Imagination matters.
Imagination is a driving force in all human culture and in all learning. A belief in the central role of imagination in human life and learning is what connects the wide range of blogs on this site.
Unlike our Imaginative Education section that looks at specific uses of cognitive tools to inspire learners of all ages, this section considers much more broadly how imagination can be used to teach and inspire in all contexts. It showcases the range of ways imagination supports humankind. From coding to assessment, mental health and mindfulness to ethics, comics and gaming, imagination matters. Enjoy!
To get started, click on one of the tabbed headings and read the posts listed below.
Curiosity Sprung From Trees: Tales Of The Grove (By Susan Bertoia)
Sketch Your Thinking (By Teresa Gross)
Six String Nation: Connecting A Nation With Imagination & A Song (By Jowi Taylor)
Clowning Around: A Serious Answer to Authenticity in the Classroom (By Nadia Chaney)
Using Self-Assessment To Power Imagination And Creativity (By Katie White)
Imagination, Creativity, and…Assessment? (By Katie White)
Thoughts on Education and Cartoons From an Animation CEO (Guest Post by Sean Patrick O’Reilly)
What is Gamification? (By Savas Savides)
The Power Of Comics (By Tim Smyth)
Imagination and Coding: The Key to Unlocking The Real Power Of Code In Schools (By Robin Ulster and James Denby)
Language Renewal Through Coding and Imagination (By Robin Ulster & James Denby)
Our DIY Classroom (By Carrie Antoniazzi)
Organized Chaos: This is Makerspace (By Tia Luker)
Teaching Ethics To Adolescents: Imaginative Education In Action (By Adriana Grimaldo)
Imagine Inclusion (By Charles Scott)
This imaginED special series is by educator Holly B.F. Warren
- On The Windowsill of Imagination
- Lines Start Stories
- Words Have Bodies That Stretch Our Imagination
- Curiosity is a Mental Wanderlust
- The Chairs in a Circle
- If I Can Imagine, I Know I Can: Extending the Boundaries of Imagination
- The Pursuit of Imagination
- Creative and Imaginative Online Adventures in the Think Tank Environment
- The Boundaries of Imagination
- Activities from the “Think Tank” for Primary Children
- Ripples: A Journey Through Colour in the Think Tank
- Light Narratives: A light adventure in the Think Tank Environment
- The Think Tank Environment
- Where Does A Work of Art Start?
Imagination Is a Brush We Can Use to Paint Our Way Anywhere, Even Home: Seeing With a Diversity of Eyes (By Ira Rabois)
Taming Worry Dragons: Engaging Imagination To Treat Anxiety (By Dr. Sandra Clark)
The Brain Fit Super Power of the Month: Generosity (By Natalie Hunniford)
The Brain Fit Super Power of the Month: Empathy (By Natalie Hunniford)
Using Imagination and Mindfulness to Inquire into Big Questions: Teenagers Are Natural Philosophers (By Ira Rabois)
The Time Zone: Imagining Community Research (By Nadia Chaney)
Escape Rooms: The Next Big Thing in Education? (By David Evans)
I Turned My Virtual Classroom into a Talk Show: Re-imagining School During a Pandemic (By Jason B. Allen)
The School Library As A Learning Playground (By Michael Terborg)
Spotlight on the Somatic (By Karen Effa)
Spotlight on the Somatic (Part 2): Mime (By Karen Effa)
Imagination in Times of Uncertainty (By Carolina López Larios)
Completing ourselves (By Pablo Boullosa)
What You Model, You Teach: The World is a Miraculous Place, If Only We Can Imagine It and Act to Make It So (By Ira Rabois)
