May+14,+2012+-+Creativity

=May 14, 2012 Meeting Resources=

Creativity

 * [|May 14 - Creativity.ppt]**

[|Sir Ken Robinson on the Power of the Creative Mind] (Video)

[|IMAGINE: How Creativity Works](Video) Students sometimes wonder why we let them struggle with a difficult concept. When you have a few minutes before class that you think they might struggle with something new, show them part or all of this to remind them that it's okay to feel frustration and that feeling won't last forever.
 * [|Resources for Teaching Critical and Creative Thinking] - from the I•D•E•A Studio, School of Education, Virginia Tech
 * [|Education News - Creativity in the Classroom]
 * [|Unlocking Creativity: Teaching Across the Curriculum]
 * [|Creativity in the Classroom]
 * [|Learn about the Torrance Test on Creativity]
 * [|Creativity in the Language Classroom]
 * [|Creativity - Its Place in Education] by Wayne Morris
 * [|Creativity and Innovation]- includes classroom examples
 * [|Stories of Excellence: Case Studies of Exemplary Teaching and Learning with Technology]
 * [|The Amazing Web 2.0 Projects Book]
 * [|30 Tools in 50 Minutes] - Simple K12 Webinar
 * [|Read•Write•Think Bio Cub]


 * Examples of Creativity in Teaching and Learning**
 * Angry Birds Project – Joe Hilliard
 * LiveBinders for student portfolios ([|example of senior portfolio])
 * Google Sites e-portfolio (Sturgis Public Schools Template)
 * Animoto ([|7][|th][| grade science example])
 * Google Sites ([|Interactive Periodic Table of Elements]) - Students researched a particular element and created a web site about their element using Google Sites. Students included text, images, video/audio and links to other web sites. Each individual site was then linked to a central Red Team Periodic Table web site to create an interactive periodic table of elements.
 * Google Sites E-Portfolio Examples (@https://sites.google.com/a/sturgisps.org/spstech/student-eportfolio and @https://sites.google.com/site/eportfolio4students/
 * KidBlog - []
 * Masher ([|alphabet example])
 * Fakebook - []
 * Video Blocks ([|lab safety video])
 * QR Codes in the classroom (http://qr-codes.wikispaces.com/)


 * Creativity for Free - Carole Vettrus**
 * Mobile Devices - Jeff Trudell**