Learning Creativity and About Creativity From Lego
So what do I mean by creative skills ? These three mainly: Abhijit Kadle | March 2012 | Game Based Learning From my first space themed set at age six, into the Technic range in my teens and twenties, I continue to indulge my fascination for Lego brick sets. I’m what is termed an AFOL – Adult Fan of Lego; I believe it had and continues to have implications for how I structure my thoughts and activities that involve work & play. I’ve written before that play is significant for learning through what seems like an abnormally long human childhood (for an animal our size). Oftentimes, I attribute my few creative skills to extensive play, building with Lego being a substantial part of it. The ability to create/generate ideas, create things either virtual or real that have value, are new and surprising. Being imaginative and extending ideas beyond the boundaries in which they are generated – taking A and applying it to B. Being ‘creative’ wit...
