by Nicky Tillyer | Mar 2012 | brain development, Creativity, genius
I was directed by the delightfully creative Jeffery Baumgartner (he deserves his own awe inspired post…watch this space) to a recent article in Wired Magazine that Jonah Lehrer wrote entitled “Cultivating Genius in the 21st Century”. The basic...
by Nicky Tillyer | Mar 2012 | arts participation, Creativity
A warming headline I read recently on the ArtsHub newsletter that I subscribe to. I loved the quotes throughout the article, the rationale for the change in the structure of the school awards framework. “[is]…to encourage greater student participation and...
by Nicky Tillyer | Mar 2012 | brain development, imaginative play
Anybody who has done any reading on play and toys will know that self directed imaginative play is the best kind of play there is. You might like to read related posts on Interest Driven Learning and Play Builds Skills. I present further evidence (as if we needed it)...
by Nicky Tillyer | Mar 2012 | brain development, Creativity, Doodling, drawing
So when was the last time you doodled? Often considered something we absent mindedly do to while away time when we are bored – it is a great way of keeping your brain active and engaged in spite of the appearance of inattentiveness. I love doodling – here...
by Nicky Tillyer | Mar 2012 | education, learning, Play
The Keynote speaker at the 2012 Digital Media & Learning conference was John Seely Brown, self procliamed “chief of confusion” and author of many books, most recently “A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant...
