(NETS-S II, V) I love art and any form of it. Therefore when I saw the first standard dealing with creativity I immediately was drawn to it I enable students to use technology to demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes". I looked at a couple of resources this standard had but my favorite was the video of Sir Ken Robinson's talk about "Creativity and Schools". While it was entertaining it was also very informative and insightful. I shared all of his opinions that he spoke about and one part of his talk was very personal to me. He spoke about how some children are discouraged from the arts and therefore do not go to school for the talent they have "we don't grow into creativity, we grow out of it". I love to draw and paint. It's one of the greatest joys of my life. However when I was in high school I was greatly discouraged my senior from pursuing a career in art. Even my parents were hesitant in my choice of a career. Needless to say, I gave up art and chose teaching instead. I don't regret the choice because I love the idea of being an educator but I always wonder what my life would have been like as a full time artist.
He also mentioned how he believes that "creativity now is as important in education as literacy...we squander (childrens) talents." I fully agree with that statement, the way education is nowadays we are educating robots. Children with no imagination. It's imagination that brought us so many developments on this Earth, all because a person had a dream. We need to let children dream the impossible, so that they are able to achieve the impossible.
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