"The things that make us different, are the things that make us amazing."
- Norman Mayers, aka -Professor N - Founder of REMIX Learning
The Creative Thinkers Lab is a collection of online collaborations and learning experiences that help young innovators in the Caribbean prepare for the 21 century.
Participants strengthen the following skills :
• Problem Solving • Empathy • Collaboration • Curiosity • Visualization • Communication • Remixing • Imagination • Storytelling • Creative Thinking
History
The Creative Thinkers Lab officially opened in 2018 at the Caribbean Dyslexia Centre in Barbados as a research project that explores the relationship between dyslexia and creativity. This revolutionary approach began by first exploring; What if we allowed our students to develop their dyslexic skills instead of forcing them to ‘fix’ their weaknesses. We began by focusing on five key dyslexic thinking skills, which we called the five C’s: Creativity, Curiosity, Communication, Connection, and Critical Thinking.
Curriculum
A curriculum was then developed on a platform we named; ‘REMIX Learning’ which uses a combination of Self Organized Learning Environments (S.O.L.E.) and ‘Dyslexic Thinking’ techniques. REMIX Learning was developed by Norman Mayers, Susanne Heitz and James Rankins.