-Mitchel Resnick
"Success is not based on only what you know, or how much you know but on your ability to think and act creatively. In short, we are now living in a Creative Society" (Resnick). I could not agree more with this statement. The world we live in is definitely changing and rather quickly at that, but even without rapidly changing technology, individuals still had to think and act creatively. In Mitchel Resnick's article it is discussed how he believes children specifically students are not educated in a fashion that is beneficial to their lives outside of academia. Resnick says that, "Even students who perform well in school are often unprepared for the challenges that they encounter after graduation in their work lives as well as their personal lives." This too I somewhat agree with but it isn't until Mitchel Resnick introduces his solution that I disagree with his claim. Resnick developed a creative thinking spiral that begins with imagine, create, play, share, and then ends with reflect and imagine. Resnick then follows this introduction with two products that he and his colleagues, of MIT, developed to aid in this learning style. The products were the cricket and the scratch. The cricket is an electronic box that allows students to create, well virtually anything from innovative alarm clocks to actual robots. The second tool created was the scratch, which is an online software that enables students to present information in a new and exciting way. With the Scratch students are even able to create their own games related to their specific report. This way of thinking aided by these two products is very hands-on and allows students to explore the world of science a little further but in my opinion creativity can be reached in a multitude of ways. From what I gathered from the reading Resnick believes students can only learn by using his two products and if that is the case then I very much disagree. The world is vast and extremely diverse and in saying that it is understood that every child learns differently. The cricket and scratch may be effective for certain things but I have a hard time believing they are the only tools to help students learn in a creative society.
Resnick, Mitchel. "Sowing the Seeds for a more Creative Society." ISTE.
Tom Peters:Educate For a Creative Society
Tom Peters is a very opinionated educator who speaks on the fact that many educators are crushing the creativity within in many students. Creativity is crushed by the multiple rules and regulations of the education system. Even though there are some points that I do not agree with he makes a very good point concerning the standards we hold students to. He says that there is very little to no room for students to make mistakes or jump outside of the so-called box and therefore are being ruined of expressing their creativity.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_w4AfflmeM
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