NAGC Plugging into Creative Outlets

Plugging  Into  Crea/ve  Outlets  NAGC  2010  

Brian  Housand  Jennifer  Troester  

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Schedule 12:30 Why Creativity Matters 12:45 The Kids Are Alright 1:00 Group Creativity Workshop 1 1:45 Break / Free Play 2:00 Group Creativity Workshop 2 2:45 Sharing 3:00 Bringing It All Back Home

In  a  global  digital  economy,  the  

focus  is  no  longer  on  using,  it  is  crea/ng  and  producing.  

(Steinkuehler,  Black,  &  Clinton,  2005)  

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E. Paul Torrance

Fluency Flexibility

Elaboration Originality

 We  are  educa/ng  people  out  of  their  crea/vity.    

 Crea/vity  is  as  important  in  educa/on  as  literacy.    

Sir Ken Robinson  

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Creativity and Innovation

  Demonstrating originality and inventiveness in work

  Developing, implementing and communicating new ideas to others

  Being open and responsive to new and diverse perspectives

  Acting on creative ideas to make a tangible and useful contribution to the domain in which the innovation occurs

Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

  Exercising sound reasoning in understanding

  Making complex choices and decisions   Understanding the interconnections among

systems   Identifying and asking significant questions

that clarify various points of view and lead to better solutions

  Framing, analyzing and synthesizing information in order to solve problems and answer questions

http://www.iste.org/nets

http://nets-implementation. iste.wikispaces.net/

Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology.

A. Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes.

B. Create original works as a means of personal or group expression.

C. Use models and simulations to explore complex systems and issues.

D. Identify trends and forecast possibilities.

Creativity and Innovation  

Proficient by End of Grade 8 Students apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes Identify a real-world problem that would benefit from an improved solution. Generate multiple possible ways of solving the problem. Consider the parameters that must be met to achieve a workable solution. Select the best solution from among the possible alternatives. Describe or create the new products (e.g., movies, public service announcements, websites) or processes that could be used to provide innovative solutions in the real world.

Students create original works as a means of personal or group expression Create original animations or videos about a topic of personal interest or in response to a learning activity and document a reflection on the quality of the production (e.g., work illustrating reactions to communicating with students in other cultures about some global issue).

Students use models and simulations to explore complex systems and issues Describe and illustrate a complex content-related concept or process using a model, simulation, or concept-mapping software.

Students identify trends and forecast possibilities Design and implement a strategy for gathering and manipulating data needed to make a data-driven prediction or to forecast possibilities

(Siegle, 2003)

 Computer  Technology    “is  not  a  tool;    

it  is  a  new  material  for  expression.”    

(Maeda,  2001)  

Computer as Paintbrush

Pianos  NOT  

Stereos  

The Kids Are Alright

Every generation of teenagers embraces the

freedoms and possibilities wrought by technology in ways that

shock the elders.

Creative Student Products Using Technology

Digital Divas…Who are they?

Podcasts

What is a digital Diva?

a digital diva can

do anything they set

their minds to.

I did it!

digital divas are girls

using technology to change the world

Digital divas make

learning fun with

technology

we are the digital divas!!

Comic Life

Website

Web Address

Student Podcasts – Holocaust Diaries

  http://ops.esu8.org/users/katiemorrow/   http://ops.esu8.org/users/eaglesonair/   http://ops.esu8.org/~laramorrow/ONeillElem/

Red_Ribbon_Home.html

OPS Student Gallery

http://scratch.mit.edu/

Computers serve best

when they allow

everything to change.

http://scratched.media.mit.edu/ resources/debug-it

Scratch Projects Trigonometry Tutorial http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/kuv/821584

Donkey Kong http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/Deweybears/20922

Lego Creator http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/JSO/20884

www.picocricket.com/  picoboard.html    

http://stemchallenge.org/

“Every generation has a chance to change the world. Pity the nation that won’t listen to its boys and girls. The sweetest melody is the one we haven’t heard.”

-­‐I’ll  Go  Crazy  If  I  Don’t  Go  Crazy  Tonight  No  Line  on  The  Horizon,  2009  

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