Category: creativity
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Take the Dan Pink Challenge: Make Time for Non-commissioned Work
Today at the Creativity World Forum in Oklahoma City, noted author and researcher Daniel Pink challenged audience members to make time for “non-commissioned work.” Citing examples from successful businesses like Google utilizing “20% time” when employees are encouraged to work on projects of personal interest and passion, Dan explained why “carrots and sticks” don’t work…
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Opening Ceremony at the 2010 Creativity World Forum #cwf2010
The opening ceremony today at the Creativity World Forum in Oklahoma City was spectacular. I took several videos with my iPhone of different parts of the presentation, which was shared by members of the Chickasaw Nation in Oklahoma. The Chickasaws are one of 39 different tribes in Oklahoma, which are each considered sovereign tribes. Before…
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Creative Placemaking at the Creativity World Forum #cwf2010
These are my notes from the “Creative Design and Art Spaces Fueling Urban Growth” breakout session at the 2010 Creativity World Forum in Oklahoma City on 16 November 2010. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. (An audio podcast/recording of this session is available on “Fuel for Educational Change Agents.”) The official session description…
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Sir Ken Robinson, Daniel Pink and David Pogue the Creativity World Forum #cwf2010
These are my notes from Sir Ken Robinson‘s presentation at the 2010 Creativity World Forum in Oklahoma City. Sir Ken is part of our morning panel along with Dan Pink and David Pogue. My notes from their panel discussion after Ken’s remarks are also included. We are living in times of revolution – our children…
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Ready for the Creativity World Forum #cwf2010
The 2010 Creativity World Forum starts tomorrow morning at 8:30 am in Oklahoma City, and I’m thrilled to be attending in person with my wife. It’s not only rare for an event like this to come to my home state of Oklahoma, it’s also rare to have a chance to simply attend and enjoy a…
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Amazed by Student Creativity Using Scratch!
This semester for the first time, I’m having the opportunity to both teach and learn about Scratch software with my own undergraduate students enrolled in “Computers in the Classroom” at the University of North Texas. Today was our second day to learn about Scratch, and everyone brought their first project to class to share what…
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Oklahoma Students Discuss Creativity, Art, Computers, Legos, and School Improvement #CWF2010
The 2010 Creativity World Forum is coming to Oklahoma City in two weeks. In advance of the event, Creative Oklahoma is sponsoring a Creativity Contest for Students, who are challenged to: … show us your creative ideas for improving communities, schools and businesses so that Oklahoma remains a creative frontier. We invite all forms of…
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Microfiche, Copyrights, Open Licensing and Academic Journal Paywalls
If you or someone you know contributed a document to ERIC (the “Education Resources Information Center” sponsored by the US Department of Education) which is “currently available only in microfiche,” please complete or have that individual complete the contact form available on the “ERIC Microfiche Digitization Project” webpage. According to the site: ERIC has electronically…
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Powerful and Free Tools from the Cloud by Rushton Hurley
These are my notes from Rushton Hurley‘s afternoon featured session on “Powerful and Free Tools from the Cloud” at the “Teaching and Learning in the Cloud Conference” in Holland, Michigan on 21 Oct 2010. MY THOUGHTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. All session resources are on Rushton’s Google Site. Rushton is @rushtonh on Twitter and the…
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From TEDxRedmond: Zoe Sprankle on Impact, Effect & Purpose
Last month on September 18th, the first student-organized TEDx event took place in Redmond, Washington. Some of the student presentations are now available on the TEDxRedmond website, under the “live” tab. These include the following nine minute presentation and song by Zoe Sprankle, who is the daughter of noted Maine educator Bob Sprankle. The title…