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| WHAT DID WE DO? WHAT'S NEW and CHANGED? (reflection and description of event / activity) |
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| Our day started at Harvard, where we met with several Project Zero researchers to discuss creativity. We noticed that despite sometimes disagreeing, the researchers had a deep mutual respect for one another. We then did several activities with researchers from the Investigating Impacts of Education program. It was interesting that we had to think about what we would do in situations that might not be familiar to us--would we actually do what we said we would do? After these activities, we visited NuVu. Here, we got to see the creative process of students who have dedicated their high school careers to creativity. We noted that the students at NuVu typically kept their driving question the same and focused on iterating through versions of their product. I think I can speak for all of my group when I say that I disagree with this practice--if we had kept our driving question the same, we would still be working with healthy eating, an idea we weren't passionate about. Our journey ended at Artisan's Asylum, where we got to see the works of a wide variety of creative people. We were impressed by the myriad of projects we saw, from paintings to bicycles to robots. Furthermore, many of the creators at Artisan's Asylum were hobbyists trying to escape from their uneventful everyday lives rather than professional craftspeople. This just goes to show that anyone with a vision and dedication can build the things that they want to. |  A diagram at the PZ discussion showcasing the elements that go into and come out of creativity  Creations at Artisan's Asylum ranged from massive faces...  ...to retro arcade cabinets |
I found the work being done at Artisan's Asylum to be an interesting complement of that taking place in NuVu. Both were valid in their own ways, but in the former, the creativity seemed much more freeform and personal, as members could rent out the space to make truly whatever they wanted. In the latter, it was somewhat more structured with a clear external goal in mind, though a lot of creative freedom still seemed to be granted to the students. Although--both definitely involved a goal, so it's possible that I'm wrong altogether.
ReplyDeleteAlso, while taking the tour of Artisan's Asylum, Mr. Tate pointed out this one piece that was a tornado but made out of wire and extension cords. The guy giving the tour explained that someone made the structure of the tornado and placed it in a common area and told people to add to it. A lot of people came together and created this very magnificent piece of art work. This piece of artwork reflect our goal to have students receive blocks from teachers and add them to a structure to build a creative structure.
ReplyDeleteI think Tim summed up our day well. We certainly had a full day with a few major stops. I appreciated how well the Nuvu kids listened and gave feedback to us that is relevant. Their advice will certainly find its way into our final project somehow. I also found it amazing how passionate the workers at the artist asylum were about their work and was inspired to work on mine as a result .
ReplyDeleteI would actually disagree with Tim when he says that we don't agree with NuVus concept of keeping the same driving question. I believe that while in our case, developing our own ideas can be very beneficial, having a set prompt would be good for NuVu students. This is primarily due to it being the main and only structure in there curriculum, however which does not apply directly to our group.
ReplyDeleteI think Tim did a very good job of summarizing how our day went and how we progressed our project. Building off of what Mikhail said I too very much so appreciated that the kids at NuVu listened to our idea and were willing to give us feedback and help us progress our project.
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