What about education and creativity?

Educators need to be creative. We teach students today who overwhelmingly video/phone/CD/DVD--you name it electronic--oriented. They are always in a rush or too busy multi-tasking to stay focused. The classroom cannot be lecture focused. Students won't stay with an instructor that long. So what are we to do?

KISS. Keep it simple -------. Lecture or demonstrate for no more than 20 minutes. Have a practice exercise (don't forget those learning styles). Watch a few minutes of a film or listen to a CD. Do art in grammar. Play a game in science. Write a blog in writing. So where do all these ideas come from? Creative instructors.

Where can the instructor come up with these ideas? It's usually not sitting in a closet-sized office or cubicle. It's in the home office, at the library, in a bookstore, in the park--anywhere that makes the juices flow!

Research is not just for university professors. A conscientious instructor is always looking for new materials, new angles or new presentation. In some cases, an instructor in science or technology is upgrading his/her skills or knowledge to keep up with the explosion of new ideas. Again, are these searches going to go on in an office or cubicle?

Let's make sure our instructors are able to create and not burn out. Sitting on campus too long will certainly dull the senses.