Category: creativity
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Yukon Review Covers Spring Break 2013 Oklahoma Scratch Camp
On Saturday, March 23, 2013, the Yukon Review newspaper ran Jim Powell’s article in section C titled, “Students spend spring break learning a ‘new language.’” The subtitle was, “‘Scratch Camp’ teaches youngsters about computer programming.” Since archives of the Yukon Review’s articles are not currently accessible on the open web and are not indexed by…
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Let’s Believe in Kids and Teachers as Creative Digital Makers, Not Just Passive Consumers
Finishing off day 4 of a Spring Break Scratch Camp today, these words from Jim Klein (on Miguel Guhlin’s blog) resonate with me deeply. At Scratch Camp, STEM teacher Chris Simon and I are providing opportunities for kids to become MAKERS, coders, creative collaborators, and citizens with AGENCY who are not merely passive content consumers.…
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Podcast400: Lessons Learned After Two Days of Scratch Camp (March 2013)
This podcast is a recorded conversation between Chris Simon and Wesley Fryer after day two of the Spring Break 2013 Scratch Camp at Skyview Elementary School in Yukon, Oklahoma. Scratch is a wonderful, FREE software program from MIT which allows students to create games, tell stories, create animations, and make many other kinds of interactive…
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Growing Nimble Thinkers for the Creative Economy by Deborah Morrison and Glenn Griffin
These are my notes from the SXSWedu session, “Growing Nimble Thinkers for the Creative Economy” by Deborah Morrison and Glenn Griffin. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. The session description was: What do the best classrooms, labs, and creative organizations have in common? They’re all built on productivity, generosity, failing fast, accountability, and…
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Creative Digital Art Projects that put STEAM into STEM by Tricia Fuglestad
These are my notes from Tricia Fuglestad‘s presentation “Creative Digital Art Projects that put STEAM into STEM” at the 2013 ICE Conference near Chicago, Illinois. Tricia is a K-5 Elementary Art Teacher. She is @fuglefun on Twitter. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. Her websites are: http://drydenart.weebly.com http://fugleflicks.wikispaces.com http://artisinteractive.wikispaces.com THIS TWEET I SHARED…
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Infusing the Arts in the Common Core by Carol Broos
These are my notes from Carol Broos‘ presentation, “Infusing the Arts in the Common Core” on February 28 2013 at the ICE 2013 conference in Chicago. Carol is @musictechie on Twitter. Resources for this session are available on Carol’s wiki. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. BE SURE TO ALSO CHECK OUT CAROL…
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TEACH Act vs Fair Use by Jodie Bowie (February 2013)
These are my notes from Jodie Bowie‘s presentation, “TEACH Act vs Fair Use: which of these concern me for online learning?” at the 2013 Heartland eLearning Conference at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond. MY THOUGHTS AND IDEAS ARE IN ALL CAPS. I used to teach physics at Putnam City HS, hence the Twitter…
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Michael Wesch on Creating Learners which Question and Live in a World of Constant Wonder
These are my notes from Michael Wesch‘s opening keynote at the 2013 Heartland eLearning Conference in Edmond, Oklahoma, on February 25, 2013. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. I recorded audio from this session and also recorded two video clips from Michael’s outstanding opening. Thanks to Mike for permission to share these! 🙂…