Creativity Is As Important As Literacy

Sir Ken Robison makes several excellent points about the talents of children and the deficiencies of our educational system. Education, he suggests, educates creativity right out of children.



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An article in The Guardian: "Fertile Minds Need Feeding."

"Transform Education? Yes, We Must." by Robinson

The Learning Revolution.


Some great quotes from his talk:
Life is not linear, it's organic...so is learning.
A three year old is not half a six year old.

Paraphrased here...
Human flourishing is an organic, not mechanical, process.
We should tread softly around children's dreams.

And a Lincoln quote. (1862)
"The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew,. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country." -Abraham Lincoln

Creativity: Common Sense or Criminalization. Lessig

Another Great TED.com offering, filmed March 2007. 19 minutes.
Reviving the Read – Write Culture - a conversation worth having. A film clip worth viewing.

John Phillip Sousa, Flying chickens, ASCAP cartel – BMI

Remix:
Anime mashed up with music.
GW Bush & PM Tony Blair mashed up singing “My love, there's only you in my life.”
Building Artist Choice

Great comments from listeners listed below TED’s post, available via the link http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/larry_lessig_says_the_law_is_strangling_creativity.html