by Nicky Tillyer | Aug 2012 | Creativity, education
I read a wonderful article on the weekend, an interview with Lily Serna, the delightful mathematician from the SBS (Australia) show Letters & Numbers. What I loved about the article was Lily’s reference to the creativity in mathematics. The interviewer...
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...
by Nicky Tillyer | Feb 2012 | Creativity, education, parenting, problem solving
The cockles of my heart were warmed this week when I read a great article in the Melbourne Weekly Eastern Magazine about the lovely 21 year old Elizabeth Bowtell who recently completed a diploma of design technology at RMIT. It was the second paragraph that made my...
by Nicky Tillyer | Feb 2012 | brain development, education
So dear readers, my quest to validate creative thinking has lead me to an excellent article by Judy Willis, M.D., M.Ed. on the Psychology Today blog (back in May 2010) “Want Children to “Pay Attention”? Make Their Brains Curious!” Funny that...
by Nicky Tillyer | Jan 2012 | arts participation, education
Earlier in the year I was alerted to an article that made my interest radar beep – the headline “10 Lessons the Arts Teach” … Oh yes, I jumped for joy as I hurriedly clicked through. This summary was prepared by Kim Hermanson, Ph.D.,San Rafael...
