This document discusses developing creativity in 21st century students. It defines creativity as demonstrating originality, inventiveness, openness to new ideas, and making tangible contributions. The document provides examples of how students can apply knowledge to create new ideas, products and processes using technology tools for activities like blogging, digital storytelling, mind mapping, comic creation, infographics, audio/video, gaming and simulation. It also includes quotes about nurturing creativity from educators and suggests ways teachers can develop creativity through challenge-based learning and modeling creative expression.

1. Strengthen Your
Students’ 21 Century
Skills:
Presenters: Amy Waller and Holli Scharinger
Creativity

2. •
• 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 tangible and useful contributions
to the domain in which the innovation occurs.
What is 21st Century Creativity
?
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills. Creative Commons, n.d. Web.
21 Oct. 2013. <http://www.p21.org/index.php?option=com_content>.

3. NETS•S For Students
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.
Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and
develop innovative products and processes using technology.
Students:

4. “Everyone is born creative; everyone is
given a box of crayons in kindergarten.
Then when you hit puberty they take the
crayons away and replace them with dry,
uninspiring books on algebra, history, etc.
Being suddenly hit years later with the
‘creative bug’ is just a wee voice telling
you, ‘I’d like my crayons back, please.’ “
~Hugh MacLeod

5. ~Albert Einstein
“It is the supreme art
of the teacher to
awaken the joy in
creative expression
and knowledge.”

6. Schools Kill
Creativity

7. Creativity in Education
Sir Ken Robinson at TED

8. CREATING
Allows students to reorganize acquired
knowledge and information to create a
new end result.
Creation tools and apps encourage
students to:
● Generate ideas
● Design plans
● Develop a new way of doing things

9. a. apply existing knowledge to generate
new ideas, products, or processes.
NETS•S
Identify local or global problems that
need creative solutions. In small
groups, engage in divergent
thinking to explore options for
solutions. Use technology (e.g.,
graphs, wikis, other group authoring
tools) to capture and share
promising strategies with the whole
group. Select and describe specific
ideas or create products or
processes that could provide new
solutions.
Classroom Example
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.

10. a. apply existing knowledge to generate
new ideas, products, or processes.
NETS•S
Use technology resources (e.g.,
photo-editing tools, digital video-
editing tools, green screen
technology, animation tools) to
modify or create digital works;
produce a media-rich digital story,
individually or collaboratively (e.g.,
story based on a first-person
interview or historical
research); document a reflection of
processes and results.
Classroom Example
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.

11. a. apply existing knowledge to generate
new ideas, products, or processes.
NETS•S
Individually and/or in groups, program
a robot to perform a task. Students
can also use online simulations and
visualization tools to explore effects
of manipulating variables. Record
and display results and conclusions
using electronic tools (e.g., graphs,
word clouds, ranking or sorting
tools).
Classroom Example
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.

12. a. apply existing knowledge to generate
new ideas, products, or processes.
NETS•S
Collect and electronically store data
based on observations of changes
in one or more variables over time
(e.g., plant growth, population
growth, pollution reduction). Use
graphs to identify trends. Make a
data-driven prediction about future
outcomes.
Classroom Example
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.

13. Ways To Develop Student
Creativity
Blogging and
Creative Writing
Audio and
Video
Creation
Comic Strip
CreationInfographic
s
Mind Mapping
and
Brainstorming
Gaming
Digital
Storytelling
http://goo.gl/fH3nW

14. Blogging and Creative
Writing Tools
Digital Storytelling
The Ultimate Guide To The
Use Of Blogs In Teaching
A List Of The Best Free
Digital Storytelling Tools
For Teachers

15. Mind Mapping and
Brainstorming
Ten Terrific Mind Mapping
and Brainstorming Tools
Comic Strip
Creation
Strip Design Toontastic
Comic Creator Tap Into The
World of Comics

16. Infographics Audio and Video Creation
Easel.ly
Wordle
Eight Free Tools For
Teachers To Make
Awesome Infographics
Video Audio
iMovie

17. Gaming
Scratch Minecraft Tynker