This document discusses how teachers can promote creativity and problem solving in students through the use of technology in the classroom. It identifies that creativity involves processes, outcomes, goals, feelings, beliefs, knowledge and understandings. The document provides ways for teachers to promote creativity, such as allowing student input, displaying their work, and encouraging alternative responses to activities. It also discusses how technology can be used as a tool for creativity through activities like puzzles, design software, and brainstorming apps. Finally, it explains how technology can support problem solving by allowing open-ended questions and student-led research to find answers.

1. Technology Use For
Students in the
Classroom
Ellen Maruszewski

2. Student's Creativity
Creativity is based on three things
•1. The process
•2. The outcome
•3. The goal intended
The creation of a students work should be
based on their original ideas, the
processes, experiences and objects used.
Technology plays a big part in creativity!

3. Creativity involves
feelings, beliefs, knowled
ge, motivations and
disiplinary
understandings

4. What we can do as teachers!
•Teachers may hinder the creative
process in order to get through the
material intended. Never criticize a
students work, they may fear to be
creative again.
•As teachers we should structure our
activites according to curriculum
goals, standards and the students
knowldge and needs.

5. Ways to promote Creativity!
•Students input in class ideas
•Decorate the classroom with their
work
•Encourage students to seek
alternative ways of responding to
structured art activities

6. Technology & Creativity!
•Puzzles
•Design and create software
•Creativity Pool
•Paint
•Brainstorming software

7. Technology & Problem Solving
Two types of problems students face
1.Close-ended problems
•usually one correct answer
2. Open-endend problems
•many correct answers
Inquiry: research, guided
discovery, students ask questions and
search for answers

8. Technology & Problem Solving
Bringing technology and problem
solving together is simple!
Teachers can use web-based tools to
fit what they are teaching!
It can fit into your teaching style and
students learning styles!
Being able to connect the world in
your classroom to the world around us