I like to to think of this site as food for your biggest muscle. It’s jam packed with wholesome goodness – global businesses, products, ad campaigns & blogs that caught my eye, alongside a bunch of nerd stuff to geek out on. It’s inspiration for innovation.
It makes sense that to be truly innovative, we have to force ourselves to look at the world differently. New perspectives and new interpretations are the enemy of beige . . and let’s face it, a good idea is a good idea irrespective of where it’s from or what it’s for.
So the best way to keep a truly open mind is to look for great ideas anywhere you can find them and stuff your brain like a hungry dog. Confuscious say; creative input needs no reason, it just needs regularity. So if you’re like me and just get stuck in a rut every now and again, hopefully some of the ideas here will shift your thinking sideways a little… or maybe a lot. But enough of that; put on your pinstripe, fire up your Blackberry and come get what you came here for.
A little brainfood to put some buzz in your uptop muscle. Enjoy.
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Pingback by Jen Stumbles | Australian Freelancers May 31, 2011 @ 3:43 amJen – I am a teacher, mother, and am working on my Phd….I am interested in what inspires children and how we can support them. Our public schools have become test factories powered by child labor. They are being taught to take a test…..where there is only one correct answer for each question. INSAIN
I am grappling with how to qualitatively study children – ages 5 – 10 when they are inspired. Any ideas. I have not found similar studies. Please share if you know of any. Thank you – I find your site inspiring!
Comment by Nancy Wilde October 23, 2011 @ 12:03 pmHi Nancy,
Thanks for visiting! I am a mother of two small people so I am also keenly interested in what inspires children. What a great topic for a Phd! I understand your concern about the “test factory” and I have also started to explore avenues outside of the traditional structures of education to find ways to engage and inspire them. When it comes to “education” [whatever that means these days] surely some of the most important things we can do are >
a) help our children find things they’re passionate about so that they might to engage optimistically and passionately with the world
b) encourage in them a sense of curiousness to help them understand that life is about exploring – opportunities, relationships and experiences
c) instil in them a value of delayed gratification so that they will live beyond the moment as well as in the moment
d) appreciate and feel grateful for what they have, so that they will learn to be positive, content and in control of their own happiness
I’m not sure how we do that except by perhaps modelling those behaviours ourselves? I do know that creativity and innovation are two things majorly lacking in most school systems, yet they are two of the most important traits a person can develop. Two things which you might find interesting to explore are>
1) Montessori school , an alternative method of education which focuses not only on the “content” but also on encouraging the thinking, imagination and curiosity which makes that content meaningful. I know Montessori East here in Sydney is a great example of that and the principal there Bill Conway would be a great guy to talk to. [http://www.montessori.nsw.edu.au/]
2) My father-in-law runs a program called Hands On Learning which is focused around engaging with students who are at risk of disconnecting from school and the school community. He undertook a study trip a few years ago looking at different school systems around the world to understand how other countries are engaging with students. It might prove fruitful for your study. His name is Russell Kerr and you can check him out at handsonlearning.org.au.
I’m sure both Bill and Russell would be happy to talk to you and both would be keenly interested in your Phd as I am. Please do share with me anything you’re excited about as you go along, I’ve been meaning to post more about education as I look into alternative ways of inspiring my own children so I’d love to get your point of view. I’ll also keep a look out for anything you might find interesting and post it here.
http://handsonlearning.org.au/videos
Comment by jen October 23, 2011 @ 7:40 pm