Di+Ruocco,+Creativity

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 I feel like doing art is really important for students at any age. Growing up I always loved doing art and I think it helps round the students education. I grew up doing many creative things and I think it really helped me be a well rounded student.

// "All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up"- Pablo Picasso //
//1) Grades kill creativity . // //2) Children need to practice instead of having the teacher show examples// //3) Creativity scores have been dropping since the 90's// //4) Freedom does not help creativity unless it has a focus.// //5) The classroom setting can help develop a child's creativity.//
 * Top 5 Things I Learned:**

1) Do schools kill creativity? I rate this video with a 4/5. Ted talks are generally informative and funny and this one is no different. The only bad part is that it is very long. media type="youtube" key="iG9CE55wbtY" height="390" width="480"

2)media type="youtube" key="JpPspvRUCHw" height="349" width="425" 2/5 This video had good ideas, but it got really annoying after awhile. For a video pushing for creativity I didn't feel as if it was that creative.

3) 5/5. Such an awesome and creative video. Learning creativity from a young age leads to people like this, I think its very important to have creativity in the classrooms.

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4) 4/5 http://www.goshen.edu/art/ed/creativitykillers.html

This was a really intresting article. It had so many great points. The points were easily readible. Plus their was so much information. This sight provided me a lot of facts, but it got overwhelming after awhile. I think there were a couple to many points and the site was an old school background. Other than that the sight was good.

5) 2/5 http://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/29/science/about-education-new-study-finds-lack-of-creativity.html I know the new york times always have great information and realible sources, but sometimes the articles are just to boring. What I did like about this article was the quote about how much better money could be put to use. We could use just a little bit of the money of art supplies and it could go a long way.

6) http://www.pbs.org/wholechild/parents/play.html 4/5 I loved this article and the way it was set up. Since it was set up for parents it was easy to read and really personable. I liked that it had information regarding the creative process. Since it was directed towards parents it said to let the children make their own choices. Since I want to be a teacher I can't let the children make all their own choices. I would have to find a different way to help foster the creative process.

7) http://www.kidsupholsteredfurniture.com/a709886-kids-furniture-that-helps-fosters-art.cfm 3/5 This was a really unique article that I hadn't ever thought of before. I never knew that furniture could make a difference in someone's creativity. I did think the article was somewhat silly since it had no facts, or stories to back it up. I also think that it couldn't hurt to help put in an easel in the classroom or puppet show.

8) http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/creating-in-flow/200909/3-new-facts-about-creativity 2/5 This had a couple intresting facts, but I didn't feel like they were enough or had to do with teaching. I liked that it showed a counter example. I had no idea creativity could be a bad thing.