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At this week’s TEDxSummit, Tom Rielly gave the TEDxers a little gift from the TED Fellows program — by premiering a brand-new guide to finding great speakers who also happen to be Fellows. In the downloadable guide, each TED Fellow, past and present, gets a page to list everything they’re…
‘Our books and iPad app teach step-by-step drawing with a unique twist - drawings start with a butt shape. Believe it or not, this approach is grounded in science, using the principle behind the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking - start with a fixed line and see what you can draw with the initial constraint.
We aim to inspire creativity by making learning to draw fun and engaging. The scaffolding we provide allows children’s imaginations to run wild. Children (and most adults) invariably find humor in this most universal of shapes. Kids love wisecracks about butts (sorry, couldn’t help myself :). We take advantage of silliness that is innate by directing it toward creativity. And, by making drawing easy, kids gain confidence.
We think creativity and confidence are crucial ingredients for healthy, happy kids.’
-From the creator, Bryan Snider
Harvard’s Tony Wagner, author of Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World, speaking at Skillshare’s Penny 2012 conference.
Wagner’s insights echo John Seely Brown’s in the excellent A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant Change, as well as Sir Ken Robinson’s vision for changing educational paradigms to better foster creativity.
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Should you check your email? A flowchart by the brilliant Wendy MacNaughton (previously: I II III) for a Forbes article on how and why to ignore your inbox.
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I must have StyleHatch theme. Now, which one? I know. A different one for each of my Tumblrs.
