http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/04/11/encouraging-creativity/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:00:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/04/11/encouraging-creativity/#comment-977 Cheryl Oakes Wed, 12 Apr 2006 09:28:17 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=911#comment-977 Wes, The word kaleidoscope caught my eye and conjured up the image of a project I worked on last year with my students called Visual Conversations. How does creativity look in a school, even more, in a computer lab in the 21st century. You can read the details and view the results on the link below: http://169.244.188.58/2005/vc2/vc/visualconversation.html But, the quick version is that young children think in images, (that is why we use graphic organizers, Kidspiration, Inspiration and other graphic programs. A beta program ,read new web 2.0, where many participants can work on the same page has an example here at http://ideas.smarttech.com/service3/EdTech/EdTech-0_1.html search the bottom for a link to SMART ideas.) Since young children think in visuals, I introduced a new software called ImageBlender 3 to them and demonstrated a variety of filters they could use. I shared a visual conversation between two artist friends. The students GOT IT. They immediately began creating and having conversations back with the artists! The results were visually stunning, the excitement was contagious and the creative benefits lasted for months.Thus visual conversations were continued and grew to live on the web, over 400 images from my elementary students to our two artists! The arts need to be fostered and supported in our 21st Century Schools. Create something today. Cheryl Wes,
The word kaleidoscope caught my eye and conjured up the image of a project I worked on last year with my students called Visual Conversations. How does creativity look in a school, even more, in a computer lab in the 21st century. You can read the details and view the results on the link below:
http://169.244.188.58/2005/vc2/vc/visualconversation.html
But, the quick version is that young children think in images, (that is why we use graphic organizers, Kidspiration, Inspiration and other graphic programs. A beta program ,read new web 2.0, where many participants can work on the same page has an example here at http://ideas.smarttech.com/service3/EdTech/EdTech-0_1.html search the bottom for a link to SMART ideas.)
Since young children think in visuals, I introduced a new software called ImageBlender 3 to them and demonstrated a variety of filters they could use. I shared a visual conversation between two artist friends. The students GOT IT. They immediately began creating and having conversations back with the artists! The results were visually stunning, the excitement was contagious and the creative benefits lasted for months.Thus visual conversations were continued and grew to live on the web, over 400 images from my elementary students to our two artists! The arts need to be fostered and supported in our 21st Century Schools. Create something today.
Cheryl

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