Creativity vs School

 

We are born creative and geniuses, but  the education system dumbs us down, according to NASA scientists:

Our natural creative genius is muted from the time we are born.

At TEDxTucson, Dr. George Land dropped a bombshell when he told his audience about the shocking results of a creative test developed for NASA but subsequently used to test school children

NASA had contacted Dr. George Land and Beth Jarman to develop a highly specialized test that would give them the means to effectively measure the creative potential of NASA’s rocket scientists and engineers. The test turned out to be very successful for NASA’s purposes, but the scientists were left with a few questions: where does creativity come from? Are some people born with it or is it learned? Or does it come from our experience?

The scientists then gave the test to 1,600 children between the ages of 4 and 5. What they found shocked them.

A full 98 percent!

It gets more interesting

But this is not the real story. The scientists were so astonished that they decided to make it a longitudinal study and tested the children again five years later when they were ten years old.

The result? Only 30 percent of children now fall into the genius category of imagination.

When the kids were tested 15 years ago, the figure had dropped to 12 percent!

What about us adults? How many of us are still in contact with our creative genius after years of schooling?

Sadly, only 2 percent.

And for those who question the consistency of these results — or think they may be isolated incidence — these results have been replicated more than a million times, reports Gavin Nascimento whose article first alerts me to this amazing study and its shocking implication: that the school system, our education, robs us of our creative genius.

“The reasoning for this is not too difficult to capture; school, as we plainly call it, is an institution that has historically been put in place to ultimately serve the wants of the ruling class, not the common people.

What now? Can we recover our creativity?

Land says we have the ability to be at 98 percent if we want to. From what they found from the studies with children and from how brains work, there are two kinds of thinking that take place in the brain. Both use different parts of the brain and it’s a totally different kind of example in the sense of how it forms something in our minds.

One is called divergent — that’s imagination, used for generating new possibilities. The other is called convergent — that’s when you’re making a judgment, you’re making a decision, you’re testing something, you’re criticizing, you’re evaluating.

So divergent thinking works like an accelerator and convergent thinking puts a brake on our best efforts.

“We found that what happens to these children, as we educate them, we teach them to do both kinds of thinking at the same time”, says Land.

When someone asks you to come up with new ideas, as you come up with them what you mostly learn at school is to immediately look and see: “We tried that before”, “That’s a dumb idea”, “It won’t work” and so onward.

This is the point and this is what we must stop doing:

“When we actually looking inside the brain we find that neurons are fighting each other and diminishing the power of the brain because we’re constantly judging, criticizing and censoring,” says Land.

“If we operate under fear we use a smaller part of the brain, but when we use creative thinking the brain just lights up.”

for more information

https://ideapod.com/born-creative-geniuses-education-system-dumbs-us-according-nasa-scientists/?utm_source=catalyst&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=uplift

Handwriting

What your handwriting actually says about your personality?

Ever wondered if there's any rhyme or reason behind the fact that your handwriting is so unique?

The study of the written word is actually called graphology - and experts have been making all sorts of connections about how a person puts pen to paper and their defining characteristics.

Size of letters

Ever noticed that the most popular person in school had large, loopy letters that were probably dotted with love-hearts and could genuinely have earned them a scholarship on a calligraphy course?

People with large handwriting tend to be outspoken, enjoy attention, and give off an aura of confidence - or at the very least - the appearance of confidence. Those with smaller letters tend to be shyer and more withdrawn characters, but are generally thought to be careful workers. 

Spacing

It turns out the blank space between words is just as important as the way in which your pen glides across the paper. People who leave wide spaces between their words enjoy a freedom and tend to give themselves time to think through an issue before tackling it. Those who immediately jump on the next word without leaving even 5mm of space are more intrusive personalities and dislike being left with their own thoughts for too long.

Slanting

 People with letters that go straight up-and-down are logical, practical, and well-balanced individuals. Those whose handwriting slants to the right are open-minded and thrive in social settings. On the other hand, people who slope their letters to the left are typically introverts – with experts claiming that the left-slanters are conscientious, guarded with their emotions, and rarely express their true thoughts.

Shape of letters

People in creative fields tend to have rounded letters, while those who write with pointed edges are thought to be less artistic - but highly intelligent, curious, intense, and occasionally aggressive. Yikes.

Pressure

A heavier pressure indicates that a person is good with commitment and sticks by their decisions, but this also suggests intensity and is said to be spotted in individuals who take badly to criticism.

On the other hand, those who write with a light pressure are sensitive, empathetic, and generally more adaptable to difficult situations or changes in plans.

Speed

People who write at 50mph are impatient in all aspects of life, and dislike anybody wasting their time. Though fast writing is also associated with intelligence, it's worth mentioning that slow writers are generally considered to be much more organized and careful workers.

Signature

On to pretty much the only piece of handwriting that anyone ever does in 2018. A signature reflects a great deal about the way a person sees themselves. Those with legible penmanships are confident, assertive, and comfortable in their own skin.

Those with a not qualified illegible writing are more private and dislike sharing their personalities with strangers. 

The Alphabetic Principle Effective Strategies For Early Readers. - ppt download

The Alphabetic Principle Effective Strategies For Early Readers. - ppt download

Einstein

Albert Einstein

Introduction

·       Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879, to April 18, 1955) was a German mathematician and physicist who developed the special and general theories of relativity

·       Einstein wasn’t a very bright student. He even had problems with his speech

·       Einstein is best known by the general public for his mass-energy equivalence formula E = mc²

·       He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect"

·       Einstein published more than 300 scientific papers along with over 150 non-scientific works.

·        Einstein's intellectual achievements and originality have made the word "Einstein" synonymous with "genius".

Life change

·       In 1889 Einstein saw a wonder when he was four or five years old, Einstein saw a magnetic compass. The needle’s northward swing, guided by an invisible force, impressed him.

·       The compass convinced him that there had to be “something behind things, something deeply hidden”

·       At age 12, he found a book on geometry which he read over and over again

Work

·       In 1921, Einstein won the Nobel Prize for Physics for his explanation of the photoelectric effect

·       He developed the general theory of Relativity

·        He is best known for the mass-energy Equivalence (E = mc2)

·       He discovered the “law of Photoelectric Effect”

·       He established the “law of Quantum Theory”

·       He laid the foundation of “Photon Theory of Light”

·       He published more than 300 Scientific Papers. 150 Non- Scientific works

·       Noble Prize in Physics (1921)

1905: The Year of Miracles

·       In 1905, the same year as he submitted his doctoral thesis, Albert Einstein published four immensely important scientific papers dealing with his analysis of:

·       Brownian motion

·       the equivalence of mass and energy

·       the photoelectric effect

·       special relativity

Einstein’s Theory of Relativity Theory of Relativity

·       The theory simply states that the speed of light (constant, c) is the fastest speed in the universe and relates energy (E) and mass (M). It talks about how time and distance can change due to the different speeds of an object and its observer.

·       After this theory was proven right in an experiment in 1919 (deflection of light by the sun’s gravitational field) Einstein became famous overnight. He received invitations and honors from all over the world

·       The theory of relativity is actually two theories that Albert Einstein came up with in the early 1900s. One is called "special" relativity and the other is called "general" relativity. We will talk mostly about special relativity here.There are two main ideas that make up Einstein's theory of special relativity

·       The principle of relativity: The laws of physics are the same for any inertial reference frame.

·       The principle of the speed of light: The speed of light in a vacuum is the same for all observers, regardless of their relative motion or the motion of the source of the light.

E=mc²

·       In this mathematical equation, E stands for energy, m for mass and c for the speed of the light in a vacuum (ca. 300,000 km/s).

·       Einstein’s 1905 paper on the matter/energy relationship proposed the equation

·       E=MC2: energy of a body (E) is equal to the mass (M) of that body  and the speed of light squared (C2)

·       This equation suggested that tiny particles of matter could be converted into huge amounts of energy

Albert Einstein’s Inventions

·       Photons: He discovered that light is made up of small particles called photons and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921.

·       Bose-Einstein Condensate: Einstein discovered a state of matter with another scientist, Satyendra Bose. Today it is used in things like lasers.

·       Atomic Bomb: Not directly connected with inventing it, but his Theory of Relativity is connected with the invention of the atomic bomb.

 Facts about Einstein’s

·       Thomas Stoltz Harvey removed his brain, reportedly without the permission of his family, for preservation and future study by doctors of neuroscience

·       His intelligence15 percent wider than in people with normal intelligence

Publication

·       Einstein published more than 300 scientific papers along with over 150 non-scientific works.

·       Einstein's intellectual achievements and originality have made the word "Einstein" synonymous with GENIOUS

Planting seeds growing minds

“Planting seeds growing minds”

WEB ADDRESS: https://blossoms.mit.edu/

MIT: stands for Massachusetts Institute of Technology

BLOSSOMS: stands for Blended Learning Open Source Science or Math Studies

Richard Larson is Principal Investigator of the MIT BLOSSOMS Initiative. He is Mitsui Professor of Engineering Systems and Director of the Center for Engineering Systems Fundamentals at MIT. He is also the Founder and Director of MIT LINC (Learning International Networks Consortium), and MIT-based international project that has held four international symposia and sponsored a number of initiatives in Africa, China, and the Middle East. Professor Larson first became interested in technology-enabled education when in the early 1990’s he saw what a valuable addition it was to the education of his own children. From 1995 to 2002, he served as director of MIT’s Center for Advanced Educational Services (CAES) where he focused on bringing technology-enabled learning to students living on the traditional campus and to those living and working far from the university, often on different continents.

History

During a visit to a rural school in China, BLOSSOMS founders Richard Larson and Elizabeth Murray watched as a videotaped lecture enlivened an otherwise cold, bleak classroom. The teacher paused the lecture from time to time to engage with the class. The interruptions worked, but easily, prompting Larson and Murray to wonder what would happen if they created video lessons that were designed to be interactive. They envisioned video lessons merged with engaging activities for teachers to do with their students.

So inspired, Murray and Larson set out to create BLOSSOMS (Blended Learning Open Source Science or Math Studies), a series of freely available interactive lessons presented in a widely accessible video format.

BLOSSOMS

A BLOSSOM is not alone in this effort. It is part of a movement called STEM Education (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education). The stem is a new way of thinking about how to best prepare high school students for post-secondary education and participation in the modern economy, which more and more often requires people to think critically, work independently, and apply a wide set of sophisticated skills. BLOSSOMS aim to improve these in-demand skills and to increase student interest in careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

Education

For free education it includes Spanning five schools, architecture and planning; engineering; humanities, arts, and social sciences; management; and science and more than 30 departments and programs, an education at MIT covers more than just science and technology.

Arts, business, global languages, health and more complete an education at MIT, and the Institute makes freely available its class lecture notes, exams and videos through MIT's Open Courseware and complete courses are offered through the new online-learning initiative, edX.

Schools with MIT

·        School of Architecture and Planning

·        School of Engineering

·        School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

·        Sloan School of Management

·        School of Science

Initiative of MIT

The MIT BLOSSOMS Initiative is an online repository of open math and science learning videos contributed by educators from the U.S., Jordan, and Pakistan and hosted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. By using this website, student and teacher can easily clear their concept.

 BENEFITS OF MIT

Video Summary: here you will find summary of video, what the video want to say

Biography: it’s about writer and editor who made this video

For Teachers: here, you can download lesson plan for video you are watching, dress format, teachers guide, getting dress, simple solution, graphical solution,

Additional Resources: here all web address and links and books are provided for more information

Transcript:  here you get all written format of video words to words and, here is another good thing is to evaluate by clicking evaluate you get three question was material relevant, how you can use, better, activities, changes as u suggest, interest, comment

Download: Video easily downloads, but you can’t change format

Comments: you can freely comment their

Non-commercial: There is no advertisement and all content are free

Privacy: you can download material without any registration and personal information

Contact: you can easily contact through Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook

Phone: 617-253-3604

Email: rclarson@mit.edu

Outline of website

Home

·        Here you will find, Notification, new videos, tips

About us

·        Here is all overview of website

·        The Video Library contains over 100 math and science lessons, all freely available to teachers as streaming video and Internet downloads and as DVDs and videotapes.

·        Ten countries partner, Pakistan,

·        Teacher duet pedagogy, 2 teachers at the same time can teach  

·        Focus not on me memorization or rote learning, but on developing critical and creative thinking skills.

Why we need an initiative like blossom?

·        We are all affected by the competitive forces of expanding economic globalization, biggest resources in world knowledge to complete these task we need new technology and skills.

Approaches?

·        Examine a topic from an unusual angle

·        Connect math and science to real-world problems show what real scientist

·        Make science fun!

·        Blossom is not a lecture, a typical lesson from a textbook

·        Approaches topic from a new direction

·        Connect math and science to real world

·        Active learning for student

The concept of blossom?

·        A concept that is difficult to teach

·        A coach widely misunderstood by students

·        A concept with real-world applications

Goal of MIT blossom?

·        Critical thinking skills

·        To learn a new style of teaching

·        Science technology engineering math connect

·        Increase student knowledge connect abstract concept to real world

·        Engage student in observation experiment discussion enhance development for critical thinking skills

·        All student need to be stem literate, Stem is not only for Ph.D. researchers. It’s for all of us

Videos

·        Sort by different topic

·        Suggest as you wish

·        Videos by language

·        Find a video, topic, language, and cluster

Languages

·        Arabic,English,Farsi,Hindi,Japanese,Kannada,Korean,Malay,Mandarin,Portuguese,Spanish,Urdu

Resources

It include resources from

•    MIT Resources

•    Biology Resources

•    Engineering Resources

•    Math Resources

•    Physics Resources

•    Science Resources

•    General Science & Math Resources

Partners

·        The current partners of MIT BLOSSOMS include universities from several countries, along with government agencies and/or other organizations that these universities are working on bringing MIT BLOSSOMS to their countries

•        Lahore University of Management and Science

•        The National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences

•        Pakistan Virtual University

·        Punjab University

News

Here all news is about it events, lecture, and feedbacks

QUESTION ABOUT WEBSITE:

Any Particular technology?

Ø  There is no particular technology they used normal technology(laptop, internet, projector,digitalboard etc.), they mostly focused on activities and content, their purpose is to enhance critical skills and develop interest  of science and technology and teach student use of technology

1.    Simulation?

Ø  Yes, this site provide simulation of real classroom, video are design in such a way that student can interact with video demonstrator, actively participate during class.

2.    DOES MIT BLOSSOM PROVIDE OER?

Ø  Yes, this website provide free open education resources for all, without any age limits and without any payment, its free of cost and every one can approach this by clicking it web address.

3.    4.    Is it providing a virtual learning?

Ø  Not, at some extent it provide virtual learning environment but completely it does not  provide virtual learning environment, i-e

Ø  Here student can only watch and comment, but can’t get face to face interaction and live feedback, secondly the topic and video content is based on new technologies and knowledge that is not the part of curriculum of the child.

4.    Environment?

Ø  Teachers are overburdened by testing mandates and crowded, resource-poor classrooms. Enrichment in math and science takes a backseat to rote learning and classroom management. Teachers feel frustrated. Students get discouraged. And all too often schools fail to prepare young people for their futures. In contrast; we at BLOSSOMS hope to inspire students from around the world and from all walks of life to get involved. Our lessons show students, in a hands-on way, how exciting and fascinating math, science, engineering, and technology can be.

5.      Web-based content?

Ø  The BLOSSOMS project is sponsored at MIT by LINC (Learning International Networks Consortium), a global consortium of educators interested in using distance and e-learning technologies to increase access to quality education worldwide. A BLOSSOM is an “Open Educational Resource,” a web-based collection of materials offered freely and openly for re-use in teaching, learning and research. OERs such as BLOSSOMS help make education a right rather than a privilege by providing schools around the world with access to quality educational tools.

Ø  The content is mostly related to since, engineering, technology, mathematics, and BLOSSOMS aims to improve these in-demand skills and to increase student interest in careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Ø  You can evaluate the content by clicking on evaluation option and suggest them about the new ideas.

6.      Elements do these sites have—such as animation, visuals, interactivity?

Ø  These elements include animation, videos, you can order DVD and download all content and  can translate into your desired language, generally, it contains 10 languages, another option can allow you to make your own video but for that, you have to follow rubric of MIT BLOSSOMS website.

7.      Do students better learn through this site?

Ø  BLOSSOMS lessons help prepare students for careers in the global innovation economy by teaching them to think. Each BLOSSOMS lesson connects seemingly abstract or dry concepts to the real world. More important, the lessons give students a real-world idea and the chance to play with it.

8.    Design elements assist with learning?

Ø  Yes, elements and design of web assist with learning, with brief instruction and explanation and with the help of different activities student can learn easily but it is difficult for student who belongs to  backward countries can’t understand it properly, because most contents are available in 1o different language  and Urdu language is not so developed as a result we can’t contribute much to this website, in my opinion this website is best for teacher ,they can easily download and implement this video lesson plan ,another good option is you can download transcript and all can visit all the resources  from that the video is made.

9.    Well do the sites they examined to meet the criteria for quality, validity, and accuracy and why?

Ø  Yes, this sites meet the criteria for quality and accuracy of content, here it engage students in observation, experiment, and discussion. Problem-solving activities stimulate students to think critically and to make connections that lead to “Aha!” moments. As students develop a deeper and richer understanding and intuition—what we sometimes call a gut feel for a concept they gain the confidence and inspiration they need to continue their math and science education beyond high school.

 https://blossoms.mit.edu/

Teachers Day

On this 5th October, it was world teachers day, a famous quote that

" you want to see nation development see  its teachers conditions"

Once I read that in recent days there were protest that I think in Germany their demand was to equal the pay of police and others as teacher pay .the judge reply was amazing he said

"you trying to become equal with that person who creates you for what u are today"

today our vice chancellor doctor idres address to us he said when I go to America first time their chief executive of department receive him from airport and take my suitcase he said first thing he was peon but after some time he introduce  that he is chief of his department I was astonished that a chief come to welcome me  that day I find reason why America is developed country.

A teacher is a most powerful weapon then atom bomb you know why, because he creates many scientist and engineers behind the development of this world there is only one community of world and that is teachers without teachers wold can't nourish.

Today teacher is forgotten his role and as a result, there were lots of teachers  but only a few that we call them teachers, at the end

Happy Teachers Day

My Student

Once again I am here to discuss another day of my third semester.Today it was my first experience as the teacher and as the observer.I get playgroup for observation and teaching and I get  one student very special he had some psychological problem, first he plays with me   and I was feeling very strange that he was kissing my hand and rubbing my hand on her face but after some time he starts fighting with others student and I try to stop him he start scratching my hand, as a result, I had some wounds on my hand, I asked ma'am what is problem with the child? but I don't find the answer!
After one week it was again my class with playgroup, and he was sitting in front of me on table I met him with smile and try to play with him and then I start teaching counting I find that he has a good handwriting but problem is that his parents and teacher don't give him enough time and attention, I spend  3 to four hour with him and he did better than others students but  he can't read it well .
I think it was a special task for me to teach but our education and teaching system is killing our child creativity and their future.
I need your suggestion that, ma'am told me to teach a child with strictness but i don't agree with him.what u all say about this!

mother Teresa beautiful words of wisdom and quotes of mother Teresa

third semister

once again i am with you all ,there is a great news that my third semister is started ,this time i has new teacher  and good thing is mostly are new teachers and one is old my communication teacher .all new teachers have different methodogy .i like a methodolgy of two teacher one is high order learning methodolgy ,he give us notes and makes our groups and give us time to study in twenty minutes and after twenty minutes he asked students what you understand?
and after getting student idea he share his idea,and second teacher methodolgy is strange ,he mostly focused on course outline and mostly explain things with funny and meaningfull examples.i like both teacher and mostly like second teacher because  he support when i speak.
i am giving you another interesting news  my school observation is started and best thing is i get  play group for which i was wishing.
OK friend meet u in next post

10 Minutes Pakistan Education System

THE BEST TEACHER

Today I was reading a book, a book that I read three times about the life of Holy Prophet (s.a.w).I find many interesting and amazing things that how an only one person can change the entire country.I find Holy Prophet (S.A.W) as the best teacher because i find every quality of the leader in them (psychologist, motivator, leader, speaker, writer, doctor and soft heart).A question arises "Why holy prophet S.A.W is the best teacher?

The Quran reply "we sent you as a teacher" if u study the life of Muhammad S.A.W you find that they were mostly busy in observation before Prophethood, they observe everything and ask a question about things, when they clarify their concept then they start preaching.

The best qualities of Holy Prophet S.A.W :

keen observer

good personality

speak only to share knowledge

listen to everyone carefully

never criticize anyone

never hurt anyone

always speak truth

they say never lose hope

give respect to everyone

 A GOOD TEACHER IS THAT WHO NOT ONLY INFORM HIS STUDENT BUT CHANGE THEIR ENTIRE LIFE AND GIVE THEM A PURPOSE IN LIFE.