As part of the New Year, I have been setting some goals for what I want to accomplish this year. One of my goals is to spend more time creating. So I thought, I should dust off the ol' blog and get started again!
We often fear creating because we open ourselves up to judgment. But creating is how we put ideas into the world. It is how we turn them on their axis and look at them from different perspectives. And yes, it is how we present them to others to get their thoughts and feedback.
My hopes are that writing will spark some creative thinking for myself, while also sharing my thinking and learning with others. I hope you will join me and set a goal of creating something, anything, this year.
What are your hidden talents? Woodwork? Paint? Play Doh? Whatever it is, it's time to flex your creative muscles. Work them and develop them! Everyone is creative, but only through practice do we become better at it!
I posted before about metamorphosing in an evolving world. I want to revisit this idea. It has been bothering me that change seems to come so slow. There are many reasons for this, including leadership, state testing, resistance to change, resources, etc... But despite all of these factors, I truly believe that we can bring about more significant change. I'm not talking about technology, so much as I am talking about rethinking what we teach. While I see many teachers evolving (including myself), I think we are too painfully slow for the kinds of changes that need to take place. Photo by Morti Riuuallon http://www.flickr.com/photos/ultimorollo/2520525316/ The best way for us to metamorphose is to follow the example of the butterfly. The caterpillar starts by eating constantly. We, as teachers, need to consume information as if our future depended upon it. It does. We are becoming obsolete and our only chance of remaining relevant into the future is to understand it and adapt to i
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