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By Belinda Allen and Kathryn Coleman (both of University of New South Wales), proceedings of ascilite 2011 conference, Australia, December 2011. ascilite is the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. "The paper explores creativity as a graduate capability, the creative potential of digital media, and how changing directions in assessment practice could support the assessment of creativity, with a focus on using eportfolios in assessment." Full text, as PDF, available on this page.

By Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman, published in Newsweek, July 10 2010. This article argues that American kids' creativity has been declining since 1990, in part because of the current state of education. In other parts of the world, there is a real emphasis on nurturing creativity in the schools.

A press release published by Creative Commons, January 20 2011. As part of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training Grant Program (TAACCCT), over $2 billion will be invested over the next four years, part of the program to support President Obama's goal of increasing college graduates by 2020. This program is of interest to Creative Commons because all such projects must be released using a Creative Commons attribution (CC BY) license.

TED2006, Filmed Feb 2006; posted June 2006. From the description, "Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity."

Looking to add "variety in instruction," KP closed her class with the first 6 minutes of this TED talk, week 1, semester 4.

TM shared this and several other TED Talks as examples of innovation in her classroom.

This paper sets out to demonstrate that creativity can be fostered in learners through use of such Web 2.0 technologies, and in particular, through tagging and its social form, folksonomy.

By Andy Lapham, Faculty of the Arts, Thames Valley University, London, UK. This paper from the Proceedings of the 6th European Conference on e-Learning includes a literature review and presents a cognitive analysis of tagging.

"A nonprofit organization that increases sharing and improves collaboration." Creative Commons recommended license is one of the standards for content that is freely shared online. The idea of open educational content has implications for teachers, students, publishers, colleges/universities, etc.

By Benedict Carey in the Science section, NewYorkTimes.com, December 6th 2010. Studies have been underway to detect what sparks the creative insight needed to solve puzzles. Humor is one characteristic that research suggests.

Lisa noted this article in December coffeeklatch. She says "Try the test in the interactive box on the left. Interesting!"

A series of math tutorials by "qualified, creative individuals." The tutorials are relatively short, and broken down into single concepts. Teachers are invited to share their own videos. Unfortunately, though the tagline says "Choose your lesson. Choose your teacher," it is difficult to find citations/teacher credits for individual lessons.

An alternative to Khan Academy a series of videos to help explain mathematical concepts to your students.

Novel by Cory Doctrow. Published by Tor Teen, 2008. This book has been published both in print (see WorldCat or Amazon to find a copy) and for free, online (at this link) under Creative Commons license. This is tagged with technology; online texts provide new opportunities for teachers and students.

"The New Media Consortium (NMC) is a community of hundreds of leading universities, colleges, museums, and research centers. The NMC stimulates and furthers the exploration and use of new media and technologies for learning and creative expression."

Leadbeater is a "management thinker" and an "authority on innovation and creativity." This site contains links to his publications (most notably We-think) and his recent work. For more on Leadbeater, see the leadbeater tag.

By Kevin Carey in the Commentary section of The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 15 2011. Carey cites a recent negotiation between the US Departments of Education and Labor in which community colleges can compete for federal funds "to serve students online" but, in exchange, will also provide those online tools, free, via Creative Commons license.

Patrick Bahls in The WAC Journal, Vol 20, Nov 2009. Bahls, a professor at UNC-Asheville, writes of the success he's had with a poetry assignment for his pre-calc and calculus students. He cites that much of one's success with math (especially advanced math) comes from confidence and finds the "language" of math to be both cumbersome and outdated for most students. The examples of student poetry (and their reactions to the assignment) are also provided as evidence.

This is a really interesting article, and the poetry is both thoughtful and creative. I wonder what both math and writing faculty think of this idea. Has anyone tried something similar in their classrooms? Great cites (and nice poem) on math anxiety. -- Stephanie

The brain works differently in readying to solve a puzzle, and then solving it. This article describes how neuroscientists are mapping the brain to look at the entire process of solving puzzles, not just the solution part. And, humor and a pleasant experience prior to solving puzzles enhances the process!

Make your own cartoon movie with this online tool.

Create a new comic strip

By Charles Leadbeater. This is the web page for the We-think project, and includes downloads for chapters 1-3, as well as links to other materials related to the book (including an early draft).