Matthew Worwood

I am a proud father of three young boys, devoted Crystal Palace fan (UK soccer team), and co-host of the Fueling Creativity in Education podcast. Professionally, I work as a professor of Digital Media Design at the University of Connecticut. My research area is creativity, design thinking, and education technology. I’ve also produced some super low-budget documentary films. Perhaps most relevant is Creativity in Education: Exploring the Imbalance. Although dated, the film summarizes creativity in education, particularly from an accountability and assessment perspective.

I started blogging almost a decade ago. My first blog was about education technology and project-based learning. I enjoyed the experience of managing a blog, it helped develop my writing, taught me about WordPress, Google Analytics, and marking content on social media. However, after the birth of my first son, I realized I had an intense passion for parenting and childhood development. I took this feeling and merged it with my growing interest in creativity studies and formed the website. Dads for Creativity has become a tool where I articulate thoughts on creativity and explore parental questions about facilitating originality, curiosity, wonder, and how we can support learning at home.