Chasing the Future With a Spoon
Richard Florida & Daniel Pink
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Florida, Richard. "Importance of Fostering Creativity in Education." SAS. Friday Institute, Raleigh, NC. 22 Feb 2006.
Richard Florida
Importance of Fostering Creativity in Education
Gain 200,000 Science & Engineering Jobs 400,000 creative arts jobs (visual arts, Lose another 500,000 manufacturing jobs
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music, drama, culture, & entertainment)
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David Warlick Raleigh, NC
Catching the Future http://handouts.davidwarlick.com
David Warlick Raleigh, NC
Catching the Future http://handouts.davidwarlick.com
Audience Chat, "Our Students • Our Worlds." Irving Unified School District. Irving, TX. 14 Aug 2007.
Intrinsic Need... • Work in responsive environments • Communicate • Share personal experience & identity • Form & participate in communities
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• Ask questions • Illustrate Accomplishment • Invest themselves • Safely make mistakes • Earn audience & attention
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What does it mean to be literate?
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Lenhart, Amanda and Mary Madden. "Teen Content Creators and Consumers...." Pew Internet & American Life Project. 2 Nov 2005. Pew Charitable Trust. 9 Aug 2007 <http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/ PIP_Teens_Content_Creation.pdf>.
64% of teenagers have produced original digital content and published it.
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3 Foundational Questions do we do creativity? • How What does that look like?
• What are the new pedagogies? What are the new literacies? Info-scarce – Info-abundant
• What can we learn from the Native? Go Native!
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Chasing the Future With a Spoon
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