1. I enable students to use technology to demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes.
I picked this video to watch because I liked the title of "Schools kill school creativity." I cannot expect students to be excited to learn material and lifelong skills when schools are expecting them to answer a certain way, bubble a correct answer. The video emphasizes writing, mentioning that that, "just like Picasso, we are all born artists." Students need to resist what schools are asking of them- to buy into the school bureaucracy. They need to approach writing in the manner that their life is a story, and each day is a different page of that story. Students need to be proud of who they are and what they contribute.
The video also talked about the notion that all subjects we teach in schools are taught world-wide. When students feel as if they are struggling or making a "mistake," likely the mistake or choice has already been made by someone else. It is important to allow students to recongnize their choices they have in the classroom, and seek out creative solutions to improve for the next time.
In relation to technology, I need to be aware that all students are different. Sometimes students will like to express themselves in different manners. Some students will not like working with technology, and others will. I need to find out why students are reluctant to using techonology, and show them the freedom that comes with being creative and using a technological medium to express themselves. This is one way students can resist the school politics and share with the world who they are as unique individuals.
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