The Beyonder App: Designing a website and mobile application for teachers to integrate the Torrance Incubation Model into classroom content
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Project Abstract
E. Paul Torrance “the father of creativity” was quoted as saying “tomorrow’s world will
be vastly different for today’s children. They will do kinds of work that do not exist now. This
will require abilities, skills, attitudes and information that we cannot imagine today” (Torrance,
1993, p.159). Today’s world is vastly different, thus requiring creative skills and abilities to
achieve success. Students growing up in today’s society are digital natives. This indicates that
they do not know a world without technology advances, so technology is fully ingrained in their
culture. Yet, today’s educational system has still not adapted to the idea of digital natives.
Observations and research in the areas of education, creativity and technology suggest there is a
need for educators to teach content areas, creativity and innovation skills as well as technology
literacy to prepare students for the 21st century. The Beyonder App, a website and mobile
application, focuses on the Torrance Incubation Model of Teaching and Learning and Torrance’s
creativity skill set as means for creativity integration. It is one mobile space that gives teachers
the ability to easily interweave creativity skills into content areas while using the latest
technology to engage today’s 21st century learners.
E. Paul Torrance “the father of creativity” was quoted as saying “tomorrow’s world will
be vastly different for today’s children. They will do kinds of work that do not exist now. This
will require abilities, skills, attitudes and information that we cannot imagine today” (Torrance,
1993, p.159). Today’s world is vastly different, thus requiring creative skills and abilities to
achieve success. Students growing up in today’s society are digital natives. This indicates that
they do not know a world without technology advances, so technology is fully ingrained in their
culture. Yet, today’s educational system has still not adapted to the idea of digital natives.
Observations and research in the areas of education, creativity and technology suggest there is a
need for educators to teach content areas, creativity and innovation skills as well as technology
literacy to prepare students for the 21st century. The Beyonder App, a website and mobile
application, focuses on the Torrance Incubation Model of Teaching and Learning and Torrance’s
creativity skill set as means for creativity integration. It is one mobile space that gives teachers
the ability to easily interweave creativity skills into content areas while using the latest
technology to engage today’s 21st century learners.
