This article ties in nicely to John's presentation at our Tac meeting. If you embrace these ideas, it also has huge implications for how and what we teach... Creative thinking needs time. Creative teaching and learning need even more time....
Has links to articles about Project-Based learning. The first link, "How Project-Based Learning Develops Drive & Mastery" is a good overview of this topic.
This website has worksheets that are intended for ESL teachers, but the graphics and vocabulary are so nice and clear that I think it would be useful for teaching primary grades, or you could change the words into Spanish or French to use with language classes.
check out tangrams section ....won't work on iPad because of an old Java script...
see the interface of math, design, "digital thinking", art, and ancient cultures...