Use of Visual vs. Text

It takes the brain seconds to comprehend the meaning of a paragraph of text. However, hundredths of a second to process that same message through a picture or visual image. I recently came across this agency, La Comunidad, which answers the question, ‘why la comunidad?’ through the use of stick figures. Check it out! (You need to click on ‘the way we think’ and then ‘why la comunidad?’)

Importance of Creativity

Sir Ken Robinson spoke at the TED Conference in 2006 and provided a very moving speech regarding the importance of creativity in society. Here are some of the highlights:

• Kids beginning school now will retire in 2065. We cannot predict the world 5 years from now, let alone in the next 50 years when they will be in the workforce. We need to give them the tools to accommodate all the changes that will take place.
• Public school systems were not created until the 19th century, when they needed to meet the needs of industrialization. The world has changed in the last century.
• More people will be graduating from public education in the next 30 years than throughout all of history.
• Three points about intelligence: it is Diverse, thinking occurs in a variety of forms…visually, kinesthetically etc.; it is Dynamic, the brain is extremely interactive, and Distinct.
• Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value. Original ideas come from not fearing failure. The current system instills a fear of failure.
• “If a man speaks his mind in a forest, and no one hears him, is he still wrong?” ~ t-shirt
• Education’s tasks should be to educate the whole person.