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media type="custom" key="6478755"Ted Talk "Do Schools Kill Creativity

Reaction- I feel very strongly that Sir Ken Robbins is exactly right about how schools are killing creativity. I was a student that thrived in the arts and all through middle and high school I was very involved in drama and art programs. Without being connected to my artistic musical courses I might not have ever finished high school. It was because of music and the arts that I was motivated to get up and go to school everyday. I think students all have unique abilities and gifts that need to be drawn out of them and that we as teachers need to discover what talents are inside of our students and facilitate learning that motivates and engages those abilities. The arts and creativity can be an anchor for our students educational experience! I want to allow my students freedom to explore various elements of creativity connected to technology. The various elements of digital citizenship can be a means of engaging students that are "computer/technology geeks." We need to always encourage our students to embrace what they love and express themselves through many different forms of creative outlets. Education and the classroom should be a journey of creativity and design and every students should be able to leave their creative fingerprint on the world.