Creativity in the classroom by Shelley Shott

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Creativity In the Digital Age

Shelley ShottGlobal Education SpecialistIntel CorporationJuly 2015

Understand creativity

Identify skills that are necessary for creative thinking

Explore how to use technology in ways that foster creative thinking

Create or adapt a lesson to facilitate creativity in your classroom

In This Workshop You Will…..

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Add your thoughts on defining creativity

Creativity: Originality in producing a work or product that has value

Creativity is both a part of and dependent on critical thinking.

Creative ideas are original and have value.

Creativity is a process, not a single event of inspiration.

Creativity requires a keen evaluative sense, an ability not only in determining whether an idea is worth working on, but also in analyzing how to improve upon it.

Sir Ken Robinson

What are other uses for a……paperclip

Creativity Challenge

Why Creativity??

Creativity Fact and Fiction

It is not uncommon to have misconceptions about what creativity is and how it can be taught and nurtured.

In this activity, you will have the opportunity to learn more about creativity while exploring facts and misconceptions.

Critical Thinking: Critical thinking is essential for creativity. In order to be creative, students must be able to ask

questions, evaluate and use information, think open-mindedly, and communicate effectively.

Imagination: The ability to imagine is a necessary component of creativity. Imagination allows students to think

of unique and unusual ideas.

Idea Generation: To begin a creative process, people must be fluent at generating ideas. Most ideas come from

other ideas, some that are not worth much on their own but that generate further thinking.

Reflective Judgment: Students who produce original, creative products have a refined sense of self-reflection and

judgment. They have the skills to determine if an idea is worth pursuing, and if it has merit, they can organize and plan ways to make their ideas come to life.

Creativity Skills

Creative Classroom Self-Assessment

How well does your classroom support creativity? For each statement on the self-

assessment……

Look at the “Classrooms that Support Creativity” to help you answer your self-assessment

Think about modifications you might need to make to make your classroom more supportive for encouraging creativity

Creativity Instruction

21Divergent Thinking – breaking up of old ideas, making new connections and expanding the limits of knowledge. Encouraging students to keep on generating new ideas

Think back to the paperclip ideas:

Fluency - how many uses you can come up with

Originality – how uncommon those uses are

Flexibility – how many areas your answers cover

Elaboration – level of detail in responses;

Divergent Thinking Categories

My coffee cools too quickly in this cup.

Be Creative: Brainstorm a list of things that might slow down the cooling process

Brainstorm– Brainstorming on any topic is a creative activity – teachers can give feedback on the originality of ideas

Typical: There are 12 biscuits in a packet. Jane buys 4 packets for her party. How many biscuits does she have……

Be Creative:

Design your own multiplication problem and share with a partner

Produce New Ideas – assignments that require students to produce new ideas or reorganize existing ideas in a new way foster creativity

Digital learning supports students in the development of their creative thinking skills.

Digital Learning and Creativity

Real world connections

Student voice and choice

Anytime, anywhere learning

Multimedia creation

Digital Creativity Tools

With digital tools often at students’ fingertips, the creative thinking process can becomemore innovative, imaginative, and generative. Digital tools can be especially effective atengaging students in new practices and at energizing an old lesson.

Conceptualizing a topic

Bringing stories to

life

Representing Data

1. Navigate to one or more of the Web sites from each tool category to see how the tool can be used with students.

2. As you look through the sites, consider the following:

• Purpose: What is the purpose of the work?

• Audience: For whom is the work intended?

• Features: What features of the tool did the students/teacher use?

• Application: What application was used?

• Why you may or may not consider using the tool with your students

Try It

You have had the opportunity to explore different tools to encourage creative thinking and think about how they could be used with your students. Now you will select one tool and begin to apply it to your classroom. Complete one of the following activities to help you develop tools for student creativity.

Option 1: Creative Writing Tools

Option 2: Infographics

Option 3: Multimedia Creation Tools

Exploring Digital Creativity Tools

You have learned about many different types of digital tools that are used to foster creative thinking. Review any notes you took about the various tools you explored.

In a small group, share your digital creativity tool you developed from the Apply section, and use the following questions to guide your feedback to each other: In what ways will the tool support creativity in your classroom?

How could the tools you explored fit into classroom lessons you already teach?

Share a lesson idea using one of these tools.

SHARE & REFLECT