Bridging the Gap

CREATIVITY TIP: Shifting Perspectives

In this short Creativity Tip episode, Dr. Cyndi Burnett and Dr. Matthew Worwood offer advice on how to highlight the importance of perspective shifting when engaging students creatively in the classroom. Matthew shares an exercise he experienced during his graduate program that helped him realize the challenge of assuming the perspective of others. Cyndi introduces how stories can offer different perspectives, such as the perspective of an individual perceived by others as the villain of the story.  Interested in more tips to help bring creativity into the classroom?  Check out Cyndi's Books, Weaving Creativity into Every Strand of Your Curriculum, and 20 Lessons to Weave Creativity into Your Classroom.   Episodes related to Shifting Perspectives:   Listen to the episode with Monica Kang Listen to the episode with Genein Letford   Eager to bring more Creativity into your home or classroom?  Access a variety of creativity resources and tools & listen to more episodes of The Fueling Creativity Podcast by visiting our website: www.CreativityandEducation.com    You can also find The Fueling Creativity Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Audible, and PodBean! Make sure to rate, review, and share the podcast if you enjoy it!

CREATIVITY TIP: Teaching Failure

In this short Creativity Tip episode, Dr. Cyndi Burnett and Dr. Matthew Worwood offer advice on how to address incidents of failure in a classroom environment. Matthew shares his take on the Marshmallow challenge and how he uses this activity to normalize failure in a learning environment. Cyndi introduces an activity on how to reflect on and monitor incidents of failure during the learning process. Interested in more tips to help bring creativity into the classroom?  Check out Cyndi's Books, Weaving Creativity into Every Strand of Your Curriculum, and 20 Lessons to Weave Creativity into Your Classroom.   Eager to bring more Creativity into your home or classroom?  Access a variety of creativity resources and tools & listen to more episodes of The Fueling Creativity Podcast by visiting our website: www.CreativityandEducation.com    You can also find The Fueling Creativity Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Audible, and PodBean! Make sure to rate, review, and share the podcast if you enjoy it!

Bridging the Gap: Video and Creative Potential

In this debrief episode, Dr. Cyndi Burnett and Dr. Matthew Worwood reflect on the first five episodes of Season 4. Cyndi revisits creative potential and the value of integrating student interests into the learning experience. At the same time, Matthew discusses expression preferences and the ability to know when to use and not use computer algorithms to support the creative process. Cyndi and Matthew also take time to reflect on the different ways they've both used video to engage their children in creative production.   If you haven't listened to all five episodes of Season 4 (+ the BONUS episode), check out the links below to go back and listen, so you don't miss out on any golden nuggets of wisdom! Then, share your favorite episode with a colleague, parent, friend, or anyone else who could benefit from the show's information.    Matt's Insights Expression preferences: We all like to express our creativity through different outlets. How many opportunities do you give your students to do that? The "future creative" is someone who knows when to use the algorithm and when to turn it off.   Each of us has a unique creative potential. How can you find that in your students and help them act on it? (hint: Personal Interest Projects!)   Cynthia's Insights  There are significant benefits to using digital innovation, like YouTube videos, to demonstrate problem-solving and creativity skills. Creative potential: Look for things that differentiate your students and find ways to showcase and/or nurture that creative potential. Give your students resources and tools that encourage exploration and development of their personal interests, like Personal Interest Projects.    Go back and listen to Season 4: Listen to S4 Episode 1 with Mark Runco Listen to S4 Episode 2 with Frances Valintine Listen to S4 Episode 3 with Carrington Faulk Listen to S4 Episode 4 with Dr. Elizabeth Radday Listen to S4 Episode 5 with Dr. Joseph Renzulli Listen to the S4 BONUS Episode: Parenting for Creativity   Watch different video examples on the DadsforCreativity YouTube channel and review some easy video projects quickly enacted at home.    Eager to bring more creativity into your home or classroom?  Access a variety of creativity resources and tools & listen to more episodes of The Fueling Creativity in Education Podcast by visiting our website,  www.CreativityandEducation.com.   Subscribe to our monthly newsletter!   Have a question? Email Dr. Burnett and Dr. Worwood at questions@fuelingcreativitypodcast.com!   You can also find The Fueling Creativity in Education Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Audible, and PodBean! Make sure to rate, review, and share the podcast if you enjoy it!

BONUS: Parenting for Creativity with Matthew Worwood

The month of June celebrates Father's Day, and this prompted Dr. Cyndi Burnett and Dr. Matthew Worwood to produce a special episode on parenting for Creativity. In a slightly different format, Cyndi interviews Matthew about his parenting blog, Dads for Creativity, and discusses the need to monitor parental bias when celebrating Creativity in the home environment.  "We have to be mindful of how our biases, and our backgrounds, and what we're into, and what we know, is going to influence our children's creative behaviors and what the pursue in the early years." - Matthew Worwood Resources Mentioned: Visit DadsforCreativity.com   Eager to bring more Creativity into your home or classroom?  Access a variety of creativity resources and tools & listen to more episodes of The Fueling Creativity Podcast by visiting our website: www.CreativityandEducation.com    You can also find The Fueling Creativity Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Audible, and PodBean! Make sure to rate, review, and share the podcast if you enjoy it!

SEASON FOUR: A new season. A new name!

In this short episode, Drs. Cyndi Burnett and Matthew Worwood discuss the reasons why they renamed the podcast - Fueling Creativity in Education, and provide an overview of the upcoming guests in Season 4.  Eager to bring more creativity into your home or classroom?  Access a variety of creativity resources and tools & listen to more episodes of The Fueling Creativity Podcast by visiting our website: www.CreativityandEducation.com    You can also find The Fueling Creativity Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Audible, and PodBean! Make sure to rate, review, and share the podcast if you enjoy it!

Bridging the Gap: Discussing Innovation v Creativity v Entrepreneurship

What were the biggest lessons learned during the last five episodes in Season Three of the Fueling Creativity podcast? In this final debrief, Dr. Cyndi Burnett and Dr. Matthew Worwood sit down and reflect on episodes that discussed the relationship between Innovation, Creativity, Entrepreneurship, breaking with habit-bound thinking, developing a sense of awe in students, and Inward and Outward Creativity.   Listen in as Cyndi and Matthew break down the following insights.   Major Takeaways from Season Two, Episodes 6-10:   Innovation, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship. What's the connection? Do different groups have increased value for one over the other? Or are we discussing similar things in a different context?  A sense of awe in students. Awe is a sense of considerable astonishment in a person or topic. How might teachers facilitate awe toward the curriculum or subject? Should that be an ambition for creative teachers?  Inward and Outward Creativity.  Sociocultural theory informs us that the actor engages in internal and external actions that include thoughts, ideas, and reactions in response to an environment. How do internal actions interact with other people inside a classroom environment? Does a sense of connection drive these actions, and is arts a bridge between inward and outward Creativity?   Resources Mentioned:   Listen to the episode with Anna Abraham Listen to the episode with Monica Kang Listen to the episode with Rachelle Archer   Eager to bring more Creativity into your home or classroom?  Access a variety of creativity resources and tools & listen to more episodes of The Fueling Creativity Podcast by visiting our website: www.CreativityandEducation.com    You can also find The Fueling Creativity Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Audible, and PodBean! Make sure to rate, review, and share the podcast if you enjoy it!

Special Episode: Celebrating World Creativity and Innovation Week 2022

What are you doing for this year's World Creativity and Innovation Week? In this special episode, Dr. Cyndi Burnett and Dr. Matthew Worwood provide small tips to help celebrate creativity in your life, your classroom, and in your family.    Past Episodes Mentioned:   Listen to the episode with Wendy Ross Listen to the episode with Natalie Nixon Listen to the episode with Jim Friedman   Resources for World Creativity and Innovation Week World Creativity and Innovation Day Website Our podcast interview with the Current Chief Steward of WCIW, Dr. Jim Friedman Creativity and Education FREE Virtual Events Raising a Generation of Creative Thinkers Infusing Creative Thinking into Your Higher Education Classroom Weaving Creative Thinking into your Pre-K-High School Classroom Day of Surprises with your Family Check out the Creative Thinking Challenges Create Junk Inventions Share the Creative Thinking Skills Sheet with Your Students   Eager to bring more creativity into your home or classroom?  Access a variety of creativity resources and tools & listen to more episodes of The Fueling Creativity Podcast by visiting our website: www.CreativityandEducation.com    You can also find The Fueling Creativity Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Audible, and PodBean! Make sure to rate, review, and share the podcast if you enjoy it!    

Celebrating One Year of Fueling Creativity! Four Key Themes

For this very special, one-year anniversary episode of the Fueling Creativity Podcast, Dr. Cyndi Burnett and Dr. Matthew Worwood have gone through all 28 interview transcriptions from the Fueling Creativity episodes and identified four powerful themes that have emerged from these discussions. They originally presented these themes at the Creativity Expert Exchange at SUNY Buffalo State. Today, you get to listen in on this informative and powerful presentation!  Or, you can read the transcript here. If you’d like to book Dr. Cyndi Burnett and Dr. Matthew Worwood to deliver this presentation as an interactive workshop to your school or institution, don’t hesitate to send them an email at questions@fuelingcreativitypodcast.com.   Themes & Subthemes from Year 1 of Fueling Creativity: #1 – Setting the creative environment of the classroom  Trust and Safety Risk-Taking- feeling comfortable making mistakes Openness to new ideas and perspectives Allow time for questions and exploration Encourage respectful debate Challenging students to highest ability- not average Value differences Think beyond the walls of the classroom #2 – Creative Teachers Creative Teachers are designers Creative Teachers Model Creative Behaviors and Attitudes Creative Teachers are Lifelong Learners Creative Teachers are open and willing to try new things Creative Teachers take risks and are willing to admit if they failed or made a mistake Creative Teachers make time for self-care Creative Teachers don’t have all the answers #3 – Instructional Practice Ask Open-Ended questions Embed time for wondering and curiosity Expose students to diverse things (books, museums, nature, etc). Use Inquiry/Problem Based Learning Spend time problem-finding Help students find meaning, purpose and connection to content Work through ambiguity, uncertainty and complexity Get students comfortable with discomfort and failure Shift student perspectives, allowing an openness to new ideas Explore feelings and emotions related to the learning/creative process Give students agency- a choice and voice on what they are doing #4 – The Future Creative (Preparing our students for the future!) A person who is cable of working with people of varied backgrounds and perspectives A person who can think ethically when selecting ideas and developing solutions A person who can work though complex problems and manage change A person who can identify what humans do best, and what machines might do better A person who can work in collaboration with AI “This pandemic, although challenging, is really highlighting the creativity that exists within the teaching profession.”  - Dr. Matthew Worwood   Do you have a theme that we haven’t covered yet? Let us know! Email us at questions@fuelingcreativity.com.   Eager to bring more creativity into your home or classroom? Access a variety of creativity resources and tools & listen to more episodes of The Fueling Creativity Podcast by visiting our website,  www.CreativityandEducation.com.   Subscribe to our monthly newsletter!   You can also find The Fueling Creativity Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Audible, and PodBean! Make sure to rate, review, and share the podcast if you enjoy it!