1. Tapping into Creativity:
Tech Tools for Student
Products
bit.ly/tappingcreativity
Dr. Lisa Gonzales Coordinator, Curriculum & Instruction, Santa Clara COE
2. Outcomes:
• Participants will understand the role of the
creativity in supporting 21st century skills
• Participants will review types of web 2.0
tools that support creativity: word clouds,
report applications, and presentation tools
• Participants will have time to explore new
tools in each of the categories
9. Outcomes:
• Participants will understand the role of the
creativity in supporting 21st century skills
• Participants will review types of web 2.0
tools that support creativity: word clouds,
report applications, and presentation tools
• Participants will have time to explore new
tools in each of the categories
Editor's Notes
Why is creativity important? Sir Ken Robinson – if you ’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with something original. As students get older, they become more socially aware and more self-conscious ----- but what do we do in education that adds to this feeling of “not being creative?” Creative is about having original ideas and sharing them – an openness of mind, a willingness to explore, a confidence in your imagination, a willingness to try, to make a mistake, to make changes, to try again Curriculum becomes narrow and we have opportunities….but don ’t make those available to students. We are working in a 19 th century system that met the needs of the Industrial Revolution – the assembly line approach. Divide up the day….assembly line. How can we tap into digital technology?
Creativity video…. Talking points -
Convert a book to themes and turn it into a picture – book report Have a classroom discussion, take notes and turn into a wordle Who are you? Goals for the year? Student of the week, teacher of the month, parent profile – celebrate a volunteer! Turn an essay into a poster Create poetry Condense a wikipedia article Song lyrics Share criteria for a project or school election Summarize a Presidential speech Make a syllabus look interesting
Weebly – one of TIME Magazine ’s best websites; easy drag and drop interface that enables EASY creation of websites – perhaps for your library or those of you who provide support to teachers/parents GlogsterEDU – makes interactive posters that can have pictures and hyperlinks added Voki – create a character, type in what you want the character to say or record it http://www.voki.com/pickup.php?scid=6370604&height=267&width=200
Sliderocket – online presentations that can replace the traditional ppts….easy interface….stored online Prezi – zooming editor program Animoto – animoto.com/education – use district website to get a free account and use with stuents.
