Tag Archives: Creative thinking

Makedo Kits

Posted on June 1, 2012 by

A recent discovery is the wonderful world if Makedo, based in Australia Makedo is a connector system that enables materials including cardboard, plastic and fabric to easily join together to form new objects or structures. When you’re done playing, simply pull … Continue reading →

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On being wrong

Posted on May 16, 2011 by

This is a wondeful TED talks video from Kathryn Schulz, author of “Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error”. In it she talks about how hard we work to avoid being wrong and the problems this causes. I was going … Continue reading →

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Choosing a theme

Posted on February 22, 2011 by

Teachers often choose a theme for a half term and base as many lesson plans as possible round it. The idea is it’s more imaginative, more fun and gets children (and teachers) thinking across subjects and not keeping them in separate boxes. … Continue reading →

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Teaching creatively or teaching for creativity?

Posted on February 22, 2011 by

Recently on a training course we were all asked to make a simple paper helicopter from a template. We all worked away at cutting out, heads down, concentrating. The finished things all did what they should and were fun…….well, for … Continue reading →

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