Task 1 Creativity and Innovation

1. Main Topics

2. Key Findings

3. How the Topics/Findings Connect

4. Role of Tech in Creavivity

5. Personal Opinions

6. 1. Creativity in learning produces positive critical outcomes for students, which are further enhanced when teachers leverage the full potential of technology

7. 2. Teachers and parents agree that creativity in learning inspires better outcomes than traditional learning methods

8. A majority of parents and teachers do not see the value of standardized testing as a measure of student learning.

9. Students in most classrooms today spend little time on activities that foster creativity.

10. A supportive and collaborative culture, training, and autonomy to try new things are key factors that help teachers bring more creativity to learning.

11. I found it interesting that only 26% of students say they work on real-world problems, while 52% percent of teachers say that they assign real world problems

12. I found it interesting that the "No Child Left Behind Act" is the reason our education systems focuses so much on rote memorization

13. Parents and teachers alike feel that standardized test scores are a poor way to measure learning

14. Providing real-world challenges is something that matters to students development and will to learn

15. Technology is a catalyst for sparking creativity in the classroom

16. Students prefer to focus on tasks that are self-directed

17. Although roughly 80% of students say that they use tech in the classroom, a majority feel that it is not properly utilized to maximize learning

18. The reading highlights the direct link from tech usage to increased problem-solving abilities in students

19. Tech gives educators access to more real-world concepts and data, allowing for more creative assignments to be given to students

20. Tech allows students to create and visualize their ideas in unique ways that inspire creativity and innovation

21. I believe that there is a clear connection between the idea of self-directed learning and overall creative ability

22. The tech is present in many locations, however, it is often underutilized by educators

23. There is a connection between th effort by educators in genersting creative tasks for students and motivation to learn

24. Creativity is clearly linked to critical thinking, as critical thinking applications in challenging situations require creativity