Project Comparisons for The Creative Schools Movement

Related great ideas and how this great idea is different...

Destination Imagination A non-profit organization supporting K-12 after-school activities in which students work in teams to solve mind-bending challenges

The Creative Schools Movement is different because it makes creative challenges part of

the school day, even part of every day.

Project-based Learning Site A website providing resources for designing and managing high quality projects for middle and high school students

The Creative Schools Movement is different because it serves students of all ages. In addition to providing

a resource clearinghouse for teachers, it involves parents, students, community leaders, businesses, politicians, and everybody else.

Think! A blog that posts a new creative challenge every day in an effort to encourage children to “think out of the box”

The Creative Schools Movement is different because the challenges it presents to students will be aligned with the National Standards & address real-world problems.

ThinkQuest A website where students ages 9-19 develop websites to present solutions for real-world problems; student websites are published in the ThinkQuest virtual library

The Creative Schools Movement is different because solutions can be websites and/or ANYTHING

else and because elementary-aged children can participate.

Center for Creative Learning A program that teaches Creative Problem Solving (CPS) by “focusing on methods and tools for generating ideas, focusing ideas, and for defining and solving open-ended, real-life problems”

The Creative Schools Movement is different because it is not a program that organizations purchase.

The No Right Brain Left Behind Innovation Speed Challenge

A competition between creative teams working to solve America’s creativity crisis

The Creative Schools Movement is/was an entry in this NRBLB contest and was influenced by its design.