Create

= Why Create? =

[|NETS for Students]

[|Partnership for 21st Century Skills]

[|Programming: The New Literacy] by Marc Prensky in Edutopia

The MIT Scratch research group leader, Mitchel Resnick, writes that what Scratch does for students goes beyond the context of technology. He describes a "creative thinking spiral" that Scratch is designed to support. [|Learning-Leading-final.pdf]
 * "In this process, people imagine what they want to do, create a project based on their ideas, play with their creations, share their ideas and creations with others, and reflect on their experiences—all of which leads them to imagine new ideas and new projects."
 * "In today’s rapidly changing world, people must continually come up with creative solutions to unexpected problems. Success is based not only on what you know or how much you know, but on your ability to think and act creatively."

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[|Life Long Kindergarten group - MIT Media Lab]