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May 8, 2008 08:00 AM
Creativity and Innovation Session (Spring)
8:00am Welcome and Video Teaser
Chocolate: the 2006 movie about child slave labor on the Ivory Coast (fast forward to 4:33)
- How can technology enable creativity and innovation?
- What support structures need to be in place to support creativity and innovation?
- When have you had a chance to be creative or innovative?
- [PD Strategies: Quiet Reflection & Talking Chips]
8:15am Purpose and Task
- Review standards focused on creativity and innovation
- Review examples of projects that highlight creativity and innovation
- Make connections to how creativity and innovation affect our work with staff and students
8:20am The Medici Effect (Website)
- What does it mean to be creative or innovative?
- How are the terms different?
- The Medici Effect examples
- [PD Strategies: Think-Pair-Share & Different Colored Cards]
8:50am Unveiling the NETS and Learning and Innovation Skills
[PD Strategies: Music/Sound Cues; How Many Fingers Time Check]
9:05am Creative and Innovative Projects
[PD Strategies: Four Corners]
Category #1: Podcasting - Radio WillowWeb and Our City
Structures for Success:
- Teacher Resources
- Planning Book for Students
- Our City Teacher Resources
- Our City Planning Book for Students
Category #2: Cross Cultural Collaboration - Rock Our World (ROW)
ROW Projects (year 3 has Music)
Structures for Success:
Category #3: Blog Projects
Voices of Success and Secret Life of Bees
Structures for Success:
- LHS Voices of the Sixties (see above link)
- Secret Life of Bees Assignment
Category #4: Digital Stories told through Movie Projects
Structures for Success:
- Associated lesson plans (see above link)
Creative and Innovative Projects (activity handout)
9:45am Four Corners Report Out
As a group, post a single comment summarizing the project, its value, and the connection to NETS and Learning and Innovation Skills.
10:05am Four Corners Debrief
Return to your original table group. Take 1 minute to share your experiences during the Four Corners Activity.
10:20am PD Strategies and Resources Recap
10:30am NETS Reflection
Review the NETS handout and reflect on your experiences this year both with the Cadre and back in your own district/organization.
Posted by llary on May 8, 2008 at 08:00 AM in 2008 NETS Projects | Comments (6)
Comments
"Grass Born to Be Stepped On" on the Apple website is a nine minute video created by four middle school girls. The assignment was on social women's rights in 19th-20th century China. The educator's open-ended directions allowed for creativity in the final project. The technology, collaborative, research, and writing skills were incredible. Also, their abilty to storytell and enhanced the quality and impact of the film.
Posted by: Tim at May 8, 2008 10:00 AM
In this project middle school students took a story they read and created a silent movie based on that story. They watched old silent movies to understand the genre and incorporated those movie elements into their movie project.
Students created a storyboard to plan which scenes to be filmed and what type of appropriate titles needed to be displayed in their movie.
The film was edited in iMovie and appropriate music was selected to create the mood for the film.
The value of this project is that it gives students the opportunity to show their understanding of literary elements (character, plot, theme, mood) in a creative and engaging process.
This project covers both NETS 1 & 6.
ttp://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/story.php?itemID=219
Posted by: Literature Through Silent Film at May 8, 2008 10:01 AM
This project was a podcast from a 5th grade Social Studies class on the American Revolution. This was an interdisciplinary project involving speaking, reading, writing, social studies, technology, cooperation/teamwork, attention to detail, and patience. This was connected NETS 1 a & b as well as NETS 6, b & d. Connections to Frameworks for 21st century: demonstration of originality; and some creativity (the interview).
Posted by: Tim Haag, Phil Brady, Yancey Fall, Bev Forney at May 8, 2008 10:05 AM
Tribute to Viet Nam veterans from Lebanon OR
Large historical value to students and community alike.
Gives a relevant element to the students and community; "brought history to life" through the recollections and remembrances of family and friends.
NETS connection-1b and 1c,
6a and 6b especially;
Innovation fields--HIstory, technology, communicaiton skills, social and human relations component.
Skills in place for project success--timeline, interview skills, research skills, note-taking, sensitivity/privacy awareness, familiarity with mediums used to tell the story, collaboration skills.
Posted by: Voices of the Sixties--Darby, Mark, Susan, Tim and Anne-Marie at May 8, 2008 10:05 AM
ROW is a collection of excercises and projects from around the world with themes. Students can see how different cultures do things and approach thing. The value is that it opens a whole new world in creativity, innovation and how technology is a vehicule to showcase this creativity. It also showcases how diversity creates inovation and creativity. ROW is an "intersection"!!
Posted by: Kat at May 8, 2008 10:05 AM
Secret Life of Bees is a book study where the students posted to class blog using several different categories (themes, symbols, chapter summaries, art, etc). The book helped the students explore historical issues around racism, civil rights, child abuse, growing up, and loss. The value of using a blog to explore issues is giving students a non-threatening environment to explore ideas, express themselves, and respond to their peers. It also gives the teacher deeper insight into students' understanding of the themes and issues explored in the book. The blog provides an environment that allows students to take their time expressing reflection and deeper thought than is possible during a class discussion. The blog provides individual accountability to the assignment. STudents know their work will be read by their peers, the author (in this case) and their teacher.
We think this project was most closely aligned with NETS Standard #2 - Communication and Collaboration. It is also aligned with Standard #6 - Technology Operations and Concepts.
The teacher set up the parameters of what students were expected to do, how they should interact , and the categories of blog postings. He also modeled appropriate response patterns. The teacher also provided a variety of ways for students to express themselves and synthesize information.
Posted by: Bob, Heather, Leslie at May 8, 2008 10:08 AM
