Category: creativity
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Lessons Learned from Finger Puppet Theater on Vimeo
This past weekend for the 5th grade Sunday school class I co-teach, I helped students create short (approximately 60 second) finger puppet skits which we videoed and posted online to our class blog. I’ve done this kind of project from time to time the past three years I’ve taught this class, and in this post…
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Piano Scales? There’s an App For That!
As our children move into middle and high school and take specialized classes, it’s more common for homework assignments to move beyond our parental comfort zones of expertise. That was the case tonight with my 7th grade son, who is taking an introductory piano course all year at his public magnet school, Classen SAS of…
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Podcast371: Cartooning Around in Language Arts by Malia Triggs
This is a podcast recording of Malia Triggs’ presentation “Cartooning Around in Language Arts” at the 2011 Mississippi Educational Computing Association annual conference in Jackson on February 8th. Malia is a 5th and 6th grade teacher in Forrest County School District. She discussed how elementary language arts teachers can use the website “Go Animate” with…
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Snow Day Scratch Fun: Using the Broadcast Tag
Today is another snow day for my girls who attend in Edmond Public Schools, so this morning we spent some time learning more and playing in Scratch. I’m starting a multi-week Scratch unit with my “Technology 4 Teachers” students next week, so I needed to get back into the program and spend some time with…
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Options for Recording Stories on the iPad: Story Patch with Story Robe, Sonic Pics, & Story Kit
Today was yet another snow day for Oklahoma students in Edmond Public Schools. This provided a great opportunity for some “home school learning.” After reading about the $5 iPad application Story Patch yesterday, I purchased the program this morning and enlisted the help of my seven year old daughter to explore it as well as…
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Podcast370: Cool Tools for the Classroom by Dr Carl Owens
This is a podcast recording of Dr. Carl Owens’ presentation, “Cool Tools for the Classroom,” at the 2011 Mississippi Educational Computing Association annual conference in Jackson on February 8th. Carl is a Professor and the Director of Technology at the College of Education, Tennessee Technological University. The official description of Carl’s session was: The session…
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Cool Tools for the Classroom by Dr Carl Owens #msmeca11
These are my notes from Dr. Carl Owens‘ presentation, “Cool Tools for the Classroom” at the 2011 Mississippi Educational Computing Association annual conference in Jackson on February 8th. Dr Carl W Owens Professor / Director of Technology College of Education, Tennessee Technological University cowens [at] tntech [dot] edu 931-372-3851 Currently have approx 2000 undergrads at…
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Cartooning Around in Language Arts by Malia Triggs #msmeca11
These are my notes from Malia Triggs presentation “Cartooning Around in Language Arts” at the 2011 Mississippi Educational Computing Association annual conference in Jackson on February 8th. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. Many of the links to projects and resources Malia discussed in this GREAT preso are available on her Ning page…
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Creation Requires Influence: Understanding Remix Power in Star Wars
Creativity doesn’t follow a formula, but it often exhibits patterns. Creative people frequently build on the ideas and work of others. This is true in the genre of film as well as other contexts. Kirby Ferguson powerfully explains how “creation requires influence” in his ten minute video, “Everything is a Remix Part 2.” In the…