Giving Compass' Take:

• David Ross at Getting Smart writes about the importance of movement and dance as an integral tool in the development of creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, and communication in students. 

• How can educators incorporate more dance and movement in their teachings? 

• Learn how movement exchange changes kids’ lives through the power of dance.

For years, workshop facilitators have been showing an amateur video from the 2009 Sasquatch music festival as a way to demonstrate the complex relationship between leaders and followers in the creation of a movement.

The video intrigues me not so much because of its implications for change management but more for the message it conveys about the power of movement to express complex ideas.

In early March I spent a few days in Austin, Texas, at the SXSW EDU conference. Among my routine activities is a workshop called Enhancing Student Creativity through PBL. I’ve delivered a variation of that workshop more than a dozen times at SXSW EDU and ISTE. My act is polished and popular. It’s also in need of deep revision.

Read the full article on engaging students through dance by David Ross at Getting Smart