Blending Creativity and Technology in the Classroom
Shady Hill’s Bruce Shaw Educational Leadership Chair position provides a member of the faculty with a deeply fulfilling professional development experience. Created to honor the legacy of former Head of School Bruce Shaw (1994-2010), the goal is for By Kathy Brennan the faculty member to study and develop understanding in a specific area of interest and then apply those skills and knowledge to strengthen Shady Hill.
From 2018-2020, music teacher Kabir Sen ’92 TTC ’07 held the position of Bruce Shaw Educational Leadership Chair. Kabir focused on how videography, technology, and creative learning can strengthen the educational experience for both teachers and students. After a vocal procedure in 2018 that left Kabir unable to speak for two weeks, he began to explore the value of using videography to convey lessons. He became interested in how that technology could enhance classroom instruction and creative learning. Through the fellowship Kabir studied how the use of technology in the classroom can foster learning and creativity for teachers and students. He sought out as many opportunities as he could to document and design a curriculum using audio and visual techniques throughout the 2018-2019 school year and began strategic conversations with fellow educators to discover and share their techniques. Grant money provided through the fellowship allowed Kabir to purchase video and audio equipment and to attend a “Learning Creative Learning” class at MIT. Using best practices on how technology can benefit the learning experience, Kabir started to create short lesson demonstrations for filming in the classroom and guiding
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