Four spots left in our "Educators as Designers" summer course July 29, 30, and 31.  Will you be joining us?  Hope so!!

¨One way Howard Gardner defines intelligence:  

"The ability to make something or offer a service that is valued within one’s culture."

Sir Ken Robinson's definition of creativity:

"The process of having original ideas that have value.” 

What do you notice...? 

There is new research that supports the idea of movement and touch (aka wholemindesign's mobile mapping process) as a powerful way to learn.  They are calling it "embodied cognition".  Here is a link to an article describing this concept
http://www.edweek.org/dd/articles/2013/02/06/02bits-cognitive.h06.html. 

Hello friends,
Here is a link to a podcast I was interviewed for recently about the importance of arts integration in schools. 

http://5044.podomatic.com/entry/2013-05-06T20_41_00-07_00

An award for service in the arts was recently named in my father's honor - the Eric Oddleifson Arts and Learning Award.

The Eric Oddleifson Arts and Learning Award

This year's recipient, Aaron Dworkin sounds like a wonderful man.
about Aaron Dworkin 

Check out this 5 min video clip of a child summarizing a story using her mobile map!

A student talking through her mobile map story structure

 "Creativity is not an option, it is a necessity" - Sir Ken Robinson.  I completely agree that life is not an entirely linear experience, yet schools treat it as if it is...

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/01/sir-ken-robinson-fostering-creativity-in-education-is-not-an-option/