Allison RossEDUC 5380Hardin-Simmons University

Technology:An Outlet for Creativity

Overview

Creativity – What do we know?

Today’s Learners

The Merge

Useful Exploration Tools

Resources

References

Creativity: What do we know?

Creative BehaviorsIntense absorption, looks closely, eagerness to share, curious, bold ideas, willingness to toy with strange ideas (Kaufmann, 1976;1987)

“Learning takes place best when learners are involved in setting and meeting goals and tying information to their experiences in unique ways” (Starko, 2005, p.17).

Creativity: What do we know?

“If students are to be creative, they must begin to develop their own ideas, judgments, and interests instead of always pursuing paths forged by their teachers” (Starko, 2005, p.358).

Today’s Learners

Young learners today spend time “searching, reading, scrutinizing, authenticating, collaborating, and organizing…Youth today are active creators of media content and hungry for interaction” (Tapscott &

Williams, 2006, p.47).

The Merge

Technology and CreativityUnique learning opportunitiesStudent zone of comfortCommunicate ideas quicklyCollaborate with other creators

Web 2.0InteractiveProvides an audience for ideasChoice and range of presentation formats

Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGGH9hv2CwA

Useful Exploration Tools

Via…Jog the Web

Student access to websites all on one page.

Pose questions along the way.

Students find answers on the website.

Students create their own jogs to share learning.

Let’s get going!

Share

Which tools seemed most useful?

Share an idea you have about how you would use one of these tools to provide students with opportunities to develop their creativity by posting it on our linoit group page.

Resources

Go Animate!

Jog the Web

Big Huge Labs

Sketchcast

Mixbook

Scratch

Linoit

Titan Pad

Web 2.0: Cool Tools for Schools

ReferencesKaufman, F. (1976,1987). Your gifted child and you. Reston, VA: Council for Exceptional Children.

Starko, A.J. (2005) Creativity in the classroom (3rd ed.) Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Tapscott, D & Williams, A.D. (2006). Wikinomics: How mass collaboration changes everything. New York: Portfolio Hardcover.

Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGGH9hv2CwA

Website

http://www.jogtheweb.com

Photos

Allison Ross

Merge Sign - Orangejack via Flickr