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What makes people creative?  Why are some more creative than others?  In this wonderful paper from Robert Sternberg and Wendy M. Williams (source), you’ll find some interesting answers.  Their ideas can be used as a valuable ‘checklist’ for educators looking to...

Personal mobile devices are the future and tablets are entering, perhaps pouring, into schools around the world. But as educators recognise their power as tools for teaching and learning across subject areas and years levels, it’s time to ask some questions – what are...

Okay, so the cats are cute.  I’ll let you decide whether or not this is art, because this clip brings me to another point… As a Visual Arts educator using technology in the art room, I spend a lot of time prattling on about how iPad art is a lot more than simply...

Mark Brumley is an educational technology leader working to enhance the education of 21st Century learners.  In this post, originally published on Teach Amazing, Mark explains that in the 20th Century the “Three R’s”, reading, writing and arithmetic generally provided a solid...

How do you teach creativity in your classroom? To get you thinking, Robert Sternberg and Wendy M. Williams have created ‘Two Dozen Tips For Teaching Creativity‘. The list can help you to assess your pedagogical practice and generate ideas for teaching and learning in...

” In an era dominated by constant information and the desire to be social, should the tone of thinking for students be different? This is the world of Google. In this world full of information abundance, our minds are constantly challenged to react to data, and often in a...

Another insightful few minutes with Ken Robinson, this time talking about technology in education.

Sir Ken Robinson responds to the big picture questions about education from C.M Rubin in this interesting interview that begins with this insightful quote – “To lose our culture is to lose our memory”. ” I believe that the arts should be on an equal...

In this clip you’ll find the best argument for more time – more time for the arts in schools, more time for class activities and more time for creativity.

Pinterest, the social network that allows users to ‘pin’ content to their own bulletin boards, can be used in a variety of ways in education.  Click here to see 25 of the best pinterest boards in education. Art teachers seem to love Pinterest for all things art...