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Reawakening creativity | Nicole Dalesio | TEDxFrontRange

2,251 views · Published 3 July 2014 · 8:26 · Indexed 6 October 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2014 · Nonprofits & Activism

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This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Life is beautiful. Inspiration is everywhere. The problem is most of us are too busy caught up in our everyday lives to even notice. Smart phones and mobile devices have permeated our culture and these can be blamed as one of the major distractions for most of us. Grownups are busy checking their email or reading the news. We can't get our kids to go outside anymore because they are preoccupied playing games or texting. It can be argued that they are stifling our creativity and robbing us of every minute of our free time.  However, by seeing smart phones as creative devices, instead of annoying distractions, you can utilize the camera you always carry with you to nurture the imagination and develop an "eye" for beauty.

Nicole is a classroom teacher and staff developer with over 15 years experience. Also a digital artist, Nicole specializes in creativity and technology in education, and has won many awards for her innovative teaching, photography, videos, and screencast tutorials. She has also been recognized as an Adobe Education Leader, an Apple Distinguished Educator, a Google Certified Teacher and a Sony Education Ambassador. Nicole has extensive experience as a speaker on various topics such as Google Apps, Photoshop, iPhoneography, and Digital Storytelling. She gives both live and virtual presentations and webinars, trains teachers and "kids of all ages," teaches workshops and community education classes, and presents regularly at regional, national, and international ed tech. conferences. Nicole has also been an international keynote speaker, and has presented many times at Adobe headquarters, MacWorld, Photoshop World, and more.

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