Critical Thinking and Creativity in the Classroom with Dan Ryder
In this episode we speak with Dan Ryder, co-author of *Intention: Critical Creativity in the Classroom* and purveyor of rigorous whimsy in classrooms around the world. Join us as we learn how critical thinking and creativity go hand-in-hand and discover easy ways to implement "critical creativity strategies" and become more informed, inspired, and connected educators.
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Show Notes
Connect with Dan Ryder
Twitter: @wickeddecent or @intentionbook / #dtk12chat | Website: danryder207.com | Book: Intention: Critical Creativity in the Classroom
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Links & Show Notes**
Out of Our Heads and Into the Classroom (02:30)
Phrankenword: vocab mashup
Give us a phrankenword for Vrain Waves!! Tweet it to us or send it on Facebook.
6-word story: Hemingway origin story (04:21)
Dan Ryder Intro (06:25)
Mt. Blue High School, Farmington ME
Education Director for new Success & Innovation Center at Mt. Blue
#dtk12chat on Twitter (09:22)
Dan’s Favorite Design Challenge (10:40)
How might we design a tiny house for the 4 main characters in Of Mice & Men?
Empathy Maps (12:36)
Intention the Book (14:35)
Amy Burvall, co-author - @AmyBurvall
Academic Knowledge + Critical Thinking + Creativity = Edusymbiosis
Dan’s Top 3 favorite ‘recipes’ from the book (17:40)
Intention Oreo - #IntentionOreo
Potent quotables - #IntentionQuotes
One Word to Rule them All - #IntentionOneWord
Color Palette Activity #IntentionColor (19:27)
Colourlovers.com
Unpacking standards (24:50)
How do you get better at being creative? (28:51)
Podcasts Dan listens to: Uncivil; Code Switch; Reply All; Design Matters; All Songs Considered; WTF with Mark Maron; Across the Hall; Radio Zamunda
By being curious! & having access to information. & by having co-conspirators
Book that changed Dan’s practice: A Whole New Mind, by Daniel Pink (32:24)
Be the thinking classroom: teach students how to think, not what to think (34:35)
Failing at providing timely feedback (35:57)
Audio feedback on gDrive
Don’t grade everything (41:30)
Only assess what students deem their best work (42:55)
Intentionthebook.online | @WickedDecent (Twitter, Instagram, Medium)
Takeaways (46:00)