One of my favourite quotes from Calvin and Hobbes is when Calvin brings in a snowflake into class. The punch line of the comic is when Calvin goes to show his class his snowflake and in a sense of irony he says "I'm leaving you drips and going outside". For me, it's a commentary on what Ken addressed when he says that schools kill creativity. Students come in so unique and I wonder if the goal of schools, when they say that they are making functional citizens of Ontario, that is that another way of saying that we are making cogs in a wheel. - Changing the uniqueness of snowflakes into common water.
Although there is an element of technology with this where we can use technology to inspire creativity and create things - it does not necessarily have to do with technology. The idea of having the students exercise their creative muscle often in the class is important.
How do you make sure that creative muscle used in the class? How do make sure they understand the material?
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