Permission to be Creative

We are twenty four days away from the first day of school, and I am already accomplishing one of the goals I have for the 2011-2012 school year.... create a blog. My second goal will be to post to the blog every week!! We will see how that goes.

I had to pause for a moment when going through the process of creating the blog. Blogger wanted to known the name for my blog. I thought to myself, "ugh, what should I name my blog?" A few days earlier I had read an article detailing how Mail Chimp, an email newsletter company, is giving their employees "permission to be creative." One paragraph in the article stood out...

“We provide an environment that allows for, and encourages, acting on spontaneous creativity,” says Kurzius. When employees feel safe sharing their new ideas--no matter how goofy--and have the freedom to pursue them, good things ultimately arise. “I plant the seed and water it and then stand back and watch it grow,” he says. “Outside of being accountable to our customers, the less formality, the better.”
Creative Cultures: MailChimp Grants Employees "Permission To Be Creative," July 26, 2011

As soon as I read that paragraph, I knew that the statement "permission to be creative" would become my mantra for the year. I want to post it in my classroom and share it with my colleagues. I want it to direct every action I take when working with students and teachers in using technology in the classroom.

Back to the name of my blog... After a few seconds, it came to me that I had to name it "Permission to be Creative." It would become my guiding statement for the year. Thank you, Mail Chimp!!