Creativity can be defined as "thinking and acting in ways that generate alternative approaches to people, presentations, and problems" (Maloy, p.61-62). From how we see colors to how we dress, everyone is their own sort of person and unique. Creativity can come in the form of music, pictures, words, building, inventing, and several other ways. It can be a form of expressing one's self, an outlet for emotion. Schools help students express their creativity through extracurricular activities; art classes where you are taught how to draw and color but initially creating the work yourself. Schools have music classes such as band, orchestra, or choir where you learn an instrument and are eventually taught to be self sufficient and make your own songs or pieces of music. There are technology classes where you are taught how to make your own websites and computer programs.

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A learning style I find intriguing is constructivism. It is a theory that is based on how people learn, through their own mind in forming new information given(W.L). Think of it as the question of is the red you see the same red that I see? A big part of constructivism is taking the knowledge that a student already knows and helping them grow and construct from the prior knowledge. As of now, I am the only one who signed up to follow a discussion blog about constructivism but I do look forward to hearing how others feel about this practice being used in the classroom.

Feedback can be a very effective tool to help improve a students wor. Aside from it being a line of communication between student and teacher, it shows support from the teacher. By using feedback as a teaching tool, it lets students know if they are not from learning the content or if they are understanding and comprehending work material. Feedback can also help a student to learn from the mistakes or the right answers; this way they could possibly use feedback skills for solving problems or thinking critically(Maloy, p.54).

See how big a difference in how and what you say something can be?

Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.

 W. L. (n.d.). Constructivism as a Paradigm for Teaching and Learning. Retrieved February 04, 2016, from http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/constructivism/