from The Washington Post by Valerie Strauss 3/4/12

“I accept the general truth of what someone called the “Three C’s 1-9-90” rule of thumb, sad and depressing as it is. Only about ONE percent of young people are using today’s technologies to create; NINE percent are curating, collecting and critiquing, while NINETY percent are consuming…If an important purpose of school is to help ‘grow adults,’ then the creative use of technology — by adults and young people — must be ramped up dramatically. We need to find ways to move kids out of the 90% and into the 1%.”

“Technology is not value-free. We have choices to make, folks.”

Click here to read the entire article along with a few ways to harness technology and foster creativity.