It’s my job to stay on top of educational technology. In the last two months alone, I’ve attended huge ed tech conferences like SXSW.edu and ASU+GSV, each with hundreds of well-funded new ed tech ventures. But I’ve been constantly disappointed, because almost none of this ed tech innovation is grounded in the science of how… Read More The Future of Educational Technology
The short answer is: It’s because they ARE improvised! But there has to be a longer answer, because improvisation is famously unreliable. When the actors are at their peak, nothing is funnier, more pure in essence, than spontaneous improvisation. But a big-budget movie has to be good all the way through; every minute has to… Read More Why Hollywood Comedies Look Improvised
A Chronicle of Higher Education story reports on a nationwide trend I’ve been studying myself: the increasing proliferation of entrepreneurship classes for college undergraduates (April 20, 2015, “Now everyone’s an entrepreneur.”). Lots of students love the classes, because they combine fun and creative activities with hands-on internships and links to interesting job opportunities. They also… Read More A New Trend: Educating Entrepreneurs
The Creativity Guru 