Saturday, April 18, 2009

Think Different

Here's a great video I found online about creativity and not being afraid to try new things. It is actually based off of a quote that I have come to really enjoy, so I thought I would share it with you all. So here is a link to it:
Apple - Think Different
I think this is important for us as teachers to recognize originality even if it is in the form of misbehaving in class. I think it is important to not discourage creative behavior but to redirect it into a better, more useful form of creativity. This video also shows the benefit of creativity to mankind. Although some people believe that art is not beneficial to schools it helps foster creativity which will help future generations come up with new inventions to help further humankind. Without this creativity we would not have electricity, computers the internet and all of those other things that make our lifes easier. Hopefully, if we as educators are willing to encourage creativity of all types, we can help the future generations come up with a way to save our planet from our current distructive ways.