Creativity matters MORE THAN EVER in education. Check out the World Jobs Forum Future of Jobs Report. Creativity has moved from #10 to #3 on the list of skills we will need in 2020! I believe teaching is the most creative profession in the world. Think about it - we create ALL THE TIME! We design learning environments. We expertly craft plans to empower learners, (even for the ones who drive us crazy). We tell the story of our work to the community. We make a million creative decisions every day. Our learners will be entering that world where creativity is one the most essential skills. On our blog, we'll be celebrating CREATIVITY and how we're using technology to empower creativity in our classrooms. Use #onecreativething to twitter to share creative moments! The Empowered Learner ISTE standard is all about giving students CHOICE in how they demonstrate their knowledge in a variety of ways. Students are choosing to use iPads to create videos, audio recordings, animations and a whole slew of other creative projects. But this sometimes is messy and is DEFINITELY LOUD! :-) A few weeks ago, Sandy Gadberry, Wheatland MS Science Teacher and Apple Teacher, reached out on our SDOLTECH Schoology Group for help in solving this problem: Our collective group responded with some ideas and Sandy and her students found a great, creative solution!! iPad RECORDING STUDIOS!! The kids love them! Kudos to Sandy and her students! Way to use creativity to solve a problem! We're headed over to try them out soon! What have you been creating? Share in the comments! by Jess Garrigan
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It's the first week of school. New students. Names to learn. Relationships to build. Calls to makes. Lesson plans to write. So much coffee to drink. Bulletin boards to decorate. Oh. And there's that cart full of brand new iPads...what to do? what to do? Maybe if I ignore them they will go away? Nope.
One of the questions Wes and I get all the time is, "how to I set up my classroom so technology WORKS?" By "works", educators might mean "how the heck do I get these laptops to stop shutting off?" OR "how can I get the best, most exciting, engaging, creative innovative, INSPIRED learning happening in my classroom? (We love question number 2!) The best advice: OWN IT! Don't leave it up to chance. Think strategically about how to provide clear instructions, build classroom customs and recruit our learners and your colleagues to support all along the way. You have tools at your fingertips that have the power to revolutionize how our learners engage in content. iPads are SUPERPOWER tools that can be unwieldy if we don't harness their power! The great news is: like the Avengers, we are a superpower team! (Insert "Together We Can" here.) Check out these top 5 classroom management tips! Share your own ideas of how your classroom will be a place for empowered, creative digital learning in the comments below! |
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