Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity

About Sir Ken Robinson

Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we’re educating
our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to
cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of.

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html

Hey! HTML 5

Kevin Element showed this at orientation... cool...


Run in safari..
http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com/

Mr. M.'s Presentation

http://www.slideshare.net/mrmccormack/orientation2009-1961626

21 Ways to succeed at college

http://www.slideshare.net/mrmccormack/21waystosuceedatcollege

Reel Art Show -  A Student Showcase

3 Winners 2009


Sample 2010

Intro



End...






GPA and student handbook

Don't carry 50's

GPA

Could have 66% average and NOT graduate.


http://www.confederationc.on.ca/studenthandbook

MM Masterpiece

PDF at bottom of page




Mr. M. agrees with the first female employee at Google.
Marissa Mayer
Vice President, Search Products & User Experience
Marissa leads the company's product management efforts on search products .

In 2008, at 33, Marissa became the youngest woman ever to be included on Fortune's Most Powerful Women list



So... what did she say?
"Limitation breed creativity"

Question:


It is a very popular view that the better the equipment the better your skills will be.
A few widely shared by "the inexperienced".



Mr. M. colleague says it best in his book:

DB GILLES
Professor
New York University
Tisch School of Arts






In the tech world, there is a widely known, comically named behavior that takes over many a novice with they get into technology related arts.

It's said they get:
 GAS - Gear Acquisition Syndrome.

The inexperienced think the more they buy, the more advanced the technology they have, the more amazing their work will be.

It doesn't work that way.

More gadgets and gizmos usually become a huge distraction.

Novices may try to "buy" a sense of artistic accomplishment by getting all the glitzy stuff available them, but it seldom works,
 because art is never about the technology.


Employers will look for the raw talent and whether it's there or not.


Fortunately, talent is NOT a function of money.

Why Learn to Juggle

1. Do something you thought you can't do  (like programming)
2. Impress your friends
3. Fun
4. Good exersize - get away from your desk

It CAN grow your BRAIN - no kidding.


http://www.google.com/search?q=juggling+brain+growth



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCt1bmSASCI




ORIENTATION 2008

Session Links:

Last Lecture

Randolph Frederick ("Randy") Pausch an American
professor of computer science, human-computer interaction and design at
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and a
best-selling author who achieved worldwide fame for his "The Last
Lecture" speech on September 18, 2007 at Carnegie Mellon. In summer
2007, Pausch conceived the lecture after he learned that his previously
known pancreatic cancer was terminal.

Randy’s page:
http://download.srv.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/

About Sir Ken Robinson
Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we’re educating
our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to
cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of.

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html