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Developing Creativity in Every Learner

Developing Creativity in Every Learner. Doug Johnson www.doug-johnson.com AASL 13 November 15, 2013. After. Before. http:// dougjohnson.wikispaces.com. todaysmeet.com/create13. May 1990. Where are we going?. Why is it imperative we take developing creativity seriously?

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Developing Creativity in Every Learner

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  1. Developing Creativity in Every Learner Doug Johnson www.doug-johnson.com AASL 13November 15, 2013

  2. After Before

  3. http://dougjohnson.wikispaces.com

  4. todaysmeet.com/create13

  5. May1990

  6. Where are we going? • Why is it imperative we take developing creativity seriously? • Concerns and myths about creativity • 10 ways to encourage creativity in every assignment • Four practice lessons

  7. Where are we going? • Why is it imperative we take developing creativity seriously? • Concerns and myths about creativity • 10 ways to encourage creativity in every assignment

  8. Can someone overseas do it cheaper? Can a computer do it faster? Am I offering something that satisfies the nonmaterial, transcendent desires of an abundant age? A Whole New Mind - D. Pink Michael Graves

  9. Implications? Visit with your neighbor

  10. Gone missing…

  11. Luddites

  12. ...the workers hurt most were those who had, with effort, acquired valuable skills — only to find those skills suddenly devalued.

  13. How do today’s kids’ lives, habits, and tastes differ from yours?

  14. Love technology Allergic to sunlight Multitaskers Always connected Social learners Need fast responses ADD Terrible taste in clothes and music

  15. These kids need to be entertained!

  16. Purpose Impact Relevance Problems Creativity Activity Entertainment of others Engagement of learner

  17. Planning Scripting Shooting Problem-solving Editing

  18. Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. 

  19. Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today.  Teach a man to fish, and he will sit in the boat and drink beer all day.

  20. Show a kid a movie, you have entertained her for an hour. 

  21. Show a kid a movie, you have entertained her for an hour.  Give a kid a camera, you’ll engage her for a lifetime.

  22. Not if a person is intelligent,but how a person is intelligent. Not if a child is creative,but how a child is creative.

  23. Bloom’sTaxonomy http://www.techlearning.com/article/8670

  24. Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. ISTE NETS

  25. 1.2.3 Demonstrate creativity by using multiple resources and formats. 4.1.8 Use creative and artistic formats to express personal learning. AASL Standards for 21stCentury Learners

  26. Partnership for 21st Century Skills

  27. We cannot solve our problems with the same level of thinking we used when we created them. Einstein

  28. Creativity crisis • …. creativity scores had been steadily rising, just like IQ scores, until 1990. • Since then, creativity scores have consistently inched downward. “It’s very clear, and the decrease is very significant. It is the scores of younger children in America -from kindergarten through sixth grade - for whom the decline is “most serious.” Merryman and Bronson, Newsweek, July 2010

  29. Is creativity a nice extra or is it an essential “skill”?

  30. Is creativity valued in yourschool’s culture?

  31. Where are we going? • Why is it imperative we take developing creativity seriously? • Concerns and myths about creativity • 10 ways to encourage creativity in every assignment

  32. Concern #1 Creativity isn't always about art.

  33. Creativity in…. Storytelling Movement Teaching Music Politics Mechanics Inventing Motivating Leading Excuse making Mathematics Empathy Humor Visual

  34. Johnson’s Multiple Creative Abilities • Writing/Presenting/Storytelling • Numeric problem-solving • Graphic artistic (drawing, painting, sculpting, photography, designing) • Athletic/movement (Sports, dance) • Musically artistic • Humor

  35. Johnson’s Multiple Creative Abilities • Team-building • Problem-solving • Inventing • Leading • Organizing • Motivating/inspiring?

  36. Concern #2 Creativity must be accompanied by craft and discipline.

  37. Format

  38. It’s OK to have parameters • Your slide show must have … • Your essay must contain a thesis statement… • You must have at least X examples • Your budget may not exceed $X • You must use the scientific method

  39. Concern #3 The world is frightened by creativity.

  40. Concern #4 If we ask students to demonstrate creativity or innovation, we need some tools to determine whether they have done so.

  41. Assessment of creativity • Define creativity

  42. Over 100 definitions Creativity refers to the phenomenon whereby a person creates something new that has some kind of value. Wikipedia New Value

  43. Assessment of creativity • Define creativity • Review different assessment tools • Seek multiple sources of data Treffinger, 2002

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