Why is INNOVATION important to our children?
Creating Innovators has compiled a sobering list of statistics and references to the importance INNOVATION to the sustainability of our American Culture. Each emphasizes the need for us to INCREASE our innovative thinking, especially in our youth.
These two struck me the deepest.
1. A survey by GE in 2011 of senior executives in 12 countries - 95% said INNOVATION is the main lever for a competitive national economy.
2. ALL of the NET new jobs in the last 5 years have been from start ups.
If we want to give our children any edge for their future, we need to be developing their INNOVATIVE skills.
Innovation isn't just technology, it's a way of thinking that addresses problems with creative approaches that aim for better, smarter, faster, more efficient and effective products, processes, and services.
Inventor Dean Kamen says "It was one human generation between building a machine that could lift a human and move him 100 ft (plane) to...
Creating Innovators
This is a book review for Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World.
The book is eye-opening. Tony Wagner interviews some of the most innovative people of the 21st century and considers what it takes to raise children who will be innovators. He has testimonials of numerous professionals all over the world who claim that the ONLY competitive edge for the 21st century is one's ability to innovate through imagination and creativity.
Check out this book and his site http://creatinginnovators.com The opening video is enough to rock you.
If homeschooling - we need to consider together the kinds of learning experiences that can set your child on this kind of path.
If not homeschooling - consider what you can do as a parent to help your child down this kind of path.
Book on Amazon - ...
Creating Innovators
This is a book review for Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World.
The book is eye-opening. Tony Wagner interviews some of the most innovative people of the 21st century and considers what it takes to raise children who will be innovators. He has testimonials of numerous professionals all over the world who claim that the ONLY competitive edge for the 21st century is one's ability to innovate through imagination and creativity.
Check out this book and his site http://creatinginnovators.com The opening video is enough to rock you.
If homeschooling - we need to consider together the kinds of learning experiences that can set your child on this kind of path.
If not homeschooling - consider what you can do as a parent to help your child down this kind of path.
Book on Amazon - ...