creativity with ICT

1. creativity with ICT Paula Christophersen, VCAA ICTEV, 26 May 2012

2. Session overview What is creativity and why? How can ICT support creativity? How can teachers support creativity? How does the AC support creativity?

3. Defining creativity Creativity is the process of developing ideas that are original and of value. Creative intelligence is dynamic, diverse and distinct. Sir Ken Robinson, 2001 Creativity is the collecting and connecting of ideas, disciplines, ways of looking at problems, and experiences. Larry Vint, Griffith University, 2006

4. Creativity is being imaginative purposeful – authentic – directed at achieving an objective original valuable – in relation to its objective

5. Why creativity? The principal goal of education is to create people who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done – people who are creative, inventive discoverers. Piaget …equip pupils with the foundation skills, attitudes and expectations necessary to prosper in a changing society and …encourage creativity and ambition. Prepare students for an active life in the 21st century

6. What is creative thinking? taking time to play with new ideas It is an attitude. Creative thinkers respond to problems and ideas by: experimenting with possibilities before focusing on a final approach accepting change, so they are comfortable with uncertainty and risk challenging convention

7. What is creative thinking? Creative thinking is a skill that requires practice FLUENCY Creative thinking is a process that employs problem solving strategies HARVARD

8. I see (list, itemise, deconstruct) I think What’s the purpose? How does it work? What are the parts? Who would use/like it? I wonder What if …? What would happen if ..? What would change if? Project Zero, Harvard University

9. What is a creative child? Questions and challenges Makes connections and sees relationships Envisages what might be Plays with ideas Represents and generates ideas Evaluates the effects of ideas

10. Non-creative behaviour is learned Creativity can be ‘caught’ and taught Land & Jarman research findings ? 98% highly creative 30% highly creative 12% highly creative

11. Factors hindering creativity ‘We are educating people out of their creative capacities’ Sir Ken Robinson Rules and regulations Repetitive teaching Old solutions ‘Factual’ curriculum

12. How can ICT support creativity? ICT characteristics ICT supports risk-taking

13. Risk-taking Go out on a limb Electronic footprints

14. How can ICT support creativity? ICT characteristics ICT supports risk-taking ICT is multimodal

15. Multimodal Developing ideas and solutions Presenting ideas and solutions

16. http://www.intel.com/education/seeingreason/

17. How can ICT support creativity? ICT characteristics ICT supports risk-taking ICT is multimodal ICT is interactive

18. Interactivity demands responses Motivating climate Supports perseverance

19. http://www.niceone.org/lab/refugees/

20. Augmented reality http://www.iphoneness.com/iphone-apps/best-augmented-reality-iphone-applications/

22. How can ICT support creativity? ICT characteristics ICT supports risk-taking ICT is multimodal ICT is interactive ICT is fast & automated

23. Automation allows ‘playtime’ ICT savvy Twitch speed rather than conventional speed

24. How can ICT support creativity? ICT characteristics ICT supports risk-taking ICT is multimodal ICT supports knowledge sharing ICT is interactive ICT is fast & automated

25. ICT supports knowledge sharing

26. How can ICT support creativity? ICT characteristics ICT supports risk-taking ICT supports quality presentations ICT is multimodal ICT supports knowledge sharing ICT is interactive ICT is fast & automated

27. How can teachers support the creative use of ICT? “Brains like ours alter profoundly to fit the technologies and practices that surround them.” - Andy Clark Director, Cognitive Sciences Program. Indiana University

28. How can teachers support the creative use of ICT?

29. How can teachers support the creative use of ICT?

30. Tips for teachers

31. Tips for teachers

32. Learning styles Auditory Audacity iTunes Movie maker Camtasia Readplease Podcasts Visual Camtasia Swish Inspiration Cmap Google Earth GIS Crocodile technology Multimodal Kinaesthetic Lego robotics Gamemaker Claymation Movie Maker Read/write Moodle Publisher Project Gutenberg Smart idea (outline)

33. Release mental locks on creativity by avoiding statements such as: That’s not logical Follow the rules Stop playing Be practical Don’t be foolish

35. Critical and creative thinking • Creative thinking involves students: • Generating and apply new ideas • Seeing existing situations in new ways • Identifying alternative explanations • Seeing/making new links that general positive outcome • Products of creative endeavour involve: • Complex representations and images • Investigations and performances • Digital and computer-generated output • Virtual reality

36. C&C Thinking and ICT continua

37. Creative thinking and English Assessment element – design choices in creating poster • Convert flat poster into an interactive one • Non-linear • Multiple data types • Alternative pathways and destinations

38. Creative thinking and English Assessment element – design choices in creating poster • Convert flat poster into an interactive one • Non-linear • Multiple data types • Alternative pathways and destinations

39. Creative thinking and History

40. In conclusion • ICT on its own is unlikely to lead to systemic change. Schools will reap the benefits of investments in ICT when: • they develop a wider understanding of what makes for effective teaching and learning • they build on the creative power of ICT to which many of today’s children are drawn We have to find ways of ensuring that ICT can assist learners in thinking analytically, developing creative ideas, becoming tenacious problem solvers and constructively collaborating with others.

41. Thank you Paula Christophersen, VCAA christophersen.paula.p@edumail.vic.gov.au 9651 4378