Last night 60 Minutes ran the feature: Bill Gate’s 2.0. We can easily see that curiosity drives all
successful innovators. Being an avid
reader myself, it tickled me that the reporter shared that the source of much
of Mr. Gates’ ponderings come from a constant and wide array of reading
material from agriculture to the environment. Ironically, he carries a large bag of “print” books with him wherever he goes. His intense curiosity has led to success in
his business and now steers his philanthropic endeavors. He shares his latest musings over books he
has read on www.thegatesnotes.com. In Tony
Wagner’s latest book, Creating
Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World, Mr. Wagner
provides several portraits of how to nurture innovation in young people, via “play,
passion, and purpose.”
Don Wettrick, an
innovative secondary broadcasting teacher, uses these elements as guiding
principles in a course taught at Franklin Community High School. Our 24/7
Tech Team, promotes the newest technology tools and applications and how they
can be utilized in the classroom and encourages sharing among all teacher and student "experts". I see my own role as a media specialist to both
cultivate and celebrate these habits of mind in faculty and students. What if all of our students had their own
blogs about their own learning and thinking?
How can we support “dabbling” and creative pursuits as we meet the
required classroom standards? How will
you spark curiosity in your students this year?
