and available to students.
Many schools, however, have already jumped on the digital technology bandwagon and introduced tablets or laptops into the public schools to improve learning outcomes. Some schools have distributed iPads to every student for classroom instruction as a supplement to printed textbooks. Other schools have gone further by scraping printed textbooks for tablets or laptops
Creativity in the classroom is a relatively new area of discussion. But this newness gives teachers and students an opportunity to do something exciting with learning – experiment.
Digital technology and creativity in the classroom prepares kids for the future
Educators in the US and worldwide are increasingly preoccupied with: 1) how children learn, 2) how best to prepare children for the future, and 3) what role digital technology plays in the classroom—all of which is controversial and widely debated. Noted developmental psychologist, Howard Gardner of Harvard's Graduate School of Education, has been instrumental for many years.
Before the Internet, Howard Gardner revolutionized the way teachers across the US and world viewed education and how children learn. He broadened the …show more content…
Children learn through play. Through play, children can become absorbed in learning when they enter a flow state and are completely present and immersed in a task. Perhaps this is most notable with children playing digital games today and why so many educators are latching on to them.
Educators are often looking for new ways to improve learning outcomes, such as reading or test scores, for children. And this is especially the case with children who perform poorly, underachieve, or seem unmotivated to learn. One idea is to bring the arts and creativity into schools. A good idea is to have an educational curriculum that is open and available to students.
Many schools, however, have already jumped on the digital technology bandwagon and introduced tablets or laptops into the public schools to improve learning outcomes. Some schools have distributed iPads to every student for classroom instruction as a supplement to printed textbooks. Other schools have gone further by scraping printed textbooks for tablets or laptops