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The use of social media in organizations is proliferating. More importantly, social media have found a crucial role in improving and advancing learning in the workplace through collaboration among employees. As such, it is more relevant in this context to refer to social media tools as collaborative media because of the important role they play and intention in organization learning (Thomas & Akdere, 2013). Many companies are using media spaces such as web 2.0 to enhance collaborative learning. The companies develop personal social networks that allow employees to share and collaborate with each other. The BASF is an example of an industrial company that developed an internal social business platform that ensured sharing of knowledge and increased collaboration among its different functional units (Kroob, 2012). The benefits of the collaborative media in BASF included increased speed and efficiency of relaying information within the organization and increased interrelationships among the employees. In addition to the internal social networks, other computer-generated programs and software allow collaboration and interaction among employees in the workplace. Some organizations use virtual worlds to enable users to interact amongst themselves from a virtual perspective. Such computer-generated environments have the potential to develop into large computer systems that may allow millions of people to collaborate within an organization. However, collaborations will require people, technology and leadership within an organization to be efficient   OR Recently, the Charity Organization has launched its new and most forward project – installation of a structure dedicating to the contemporary art over the top of a hill. While the location is brilliant, the architecture requires to be taken special care of in terms of setting and looks. The prime objective of this proposal is to assist with project being undertaken by the Charity Organization. We suggest the client to make use of the Virtual Reality (VR) in the construction and development of the whole project. Virtual Reality is a technology that gives the user an impression of the real world and facets, while exploring the computer based environment. The VR is effective in the sense that its expert programming also allows for interaction and the scope for movement, even when the person is unable to move in truth. The research was initiated in the field of VR during the 1930s, when the scientists were aiming at developing a training program for the pilots. However, it was the year 1965 that saw its first breakthrough in the field of virtual reality, where the scientist Ivan Sutherland, published in his paper The Ultimate Display about how three dimensional objects could be conjoined to give an impression of a virtual reality to a human eye. (Thinkquest) Since then, there has been no looking back. The uses of virtual reality have amassed several sectors of human life such as media, television, medical training, reconstruction (mainly used in historical and archaeological researches and findings), education and so on. Construction has not been left behind in the task and it has now become extremely easy to formulate the whole structure of the building and also know what its downfalls or advantages are with the help of the virtual environments or VR. (Beier) There are several of our clients, who have benefited from the concept of VR and have effectively used   Read the full article

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Skeletal System Purpose and Functions The skeletal system is fundamental to survival itself (Think Quest 1999). It keeps the body in shape. It protects vital organs, like the heart, the brain and the lungs, and enables the body to move. It consists of the spine, the ribs, the hands and feet, the hips and legs, the arms and the joints (ThinkQuest). The spine serves as the central support of the body (ThinkQuest 1999). It consists of vertebrae and cartilages, which hold the bones together. The ribs form the thoracic case, which helps protect the chest. It is connected to the sternum, which makes them more flexible. Flexibility is necessary for breathing. The rib cage consists of 12 vertebrae, 24 ribs and a breastbone. It protects the heart and the lungs from falls, knocks and bumps (ThinkQuest). The hands and feet are flexible because of their functions (ThinkQuest 1999). The bones in the toes are shorter and fatter than the bones in the fingers. These toe bones help balance the two feet. The hips and legs help keep the body in an upright position and in the movement it makes. The hips and legs support much of the body's weight. The arms are just as flexible because of their many functions. And the joints are used for bending, swiveling, stretching, pivoting and pointing (ThinkQuest). Bones and How the Skeletal System Works Bones provide the structure for standing erect and protect the soft or delicate inner parts of the body (Discovery Kids 2000). The skull consists of fused bones. It is on top of the body and acts like a protective helmet of the brain. The bones, or the vertebrae, in the spinal column surround it. The spine or spinal column consists of a complex group of nerves, which protect the heart and lungs in the rib cage. A newborn has more than 300 bones, but these fuse together as a person grows old so that an adult has only 206 (Discovery Kids). Movements are made possible by bones and muscles (Discovery Kids 2000). Muscles and joints pull on the bones. Muscles are attached to bones, so that when muscles contract, the bones to which they are attached act as levers. They make body parts move. Joints, on the other hand, provide flexible connections between bones. There are joints in the knees, in the neck and the shoulders. Joints in the knees work like hinges of doors, moving the body back and forth. Joints in the neck enable the bones to pivot when the head turns. Shoulder joints enable the arms to move up to 360 degrees like the head of a shower (Discovery Kids). Bones are made up of a hard substance, which makes them strong (Discovery Kids 2000). They also consist of living cells, which help them grow and repair themselves. Blood is also needed by the bone cells to keep them alive. Blood brings food and oxygen and removes waste matter from the cells. At the center of many bones is the bone marrow. This is what makes new red and white blood cells. Red blood cells are responsible for the transmission of oxygen to all the parts of the body. White blood cells are responsible for protecting the cells from germs and disease (Discovery Kids). Maintenance number of minerals play an important role in nourishing the bone cells (Michael's 1996). They need sufficient amounts of calcium and phosphorus, the primary salt, which makes the bones hard. Vitamins, which play a role in the homeostasis of bone-building are Vitamins a, C and D. Vitamin a helps control the activity, distribution, and coordination of osteoblasts and osteoclasts during the stage of development. Vitamin C helps maintain the bone matrix and other connective tissues. Vitamin C is important for health bones, teeth and blood vessels. Vitamin a plays an important role in the immune system and the healthy formation of bones and teeth. Vitamin D is essential in normal mineralization of bone and cartilage (Michael's). Calcium is also necessary for healthy and strong bones and teeth (Michael's 1996). Calcium is needed in blood clotting, stability and permeability of the membrane, nerve conduction, muscle contraction, cellular secretion, enzyme activity, and cell growth. Magnesium is needed for the metabolism of potassium and calcium and for the mobilization of calcium from bones. Phosphorus plays and important role in the development and maturation of the bone. Its chief role in bone resorption, mineralization and collagen synthesis makes it essential in calcium homeostasis (Michael's). Diseases and disorders of the skeletal system include leukemia, bursitis, osteoporosis, sprains, fractures, spina bifida, scurvy, arthritis, scoliosis, talipes equinovarus or clubfoot, tendonitis, kyphosis and poliomyelitis (Family Shock 2001). Leukemia is also called cancer of the blood where abnormally large numbers of white blood cells multiply at an uncontrolled manner so that they interfere with the body's production of red blood cells. The cause is still unknown. Bursitis is a painful condition, which most commonly affects the hips and the shoulders. The bursa is inflamed. The bursa consists of small fluid-filled bags, which lubricate surfaces so that muscles can move over bones. The inflammation usually results from over-activity of an arm or leg. Osteoporosis is a disease caused by the loss of bone tissue. The cancellous bone is drained of calcium, becomes thinner or disappears altogether. A sprain is an injury to a ligament or tissue, which covers a joint. Most sprains occur from sudden stretches or tissue tears of the ligaments. Sprains are often very painful. The injured part usually swells and becomes "black and blue." A fracture is a broken bone. Spina bifida is a spinal defect, which occurs right at birth. In this condition, the spinal cord does not form properly around the vertebrae so that the skin cannot form around it. The cause is an error in the development of the embryo, which occurs about a month from the start of pregnancy. The use of alcohol or certain medications, exposure to extreme heat, or genetic factors may be responsible for the defect. Scurvy is a disease caused by the lack of Vitamin C or Ascorbic Acid in the diet. There is poor wound healing. Bruises come easily and the mouth and gums become sore. The gums also bleed, the teeth loosen, appetite becomes poor, the joints turn sore and there is restlessness. Arthritis covers more than 100 diseases of the joints. All types involve pain, stiffness and swelling of the joints. Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease, where the joint wears out. It occurs frequently in the elderly, but it can also develop when a joint is repetitiously injured. The most affected joints are those in the hands, hips, knees, lower back and neck. Scoliosis is described as a side-to-side curve of the spine, which becomes visible during adolescence. The cause is still unknown, but it affects girls more than boys. Talipes equinovarus or clubfoot is an abnormal condition of the foot, usually discovered or present at birth. The foot is bent downward and inward, so that the child or person can walk only on his toes, heels or on the outside of his feet. Tendinitis or rheumatism is the stiffness or pain in the muscles or the joints. Kyphosis or hunchback is a forward bending of the spine, caused by anything, which deforms the bones in the upper part of the spine. Diseases, which cause kyphosis, include tuberculosis, syphilis, and rheumatoid arthritis. And poliomyelitis or polio is a serious disease, caused by the polio virus. This virus usually attacks the nerve cells of the brain and the spinal cord and causes paralysis. At first, the sufferer shows only slight symptoms, such as fever, headache, sore throat, and vomiting, which disappear after a day (Family Shock). Bibliography Discovery Kids. Skeletal system. Discovery Communications, Inc., 2000. Retrieved May 30, 2007 at http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/body/pg000124.html Family Shock. Diseases and Disorders. The Shock Family, December 21, 2001. Retrieved May 30, 2007 at http://www.shockfamily.net/sksleton/DISEASE.htmL Michael's. Skeleton Factors. Michael's Naturopathic Programs: Inner Health Group, Inc., 1996 Retrieved on May 30, 2007 at http://www.michaelshealth.com/pdf/skeletalfactors.pdf ThinkQuest. Skeletal System. Think Quest USA: Oracle Education Foundation, 1999. Retrieved on May 30, 2007 at http://library.thinkquest.org/5777/sked.htm Read the full article

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THINKQUEST

Time flies. It really does :’)

Weekend lalu, saya datengin banyaq undangan, satu di antaranya adalah kawinan sahabat sejak SMA, Hagri namanya.

“Percaya ga sih Hagri nikah duluan” gitu kata Renita, lebih seperti meyakinkan dirinya sendiri bahwa ini bukan becandaan, Hagri (dan Dikur juga sih) emang paling diem soal kehidupan pribadinya (Ga kayak cumi gampang di-track wkwk).

“Ckck Itu yang petakilan di pelaminan ketua osis kita loh, Ka” bisik saya ke Rizka, yang cuma bisa geleng-geleng lihat Hagri meledek kami yang sedang makan menghadap pelaminan: telunjuk kiri Hagri menunjuk jari-manis-tangan-kanan berhias cincin. Kampung.

Pernikahan pecah telor ini jelas membawa dampak. Sedikitnya, saya Renita Rizka yang berangkat bareng jadi gibah masa lalu Hagri Dikur Cumi lengkap dengan mantan-mantan mereka. Banyaknya, jadi kontemplasi curcol sepanjang jalan pulang-pergi tentang masa depan, pernikahan, dan ngomongin pertemanan kita berenam yang (anehnya) awet ampe hari ini. Ekstremnya, kami sempat merutuki Hagri yang begitu tega melangkahi kami, para perempuan. Keterlaluan maneh, Grid!

Kenalin, hmm sebentar, kami ga pernah punya nama resmi, tapi seringkali kami menyebut diri sebagai THINKQUEST TEAM. 6 orang: 3 perempuan dan 3 monster. Kita temenan dari jaman belom ngerti soal ikhtilat jadi ya monmaap nih keterusan main ama mereka :(

ki-ka: Dikur (Dian Kurniawan), Renita, Rizka, Cumi (Surya), Hagrid (Hagri), Dicai (Dian Chai)

Kenapa namanya Thinkquest? Karena berteman sejak dapet tugas Thinkquest. Itu nama website, thinkquest.org (setau saya, sekarang brandingnya ganti jadi ORACLE), semacam medsos khusus pendidikan yang memungkinkan kita kolaborasi lintas negeri, nugas, ngeblog berkelompok dan dikompetisikan sedunia. Taun 2009 mah segitu udah hi-tech abis coi wkwkwkwk saking hi-tech nya saya amnesia sama apa yang pernah kita lakukan di projek-projek tsb. Cuma inget main ke sungai, main ke bukit sampah, main ke UI, buat apa? Nah itulah, amnesia. Haha.

Funny enough, saya ga pernah sekelas sama mereka kecuali sama Cumi. Kenal Hagri dan Dikur saat jadi siswa baru pasukan pengibar bendera (terus kita bertiga ga ada yang lanjut jadi anak paskib wkwk ogah!). Saya mengenal Rizka di Rohis. Kalau Renita, nampakmya ga ada irisan apapun pas SMA. Kita berenam ga pernah hang out di sekolah bareng selain buat nugas. Sesederhana ke kantin makan bareng utuh berenam? ga pernaaaah. Aneh kan, saya bilang juga apa, pertemanan yang aneh emang.

beberapa kilogram lalu

masih pada dekil, Cumi belom kenal skin-ker, setelah jadi ‘TKI’ di Malaysia kini telah khatam merek perawatan top to toe.

Kata Rizka, dia merasa seperti punya kepribadian lain saat berhadapan dengan anak Thinkquest. Kenapa? Soalnya motivasi ngecengin ngatain ngomelin dengan kata-kata-lupa-diayak meningkat drastis. Saya dan renita ngangguk mengamini karena merasakan hal serupa. Ngobrol langsung maupun via udara bareng Rizka, Renita, Dikur, Hagrid, Cumi, insya allah bikin awet muda! (dan tetap waras).

itu ngapain angkat tangan sih mba..... :’)

Pernah denger ga, katanya kalo temenan udah lewatin angka 7 taun, bakal awet? Nah kita udah hampir 9 taun loh ga nyangkaaaa haha. Makin tua, inner circle makin kecil, apalagi buat saya yang perantau, rasanya tuh gap dengan temen SD SMP SMA makin lebar, kalau sedang balik ke rumah, 90% waktu pasti dihabiskan di rumah untuk keluarga, sisanya ya paling main dengan ukhti-ukhti rohis atau sama anak Thinkquest ini.

Kok awet ya? Kami berenam pernah ngobrolin soal ini dan sampai pada kesimpulan: Kuncinya tuh emang ga berekspektasi apa-apa ke temen.

Mau kumpul, sikat. Gabisa, yaudah. Ngaret, ah tong baper. Batal, selo. Ultah, boro-boro surprise, tanggal lahir merekapun tak kuingat mihihi. Nonton bareng, ga pernah. Traktir? pada hobi bayar sendiri haha. Trip bareng? kalo nugas ke sungai pinggiran Jakarta yang penuh sampah diitung, ya itu berarti jadi trip kita.. krik. But it’s all good. Kami tau kami temenan, kami ga pernah canggung ngata-ngatain satu sama lain, kami selalu nasehatin Cumi kalo dia punya perempuan simpenan baru (sesering dulu mereka ngingetin saya biar cepet sidang skripsi, sesering ngomelin biar saya cari kerja di sekitar rumah aja, jangan di Bandung).

Context is the key, from that comes the understanding of everything. cie.

trip ala thinkquest, kalo airnya jernih bebas sampah, kita ga mau dateng, sori ya ga lvl.

Selamat Hagri! Ngana berhasil menambahkan satu anggota Thinkquest, tapi jangan senang dulu karena dia belom resmi ditatar~ mehehehehehehehehe

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My World Wide Web

My early travels on the World Wide Web

On this day, August 6, in 1991, Tim Berners-Lee first posted, on Usenet, a public invitation for collaboration with the WorldWideWeb project. WorldWideWeb is the first web browser and web page editor. The post started something that revolutionized modern life. You are using it right now. Tim published the first website, which described the project itself, in December 1990. It was available on…

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Kamis kemarin mengikuti acara seminar Engineeroom dari Persatuan Insinyur Indonesia @pii_pusat @pii.learningcenter membahas ketahanan pangan di Indonesia yang salah satu headline yang dibahas adalah keterkaitan food estate dan pengembangan produksi komoditas singkong untuk mencapai ketahanan pangan terutama untuk menghilangkan ketergantungan Indonesia dengan tepung terigu gandum dan menggantinya dengan tepung mocaf dari singkong. Sangat menarik mendengarkan Ibu Ima @ima.mulyama salah satu dosen SITH ITB @sithitb yang juga sebagai Sekjen Masyarakat Singkong Indonesia memaparkan mengenai potensi singkong di Indonesia. Saya jadi ingat waktu SMA dulu pernah membuat tulisan karya ilmiah untuk kompetisi Thinkquest Oracle tentang masyarakat adat Cireundeu yang makanan pokoknya adalah singkong (rasi/beras singkong) yang mungkin bisa dicontoh oleh masyarakat di wilayah lain di Jawa Barat khususnya, dan Indonesia umumnya, untuk meningkatkan ketahanan pangan nasional dan menghilangkan ketergantungan dengan beras padi :) (at Bandung) https://www.instagram.com/p/CD2wCfDsQb9/?igshid=e9tf6hkz0ymj

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Research on Technology Integration

In the article “#Twitter: A Pedagogical Tool in the High School Classroom”, Stephanie Loomis discusses her findings after integrating Twitter into her classroom. Loomis began by focusing on the “functional uses” of Twitter, such as reminders and answering questions. She then began using hashtags, or “classtags” as she called them, to track themes and ideas. Loomis was very transparent with her use of Twitter and invited any and all people to look at what she was doing. Throughout her integration of Twitter, she also had to focus on the rules of using Twitter in the classroom, just as you would discuss how to act in a classroom discussion. As her use of Twitter expanded, Loomis began using the app TweetDeck to help organize her students’ tweets. Twitter became a staple in Loomis’ classroom and had many positive impacts on the students. Through Twitter, she was able to answer questions from her students and remind them of due dates and assignment details. Students were also able to help one another through Twitter, by answering questions that their classmates posed and Loomis had not yet answered. Students also no longer had excuses for not knowing when something was due or how it should be done because all of the information was on Twitter. Loomis found that students were better prepared, turned assignments in on time and correctly, and performed better after her implementation of Twitter. Once she moved past the functional aspects, Twitter also provided Loomis’ students with a voice. English Language Learners, quiet students, or other students who struggled with class discussion were able to share their thoughts on Twitter. Students felt that their voices were heard, which we all know is very important in the classroom. After reading this article, my thoughts on using Twitter in the classroom were solidified. The functional aspects of Twitter are fantastic, as it gives your students an ecampus-like platform to check due dates and assignment requirements. I also will absolutely use classtags and TweetDeck in my classroom, as they make organizing all of the posts so much simpler. Another thing Loomis discussed was teaching the Twitter rules, which I think should be a standard all English Language Arts educators should cover. Social media is a staple in our world and some people use it in the most horrific ways. Discussing social media dos and donts is excellent, but actually using those in practice is so much more impactful. This article reminded me of all of the possibilities there are when using Twitter and other social media platforms in the classroom.

Loomis, S. (2018). #Twitter: A Pedagogical Tool in the High School Classroom. Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 14(1), 1-10. Retrieved February 8, 2019.

The article “‘Online Literature Circles Rock!” Organizing Online Literature Circles in a Middle School Classroom” by Deanna Day and Sally Kroon describes a twist that can be put on a common teaching practice in the English Language Arts classroom, or any other classrooms. The practices began by laying the foundation of what literature circles are, how they work, and what their purpose is. After students were exposed to literature circles in person, Kroon and Day introduced students to the website they would be using for the literature circles, ThinkQuest. After students became familiar with the website, the literature circles began. Students completed three literature circles throughout the year. These circles focused around a theme and Kroon provided 12 texts for each theme. After presenting the texts, students ranked their favorite texts and were split into group. Before the actual discussion occurred, students mapped out the reading of the text. While reading, students took notes and prepared for their online discussions. The discussions took place in a computer lab and lasted for an hour or more. At the end of each text and literature circle, students created online extension projects to be shared with the class. At the end of the year, Kroon and Day had gathered an immense amount of data from the circles and subsequent reflections. They found that students were excited, engaged, and felt that they had fun while also learning from their peers. They also found that students improved their abilities to use technology and students appreciated the doors that using a website to discuss opened. In my own classroom, I definitely plan to utilize literature circles. They are fun, engaging, and provide students with choices and responsibilities. After reading this article, I would like to use both in-person and online literature circles. I am a huge fan of face-to-face discussion and having a dialogic classroom, but I also see the benefits of using an online forum for the literature circles.

Day, D., & Kroon, S. (2010). “Online Literature Circles Rock!” Organizing Online Literature Circles in a Middle School Classroom. Middle School Journal, 42(2), 18-28.

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Sarah entered her project into The School Science Fair her daddy helped her create “a cloud chamber” When he was 16 he won Think Quest a very big international competition. So she didn’t get the science genes from me❤️#thejoyhouse #sciencefair #thinkquest

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 About Us Teacher Resources Faculties Categories 21st Century Skills Career Creativity Edtech Integration Emotional Intelligence Features Future of Education Interviews Learning Strategies Memory Tricks Other Teaching Strategies 30 Things You Can Do To Promote Creativity By Miriam Clifford November 26th, 2012 82 Comments 21st Century Skills, Creativity, Edtech Integration, Future of Education    Share 1Save  The concept of teaching creativity has been around for quite some time. Academics such as E. Paul Torrance, dedicated an entire lifetime to the advancement of creativity in education. Torrance faced much opposition in his day about the nature of creativity. Creativity was considered to be an immeasurable, natural ability. Torrance called for explicit teaching of creativity. He advocated that it was skill-specific, requiring intentional instruction. His life’s work ultimately led to the development of the Torrance tests and gifted programs throughout the world. In recent times, there has been a shift towards the increased acceptance of valuing creativity for all learners. A 2003 TED talk by Sir Ken Robinson discussing this subject reached over 5 million viewers. It discusses how our current school systems suppress creativity. He proposes that our current model leaves little room for divergent thinking. Much of the blame for a lack of creativity, and therefore innovation, can be traced to our traditional educational systems. It relies on teaching to the correct answer. An innovative thinking model is needed. Robinson recently tweeted about a new study that suggested 80% of educators surveyed preferred creativity to be included as part of learning standards. In the same way, David Hughes, founder of Decision Labs and professor at UNC Chapel Hill, argues that innovation is an essential skill for our global economy. In talking about creativity in schools he says, much of the blame for a lack of creativity, and therefore innovation, can be traced to our traditional educational systems. Most of the practice of creative methods is being done outside the traditional educational institutions by consulting firms and by persons in companies who have been trained in creative problem solving methods. In universities not much has changed since 1950, when the distinguished psychologist J. P. Guilford in his inaugural address as president of the American Psychological Association stated that education’s neglect of the subject of creativity was appalling. Adding to this sequence of events is the fact that textbooks are at least three years out of date when they are published and . . . educational systems were the slowest adopters of innovation. Thus, we see that educational institutions need a strong dose of creative problem solving. What are some ways then, as educators, that we promote creativity in our classrooms? Embrace creativity as part of learning. Create a classroom that recognizes creativity. You may want to design awards or bulletin boards to showcase different ways of solving a problem, or creative solutions to a real world scenario. Use the most effective strategies. Torrance performed an extensive meta-analysis that considered the most effective ways to teach creativity. He found that the most successful approaches used creative arts, media-oriented programs, or relied on the Osborn-Parnes training program. Programs that incorporated cognitive and emotional functioning were the most successful. Think of creativity as a skill. Much like resourcefulness and inventiveness it is less a trait and more a proficiency that can be taught. If we see it this way, our job as educators becomes to find ways to encourage its use and break it down into smaller skill sets. Psychologists tend to think of creativity as Big-C and Little C. Big C drives big societal ideas, like the Civil Rights movement or a new literary style. Little C is more of a working model of creativity that solves everyday problems. Both concepts can be included in our classrooms to promote creativity in general. Participate in or create a program to develop creative skills. Programs like Odyssey of the Mind and Thinkquest bring together students from around the world to promote creativity, design creative solutions, and bring them to competition. Use emotional connections. Research suggests that the best creativity instruction ties in the emotions of the learner. In the “Odyssey angels” program students can devise a solution to help their local community, such as helping homeless youth. This topic is worthy of more discussion by itself. A blog post by fellow blogger Julie DeNeen gives some valuable information about this type of teaching. Research suggests that the best creativity instruction ties in the emotions of the learner. Use a creativity model. The Osborne-Parnes model is oldest, widely accepted model. It is often used in education and business improvement to promote creativity. Each step involves a divergent thinking pattern to challenge ideas, and then convergent thinking to narrow down exploration. It has six steps: Mess-finding. Identify a goal or objective. Fact-finding. Gathering data. Problem-finding. Clarifying the problem Idea-finding. Generating ideas Solution-finding. Strengthening & evaluating ideas Acceptance-finding. Plan of action for Implementing ideas Consider how classroom assignments use divergent and convergent thinking. Standardized tests do a great job of measuring convergent thinking that includes analytical thinking or logical answers with one correct response. Divergent thinking considers how a learner can use different ways to approach a problem. It requires using association and multiplicity of thought. We should design assignments that consider both types of thinking models. Creativity flourishes in a “congenial environment”. Creative thinking needs to be shared and validated by others in a socially supportive atmosphere. Researcher Csikszentmihalyi (1996) coined this term, to explain the importance of reception from others. Others consider how to create social communities that promote creativity to solve problems. Be aware during discussions. You know that student who often asks the question that goes a bit outside the lecture? Well, engage him. Once a week, intentionally address those questions. Write them down on an assigned space in the board to go back to later. Promote creativity by validating students’ creative thinking. See creativity in a positive light. In his blog in Psychology Today, Eric Jaffe talks about research that suggests see creativity in a negative light. If we are going to promote creativity, we need to embrace it too. Reward students for thinking of problems in varied ways by recognizing their efforts. Try the Incubation Model. E. Paul Torrance designed this model. It involves 3 stages: Heightening Anticipation: Make connections between the classroom and student’s real lives. “Create the desire to know”. Deepen Expectations: Engage the curriculum in new ways. Brainstorm and create opportunities to solve a novel problem. Keep it going: Continue the thinking beyond the lesson or classroom. Find ways to extend learning opportunities at home or even the community. Use a cultural artifact. Research from experimental social psychology finds that artifacts can enhance insight problem solving. Consider using an ordinary object, such as a light bulb used in the study or a historical artifact to have students think about living in a particular time period. Establish expressive freedom. The classroom environment must be a place where students feel safe to share novel ideas. Allow for flexibility and create norms that promote creativity. Be familiar with standards. Knowing the standards inside and out helps find creative solutions in approaching a lesson. Teachers can adapt them and work within the current framework. Some topics allow for flexibility and use of creative approaches. Gather outside resources. There are some great resources to read related to creativity. The University of Georgia, provides an array of amazing resources related to how to promote creativity in practical ways. It also gives a list of programs and organizations that can help with the process. Allow room for mistakes. Sir Ken Robinson said it best when he said, “If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original.” Allow space for creativity. Design some classroom space for exploration, such as a thinking table, a drama stage, a drawing table, or a space for groups to discuss ideas. Give students time to ask questions. Organizations such as CCE (Creativity, Culture, Education) suggest teachers incorporate opportunities for students to ask questions. Intentionally design lessons that allow for wondering and exploration. Creativity builds confidence. Students take ownership of their own learning. Think of ways where students might design a project. For instance, for the history requirement, I suggested students of both fifth grade classes create an exhibition of their final projects. The students were so proud of their final work and learned from others presentations. Parents and community members were happy to see students take ownership of their learning. Encourage curiosity. Consider what is important to students. Student interest is a great place to start on what drives their own thinking tank. Find inspiration from their world. Creativity is intrinsic in nature. Try to promote creativity by stepping into their viewpoint to find what motivates them. Student interest are a great place to start on what drives their own thinking tank. Find inspiration from their world. Structure is essential. Studies, such as a meta-analysis by Torrance suggest that creativity instruction is best with clear structure. For instance, consider the guidelines of the standard curriculum objectives and add these to the design. For example, reading considers communication, comprehension, listening, writing and reading. Observe a working model of creativity. To get a better idea of how others promote creativity, visit a creative classroom or watch a video about how a creative classroom works. The “Case for Creativity in School” is an excellent video that educators can watch to see how creativity might play out in a classroom. This school adopted a school-wide approach to recognize students. Consider the work of current experts in the field. Sir Ken Robinson is an internationally renowed creativity and innovation expert. His work is used to meet global challenges, renovating education, business, and government organizations to implement his strategies. His books and TED talks are great places to promote creativity in your own teaching. Explore different cultures. Culture is an excellent vehicle for inspiring creative thinking. In Thinking Hats & Coloured Turbans Dr. Kirpal Singh discusses how cultural contexts are central to creative endeavors. You can discuss how collaboration between cultures, such as in the space program, produces unique, novel ideas. Find ways to incorporate and integrate art, music and culture . A recent report prepared for the European commission considered that creativity is a central force that shapes our culture. With the changing times we live in, the report suggested that society is enriched by cultural-based creativity. Use a collaborative creative thinking model to solve classroom problems. For instance, read a paragraph and then have groups discuss a list of questions. Collaborative problem solving is catching on quickly. In fact, many business schools have implemented creative thinking models into their curriculum. Design multidisciplinary lessons when possible. When teaching geometry, I designed a lesson called, “Geometry through Art”. It included works of Art to show fifth graders their application to everyday geometric concepts. The result was astounding. I never thought that the subject matter would be so successful. I designed an entire unit that focused on how different concepts rely on geometry. I even asked the Art teacher to help reinforce those concepts in class. Tapping into multiple intelligences is key. Creativity requires us to use different parts of our brain. We often bridge connections between seemingly unrelated areas to make new concepts emerge. Allow students to use their strengths to find new ways of approaching a topic or solving a problem. You might be surprised with what they come up with. Understand that creativity is important to students’ future in the job market. Paul Collard for Creative Partnerships, discusses how 60% of English students will work in jobs that are not yet created. In today’s market, students must largely be innovative and create their own jobs. Collard suggests teachers focus on teaching particular skills or set of behaviors, rather than preparing students for specific careers. Teach creative skills explicitly. According to Collard, “Creative skills aren’t just about good ideas, they are about having the skills to make good ideas happen.” He suggests creative skills should include 5 major areas: Imagination Being disciplined or self-motivated. Resiliency Collaboration Giving responsibility to students. Have them develop their own projects. In a recent article, What Would Dr. E. Paul Torrance Do?: A Legacy for Creative Education, the author considers what lies in the future of creativity in our schools? Retired professor Berenice Bleedorn says we should continue his legacy of sharing information and practice “the art of creative thinking”. We must continue to advocate for its use and move against the current or as Torrance himself called them, “the powers that be”. After all, teachers are the real driving force behind the creative thinking in our schools. If our schools are lagging behind, we must be the creative minds that urge our students to be curious and seek new answers.  About Miriam Clifford Miriam Clifford holds a Masters in Teaching from City University and a Bachelor in Science from Cornell. She loves research and is passionate about education. She is a foodie and on her time off enjoys cooking and gardening. You can find her @miriamoclifford or Google+. Tags: edtech, teaching creativity 82 Responses Rick Ackerly says: November 28 2012 at 3:40 am Very impressive, very important article. Congratulations on a fine piece of work. Reply D.K. JAIN (RESEARCH SCHOLAR) says: October 14 2019 at 4:26 am It is very important article for me ,because my work on creativity in education. Congratulations on a fine piece of work. Miriam Clifford says: November 28 2012 at 12:49 pm Thank you for the comment! In this article, I tried to tie together the research-based best practices and recent ideas that are emerging in the literature. The information on this topic is so extensive and complex that I was glad to hear that I did a good job. Coming from an educator who has 40 years of experience in the education field, as I saw on your website, that is really an honor. Thank you! I wanted to briefly consider how creativity came into the limelight with the dedication of E Paul Torrance who was a catalyst for gifted programs. One person asked me in regards to creativity an interesting question: Is teaching creativity a bit of an oxymoron? Well, I think that if we consider gifted programs, they actually promote creative thinking and teach students it’s okay to think outside the box. It really is an interesting field and one worthy of much discussion. The discussion on creativity will continue in future blogs. Reply Alane Starko says: November 29 2012 at 10:31 am I’m delighted to read of your interest in developing creativity in schools–in and out of gifted programs. You’ve given your readers a lot to think about! Reply From Out There Somewhere – December 2 | Outtakes says: December 3 2012 at 1:53 am […] 1. 30 Things You Can Do To Promote Creativity in Your Classroom – Miriam Clifford, informED […] Reply The Best Sources Of Advice On Helping Students Strengthen & Develop Their Creativity | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… says: December 10 2012 at 12:13 pm […] 30 Things You Can Do To Promote Creativity in Your Classroom is from InformED. […] Reply Boris says: January 3 2013 at 4:37 am Great ideas! Thanks for this post. Reply Jim Bellanca says: January 10 2013 at 11:06 pm This is a very comprehensive article. I love the friendly voice as you gave me the whole picture of the most forgotten set of skills in our classroom. Usable ideas for all. Thanks. Reply 31 Surprising Facts About Learning says: February 6 2013 at 8:43 am […] […] Reply The Real Meaning of Social Entrepreneurship and How To Promote It In Your Classroom says: April 3 2013 at 8:25 am […] of which path our students take, it is the entrepreneurial values of ownership, innovation, and sustainment that we should be cultivating in them from an early age. This way, our students […] Reply Design thinking in education | Am I a Designer? about Human Centered Design & Social Entrepreneurship says: April 8 2013 at 6:05 am […] […] Reply Teddi K. Valeski » Blog Archive » Why is Creativity Crucial in the Classroom? says: April 21 2013 at 6:53 am […] 30 Things You can Do To Promote Creativity in Your Classroom […] Reply Melvin says: May 28 2013 at 7:42 pm Your articles helped me a lot. I am actually very interested in promoting creativity among my students; hence, I have decided to do a research on this topic. Thank you very much. I hope you will write something about the importance of literature-based instruction to enhance students’ creativity. I am a Filipino teacher who is teaching in a public secondary high school. Again, thank you. Reply Rick Ackerly says: May 28 2013 at 9:47 pm Melvin, I will be interested to see what Miriam says about this. One thought is that your subject “literature-based instruction” is perhaps mis-named. Literature is a fabulous way to get a person thinking creatively. If you read a story, you have to imagine. A good story touches your emotions which are critical to creative thinking and decisionmaking, etc. But “instruction” tends to be antithetical to education. The instruction would be imbedded in acticities where the students talked with each other about what the literature triggered in them, to ask questions, explore other worlds, write their own stuff. Reply Miriam Clifford says: June 4 2013 at 1:48 pm Melvin-Thank you for your interest in my ideas! In my teaching program, I had a veteran teacher of 20+ years suggest creating learning opportunities imbedded in multicultural literature units. Using literature from different cultures is great because it can draw inspiration from diverse cultures and speak to children of all backgrounds. Literature, if approached as the art that it is, provides ample opportunity for students to create meaning and engage their creative side. Just this week, my daughter’s own teacher did a unit on Space exploration, which included a children’s novel about visiting the moon and was expanded into a writing and science lesson. My daughter was able to relate this to women’s involvement in Space exploration, from her personal experience visiting the NASA museum in Houston. The result was a very engaged child, who really enjoyed learning and brought home an amazing report and story about her school days. I think this is what literature does-it draws us in and makes us want to learn more. It truly explores what children like and want to learn about. I tend to agree with Rick that the term “literature instruction” can be a bit contradictory at times. As Rick said above, I believe it’s about finding “what the literature triggers in them”. We want students to find their own meanings in literature, rather than lead them to our own conclusions. I think it is all in the approach and their are great ways to use literature as a creative tool that authentically engages students to find their own meaning. I believe that is what true engaged learning is about, having students find a piece of literature that truly motivates them to delve even deeper into a subject, relate something to their own life, or explore a new world or subject area. I think that this topic is worth further exploration, so I will need to look at it closer. Thank you for reading my ideas and please continue to share! Reply The Perils of Standardized Testing: 6 Ways It Harms Learning : InformED says: June 25 2013 at 9:34 am […] Because today’s job landscape is changing so fast, and because high-paying, middle-skilled vocations are fewer and father between, it is absolutely imperative for young professionals to be able to solve problems creatively and think critically. […] Reply MUTISYA says: June 26 2013 at 11:46 pm Avoid negative criticism up on your learners and especially when they give wrong trials. Reply rick ackerly says: June 27 2013 at 9:36 am Teach them how to criticize constructively. The art and science of telling the truth supportively is critical. Reply What Makes a Gifted Student? - InformED says: July 10 2013 at 10:55 am […] While high scores and good grades can be an indicator of giftedness, there is more to earning that label. While many test students for good memory skills or the ability to analyze data, children also need to be creative and proactive in their interests. […] Reply Educating Innovators: 25 Ways to Prepare Students for a Changing Job Landscape - InformED says: August 2 2013 at 11:04 am […] Promote creativity. Innovation requires creativity to be effective, and creativity requires innovation to be effected. […] Reply ginny says: October 31 2013 at 11:50 am Great summary of the immense amount of research and evidence in favour of creativity as a skill that can be enhanced through education and training. Those are exactly the elements we have incorporated into a two-day training: See http://www.innovativethinkingexperience.com I’ll have to connect with you via twitter. Thanks for producing such a high quality blog post! Ginny. Reply applejux says: December 9 2013 at 11:26 pm Thanx for sharing this post. As a teacher, I have been trying to develop creative skills with my teachers for many years. I was thinking in publishing some of my best activities (which engage the most and provide divergent thinking), when found this great article. Congrats, sweet job! Reply Bob Eckert says: December 10 2013 at 5:54 am Nicely Done Miriam! To share with your readers: The home for the Osborn-Parnes model you described is the Creative Problem Solving Institute. Many of those you referenced are or have been faculty there. http://www.cpsiconference.com is the conference address. There is also an Excellent Masters in “Creativity Studies and Change Leadership” at Buffalo State University, which can be found here: http://creativity.buffalostate.edu/ About 80% of our folks come from that program, as adult learners, before becoming Associate Partners. Again, one of the least “sensationalized” and well researched articles I’ve seen in our area for a while. I especially love your point about getting to know the standards in and out so one can… work with them (or around, or under or over) Readers can also look into the American Creativity Association (Kirpal and I are on the Board there) to find some additional resources. http://www.aca.cloverpad.org/Default.aspx?pageId=1276400 I hope these links are helpful! Reply Google Glass, In The Class (room) | TechFaster says: February 12 2014 at 10:57 pm […] There is tons of useful content on Opencolleges, such as: Top 50 Sites to Get Educated for Free; 30 Things You Can Do To Promote Creativity in Your Classroom; 10 Emerging Educational Technologies and How They Are Being Used Across the […] Reply sadia khalid says: February 19 2014 at 3:36 am i m preparing a presentation on creativity in education. As this is very vast topic and i guess its very difficult to make it precise but author has done great job in covering all aspects in precise way… Reply Travis Bell Productions says: May 20 2014 at 5:06 am […] other students, and learning in creative environments. Now I returned to Google and discovered “30 Things You Can Do To Promote Creativity In Your Classroom” by Miriam Clifford. There are terrific ideas, but the one I liked the most summarized […] Reply Get that Brain (& Body) Moving | WJU EdTech says: May 28 2014 at 2:58 am […] 30 Things You Can Do to Promote Creativity in Your Classroom […] Reply Creativity Is Declining Among Teenagers, With One Exception (And What It Says About Our Education System) - InformED says: June 1 2014 at 10:37 am […] Learn more about promoting creativity. […] Reply barbara given says: June 20 2014 at 2:44 am Would you please tell me what the citation is for the following: Berenice Bleedorn, “After all, teachers are the real driving force behind the creative thinking in our schools. If our schools are lagging behind, we must be the creative minds that urge our students to be curious and seek new answers” You give no citation or page number and I cannot find it in anything I’ve been able to find on the internet. Thanks so much, barbgiven Reply Mind Wandering: How It Helps and Harms Learning - InformED : says: September 24 2014 at 8:33 pm […] for problems that were already being mentally chewed on. It didn’t seem to lead to a general increase in creative problem-solving ability,” says […] Reply Gandonu S.P says: February 13 2015 at 11:11 pm This is wonderful and will help art teachers especially ”art teachers” to discover and foster creativity in students. Reply 15 Surprising Discoveries About Learning - InformED : says: February 17 2015 at 9:50 pm […] “Creative thinking and problem solving are essential in the practice of math and science,” he adds. “Incorporating art into math and science will not only help students become more creative and better problem solvers, it will help them understand math and science better.” […] Reply paul says: June 30 2015 at 1:18 pm Fantastic article! So many things come to mind when I think of this topic. Can creativity be taught? Or is creativity simply a mindset or way of life? I agree creativity in and out the classroom is hugely important and that you need to leave “space” for innovative thinking to happen. So much of our time is scheduled and task oriented and the magic usually happens when we give our brain space to just run… I really like the tips of using tech, not limiting the format and incorporating unconventional learning methods to spur along the creative process. We have access to so much great tech these days that incorporating your tips should be easier than ever! Reply Miriam clifford says: August 31 2015 at 11:42 am Correction: Formating was lost when this was submitted, this should be a block quote in smaller font. Please correct. “Much of the blame for a lack of creativity, and therefore innovation, can be traced to our traditional educational systems. Most of the practice of creative methods is being done outside the traditional educational institutions by consulting firms and by persons in companies who have been trained in creative problem solving methods. In universities not much has changed since 1950, when the distinguished psychologist J. P. Guilford in his inaugural address as president of the American Psychological Association stated that education’s neglect of the subject of creativity was appalling. Adding to this sequence of events is the fact that textbooks are at least three years out of date when they are published and . . . educational systems were the slowest adopters of innovation. Thus, we see that educational institutions need a strong dose of creative problem solving.” Reply két sắt văn phòng says: February 13 2016 at 10:41 pm Greate post. Keep writing such kind of information on your blog. Im really impressed by your site. Hey there, You have performed an excellent job. I’ll definitely digg it and individually suggest to my friends. I am confident they’ll be benefited from this web site. Reply Elva Mellor says: April 15 2016 at 11:40 am Fantastic information and really shows how multi-tasked a teacher has to be. Reply sophie mabote says: April 22 2016 at 4:24 am creativity in class is a very excellent thing to do as most student become very independent to initiate new things without the reminder of the educator, they are able to create projects and finished it without the educators facilitation and this make students very confident and the class become more interesting. Reply Reet says: May 4 2016 at 6:24 pm Hi I am wondering what 3 activities are that teachers and those who support them could use to encourage problem solving in their students. And how to explain how these would help develop problem solving skills Reply mona says: May 27 2016 at 1:40 am thanks a lot for this article. its very simple ways to support creativity, specially in Egypt we cant work with our student by a simple way Reply henry says: June 9 2016 at 2:05 am A very useful piece of information for teachers. Thanks. Reply Malithebe says: July 12 2016 at 5:19 pm This a very helpful piece for both my assignments and work, thanks a lot Reply Kelli Terkelsen says: January 11 2017 at 10:04 am Very informative and extensive. Thank you for the informative article. Reply Thomas says: January 12 2017 at 12:55 am I don’t think it can ever be too late to congratulate you for an enlightening piece like this.I have been a science teacher educator in Nigeria for 35 years. It has greatly simplified my marrying creative thinking roles of a transformational teacher to those of critical thinking. More grease to your ‘brain and pen’. We want more. Thomas. Reply sabat says: February 7 2017 at 1:59 pm so enlightening. thx Reply Tais says: May 5 2017 at 5:32 am Thank you so much fur such an inspiring article! I’m trying to get more information about creativity and education and your article has been very useful. The University of Georgi link isn’t working, however :-/ Thanks for sharing! Reply Saga Briggs says: May 6 2017 at 10:20 am Thanks for reading, Tais! We’ll get that link repaired right away. Thanks for letting us know. Janet Marshall says: May 16 2017 at 2:29 am I was very interested in your article. This gave me great suggestions to use different ways of creativity in my 6th grade classroom. I liked the suggestions in making my class more active in finding ways of being better learners. Reply Saga Briggs says: May 16 2017 at 5:03 am Thanks for reading, Janet, and glad you found the information useful! –Admin jose says: June 29 2017 at 9:51 pm wonderful blog Reply Mahdi Farimani says: July 24 2017 at 6:02 pm Hello MIriam in the end of your article you mentioned an article : “What Would Dr. E. Paul Torrance Do?: A Legacy for Creative Education” but you lik it incorrectly. please correct it. by the way it was a great article. Thanks Reply Eileen Wong says: July 30 2017 at 8:09 am Thank you so much for this article!! I’ve been learning languages all my life and have always been curious about how to incorporate creativity into teaching languages. This article is very useful and I cannot wait to incorporate it in my lessons 🙂 Reply Adenomoh Emike Beatrice says: September 30 2017 at 4:42 pm Thank you for this article. I was able to achieve what I needed as an artist Reply Nazra says: October 17 2017 at 2:48 am Thxs, so much for ds article. ……………Very informative……. Reply Miriam Clifford says: November 10 2017 at 8:43 am Updating link in response to your query: What Would Dr. E. Paul Torrance Do?: A Legacy for Creative Education, By Berenice Bleedorn can be found at: http://www.amcreativityassoc.org/Resources/Documents/2007%20Bleedorn%20article.pdf Find additional reading from Berenice Bleedorn in her book: An Education Track for Creativity and Other Quality Thinking Processes, 2003 By Berenice Bleedorn, You can access it at: https://books.google.com/books?id=CGOkvt0Yyr8C&pg=PP4&lpg=PP4&dq=berenice+bleedom+creativity&source=bl&ots=Xr1yUMdNQF&sig=h6eEtAzpE7WMZSVFoMtH2D9N3e4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwil0oieo7LXAhUe0IMKHTwMBjsQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=berenice%20bleedom%20creativity&f=false Also see the article about Berenice Bleedorn, “Critical thinking is critical to America’s progress” By Phyllis Stenerson, 2010 at https://www.minnpost.com/community-voices/2010/08/critical-thinking-critical-americas-progress For further reading you can also review: “Adding Creativity to Your Decision Process.” David Hughes, 1998. https://www.unc.edu/~gdhughes/ARTICLES.HTM David Hughes, http://www.unc.edu/~gdhughes/ I am glad to see the work of these dedicated people in this field is still being spread and used in education. Reply Gemma Pile-John says: November 24 2017 at 2:20 pm Interesting Article, quite informative I enjoyed reading it. I must add that in today’s universities, students are more focused on passing their exams, that a greater percentage either lack the creativity or too lazy to tap into their inside to dig deep and be creative in submitting A+ Papers or assignment. This can be dis hearten at time. I particularly appreciate Osborne-Parnes creative model, listed below: Use a creativity model. The Osborne-Parnes model is oldest, widely accepted model. It is often used in education and business improvement to promote creativity. Each step involves a divergent thinking pattern to challenge ideas, and then convergent thinking to narrow down exploration. It has six steps: Mess-finding. Identify a goal or objective. Fact-finding. Gathering data. Problem-finding. Clarifying the problem Idea-finding. Generating ideas Solution-finding. Strengthening & evaluating ideas Acceptance-finding. Plan of action for Implementing ideas Consider how classroom assignments use divergent and convergent thinking. Standardized tests do a great job of measuring convergent thinking that includes analytical thinking or logical answers with one correct response. Divergent thinking considers how a learner can use different ways to approach a problem. It requires using association and multiplicity of thought. We should design assignments that consider both types of thinking models. Reply Sachin says: December 1 2017 at 2:10 pm Really nice ideas to promote creativity. Reply Executive Resume says: January 3 2018 at 12:34 am Amazing article! I totally agree with the author at some points. Moreover, creativity is also important for your brain – it keeps it “alive” longer. Reply readfirst says: May 1 2018 at 2:43 am The more you exercise your creativity, the stronger it gets. … “In my own life, I found that whenever I wasn’t sure what to do next, I would go and learn a lot, read a lot, talk to experts. I don’t know how … Unless you value complete silence, music can be the thing to give your mood, and your creativity, a boost. Reply Rajiv Avasthi says: June 20 2018 at 9:40 pm Great article! your all point mention in your article is up to the mark. Reply Sonam says: July 24 2018 at 10:41 pm Thanks for sharing such nice tips to promote promote creativity. i would like to share this post on my network. Reply Carrie Lennard says: August 15 2018 at 5:12 am An excellent article….thank you! Reply Aayushi Anjali says: September 4 2018 at 3:50 pm Nice article.. Reply John Patel says: September 26 2018 at 10:58 pm I love this article. Good knowledge of promoting creativity and very helpful. Thanks Reply Sunny Kumar says: October 3 2018 at 12:30 am I personally love the way this blog represents information. In my viewpoint creativity is a key to all attainments in life. Reply Saga Briggs says: October 3 2018 at 6:04 pm Thank you for stopping by, Sunny! Affefa parven says: October 6 2018 at 3:16 pm Thank you so much for your interest of this think? Reply Aisha Mehta says: October 23 2018 at 10:20 pm Thank you so much for this article!! Reply Firdaus Lalkaka says: November 28 2018 at 11:35 pm Interesting article indeed ! I’d be deeply obliged if you could point me resources that can help me introduce creativity at the Preschool level (for 2 to 6 year olds). In particular, I’m interested in watching videos of a class in action that promotes creativity. Thanks in advance. You could email to me too. Reply Smith John says: December 16 2018 at 4:15 pm The most important point you discussed is ” To allow room for mistakes” . I really like this article.. Reply James Horner says: January 5 2019 at 5:40 am Thank you for sharing this article very use full information this article. Thanks. James Reply updatesarkariresults says: January 19 2019 at 9:34 pm Lovely Miriam Clifford Thanks for sharing this information please suggest me how to promote my graphic design skill.? Reply Jeff says: February 15 2019 at 5:39 am Thanks you so much for this article. Its very simple ways to support creativity, we need simple ways to boost creativity within our education system. Reply Nishant Chandravanshi says: March 15 2019 at 12:57 pm Can you please tell me which infographic tool you have used to make given infographic?. I love to make the infographics Thanks Reply Akhilesh More says: April 25 2019 at 4:59 am Hi, Nice to read more about promoting creativity in a place where it is less. You have written it very well to understand the beautiful piece of work. Keep up the good work. Reply rabudin says: May 9 2019 at 6:09 pm Very interesting, your article helped me a lot. I am very interested in promoting creativity for my students. I hope my students can improve and improve their creativity. Thanks you Reply Milly says: May 22 2019 at 7:11 pm Really amazing post about to promote the creativity in your classroom… Effective and will work for me… Reply pinoy teleserye says: May 29 2019 at 3:16 am Let’s face it – one of the best parts of entertainment for all of us is the Television. Today, you cannot imagine a household without a TV, especially in the Filipino households . Ifiokobong Ibanga says: July 6 2019 at 6:01 pm This is a great article and the best I’ve read in recent time. Really amazing tips to promote creativity in learning. I will implement these tips in my class. Thanks for sharing. 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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is considered as an important field of science that is concernedwith making machines that discover solutions to complicated problems in a human-like approach. This usually engages using characteristics from people intelligence, as well as implementing them like algorithms inside a computer affable manner. In this scenario, a lot of supple or efficient tactics can be adopted relying on the requirements recognized; those proficiently control how artificial the intellectual actions come out. Additionally, artificial intelligence is usually connected to computer science however it has several valuable associations with other areas of study for instance Mathematics, Cognition, Psychology, Biology and Philosophy, Biology, Philosophy, and numerous other fields and areas. In this scenario, our capacity to merge knowledge from all these areas will eventually promote our progress in the pursuit of making an AI creature (Champandard) and (Russell and Norvig). This paper presents a detailed overview of artificial intelligence. This paper will also discuss various concepts that are associated with artificial intelligence. Background of Artificial Intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI) is the aspect of computer science which focuses on developing diverse machines that can carry out activities which people can think. Additionally, the idea to build intelligent machines has conspired individuals since earliest times and nowadays with the arrival of the computer technology along with fifty years of comprehensive study into artificial intelligence practices of programming, the vision of elegant and intelligent machines is turning out to be a certainty. In this scenario, scientists are building systems those are able to incorporate human thinking, appreciate talking, defeating the top people chess-player, and innumerable other achievements which were never ever achievable (ThinkQuest) and (Champandard). In addition, artificial intelligence is a lengthy subject, which consists of diverse areas, from machine vision to the idea of expert systems. Therefore the factor that the areas of artificial intelligence have widespread is the formation of intelligent machines which are able to "think or believe" (ThinkQuest) and (Champandard). Moreover, according to various researchers, AI has gone beyond far away from its preliminary derivation. In this scenario, the initial stages of artificial intelligence have gone reverse earlier than electronics field to mathematics as well as thinkers like that Boole and others who have been speculating the principles that were used as the foundation of the logic of artificial intelligence. Historically, the idea of artificial intelligence was first used in 1943 with the creation of the computer machine. More than the next 4 decades, regardless of numerous tentative obstructs; artificial intelligence has developed from several investigators, to thousands of diverse engineers as well as a lot of capacity building experts (ThinkQuest) and (Champandard). Read the full article

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Sleeping and Insomnia Introduction have been observing my roommate's sleeping patterns. He has insomnia and takes sleeping pills every night, sometimes with alcohol. My hypothesis is that his dependence on sleeping pills and his mixing with alcohol are hindering his condition, rather than helping it. I think that there are many other, more natural things he could do to ease his insomnia. General understanding of sleeping We spend about one third of our life sleeping. Sleep is defined as the suspension of consciousness during which the powers of the body are restored (ThinkQuest, 2003). The brain is not at rest during sleep as popularly thought, but is extremely active and it is the brain that tells us when it is time to sleep. Sensations of light taken in from the retina are transferred through the nerves to an area of the brain determines the amount of light exposure and adjusts the body accordingly. The exact purpose of sleep remains a mystery, but researchers speculate that during certain stages of sleep, the brain is testing, strengthening, or somehow improving our neurons. The brain follows cycles of between 90 and 100 minutes each during sleep repeating 4 or 5 times in a course of one night (ThinkQuest). There are two types of sleep: Non-REM sleep and REM sleep. Cycles one, two, three, and four are generally non-REM stages. The stages then quickly reverse and REM sleep, which is the dreaming period, is attained. The cycle then starts over. The proportional amount of sleep we get also changes with age. During non-REM sleep the heart rate decreases and stabilizes. The breathing pace slows and muscles relax. Blood vessels open wider to allow greater blood flow to the muscles, while the blood pressure drops and the metabolic rate drops about 20%. Periods of eye movement and muscle twitching occur during REM sleep, hence the name REM (rapid eye movement). The brains temperature increases and tissues swell. There are variations in heart rate, blood pressure, and breathing rate as well. Why do we need sleep? It is believed that sleep evolved to protect animals from predators by reducing their activity during times when they are most vulnerable (MSN Encarta, 2003). There are a number of theories as to why we sleep and research has shown sleep to serve specific biological functions. One idea defines sleep as a restorative function, which task is to balance biological processes that degrade when we are awake (ThinkQuest, 2003). Among the restorative functions is the task to restore our energy lost. Another possibility may be that of energy conservation. Although our brain activity is very high during sleep, the energy consumed by our body remains low. And because our body temperature is lowered by about 2°C, our metabolic rate drops and our body prepares itself for the coolest period since it last slept. How much sleep a person needs varies with the individual (ThinkQuest, 2003). Age, health, metabolism, body temperature, and quality of sleep are all factors, although eight hours in one twenty-four hour cycle considered the average amount needed for an adult. The effects of sleep deprivation are impaired judgment, diminished creativity and productivity, inability to concentrate, reduced language and communication skills, slowed reaction times, decreased abilities to learn and remember, and even hallucinations. Studies in the United States and Canada have shown that accidental deaths are significantly more frequent during the switch to daylight savings time in spring than before or after the shift because of the lost hour of sleep (Coren, 1996). About Insomnia People suffering from Insomnia, the most common sleep disorder, have trouble falling asleep and/or staying asleep. They may wake up frequently during the night with difficulty returning to sleep, wake up too early in the morning, or experience a night of unrefreshing sleep (Cardinal, 2003). Headaches, difficulty concentrating, irritability, bloodshot eyes, and daytime sleepiness are other symptoms. There are three distinct types of insomnia: Transient, Short-term, and Chronic Insomnia. Transient Insomnia is very short-term, lasting only a day or two (Cardinal, 2003). It may be caused by sleeping in a strange bed (a hotel, perhaps), or worrying about an important upcoming event. Short-term insomnia can last anywhere from a few days to a few weeks. Stress or poor sleep habits are common causes. Chronic insomnia is a much more serious problem. It can last for years and sometimes starts in early childhood. Health problems may result from Chronic Insomnia, as well as excessive daytime sleepiness, poor concentration, memory loss and irritability. Insomnia is often not a disease but a symptom of some underlying disease or problem (Cardinal, 2003). It may be brought about by stress, anxiety, or depression. Chronic disorders, such as sleep apnea, diabetes, kidney disease, arthritis, have been known to result in Insomnia, as well as the medications used to treat these ailments. Poor eating habits, caffeine, and the consumption of alcohol and nicotine are known to disrupt sleeping patterns also. Men and women of all ages can suffer from Insomnia, although it seems to be more common in women and the elderly people (Cardinal, 2003). The ability to sleep appears to decrease with advancing age rather than their need for sleep. Treatment for chronic insomnia consists of first diagnosing and treating underlying medical or psychological problems (Cardinal, 2003). Meditation, hypnosis, and soothing music/sounds have been proven useful techniques in reducing stress and anxiety. The mind needs to stop racing, the muscles to relax so a restful sleep can occur. Doctor prescribed sleeping pills are available to promote sleep in patients, although long-term usage is controversial. And most importantly, an improved lifestyle focusing on diet is necessary. Conclusion After observing my roommates sleeping patterns, diet, and other aspects of his lifestyle, I researched what I believed to be his 'ailment'. I presented the results of my research to him and together we proceeded to free him of it. He began by following a strict diet of organic and fresh foods; no caffeine, alcohol, or nicotine after 5:00pm; stretching every morning and jogging every afternoon; and a low stimulation environment starting at sunset. Within two days he reported that he was feeling more refreshed and energetic, and less anxious. A week later, he was falling asleep from pure exhaustion and waking up bright and early, rejuvenated. Bibliography ThinkQuest Online Library. (2003). "Sleep From A To Zzz." Retrieved from the Internet at http://www.thinkquest.org/ Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia. (2003). "Sleep." MSN. Retrieved from the Internet at http://encarta.msn.com/ Coren, Stanley. (1996). "Sleep Thieves: an Eye-Opening Exploration into the Science & Mysteries of Sleep." New York: The Free Press, 1996. Cardinal, Florence. (2003). "Insomnia- What Is Insomnia?." Retrieved on the Internet at http://sleepdisorders.about.com/cs/whatisinsomnia Read the full article

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Memori foto 24 English Club #10 Fabulous di depan mading Lab Bahasa di buku tahunan SMAN 24 Bandung 2013 @sman24bandung @sman24.13 Kalo ada pelajaran yang paling diinget pas jadi Ketua 24 EC itu adalah gimana kita harus berpikir dan bertindak kreatif. Gimana kita ga sekedar belajar Bahasa Inggris tapi melatih pola pikir kreatif kita untuk membuat hal-hal semenarik dan seinovatif mungkin dalam pembelajaran tersebut, salah satunya adalah pelaksanaan 24 English Day, yang sampai ada lomba dan pemenang kelas tiap bulannya. What a memories :D 24 English Club masih ada ga ya sekarang? cc "sang pendahulu Ketua 2012" Ibu Pembina KM 24-ITB dan teman-teman EC 2013 @bungakharissa @noviirmal @zahra_sfz @fajrimaulana__ @friskarisfi @delamarsa @dafauf @mildasyam12 dan yang lain Memori lain saat di EC adalah waktu ikut kompetisi menulis karya ilmiah dalam bahasa Inggris di ThinkQuest Oracle. Saya dan tim membahas tentang masyarakat adat Cireundeu yang mengkonsumsi beras singkong untuk makanan pokok sehari-hari. Yang kalau saya pikir-pikir sangat berkaitan sekali dengan jurusan saya di Rekayasa Pertanian SITH ITB. Memang sudah jalan Allah SWT ternyata :) Sayang tulisan dan fotonya ga terdokumentasikan jadi hilang. (at SMA Negeri 24 Bandung) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ29dVuMNk_/?igshid=1lwwxtkak691p