School 2.0 Reflection Tool NETS-T V

At school 2.0 I used the reflection tool to asses my current level of skills in technology which was based on the NETS -T standards for teachers. Based on my results I investigated one of the resources for a particular NETS-T standard. I created a blog post where I posted my color coded results, and included a reflection about what I learned and why I chose to investigate that standard.

Reflection results for NETS-T Module: Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity

1.       I enable students to use technology to demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes

  I watched the video by Sir Ken Robinson on “do schools kill creativity”. I found it to be very interesting and believe the man made very good points. He stated that creativity is as important as literacy and that it is very unfortunate that the education system has not given it proper value. He gave good examples that portrayed how creativity is devalued by mentioning that all education systems around the world place other subjects at top and the arts in the bottom of priority. Along with this he gave examples of creative individuals who became successful such as the dancer. He said that unfortunately many talented individuals do not go into the fields they like because of the stigmatization by our society telling them that they wont became successful or find a job following that path. As I reflect on this point I find it to be very true. As a child I was told I was always very creative and I wanted to go to an art school to follow my passions. When in high school many others told me that if I followed that path I wouldn’t have the same opportunity’s that if I went to a four year university. I was frightened not to have employment in the future so I believed them. Now as I reflect on the Sir Kens speech I see that my creativity was devalued as many others have been too. Maybe I would have been successful maybe not but like anything it is a risk.  Maybe in the future I will give it a try and see where it takes me. As for now I have made the choice to not devalue creativity as it happened in my case but to rather inspire others to follow theirs.  I choose this standard because to me creativity has always been very important in students learning. As Albert Einstein once said imagination is more important than knowledge. Imagination is what creative individuals have.