Creativity In The Classroom
Dalton Sherman
Agenda A Case For Creativity Finding Creative Assets Using Creative Assets
Utterli
Ages In History
Information 2008: Internet Data = 27,000 Library of Congress’ 2009: YouTube Data = 2008 Internet Data (6.1 million videos) 2010: Facebook Data = 2009 YouTube Data (5 th largest country) 2011: Ghost Blogs = 2010 Facebook Data
Important Future Quote “In the long run, excesses of technology mean that the comparative advantage shifts from those with information glut to those with ordered knowledge; from those who can process vast amounts of blab to those who can explain what is worth knowing and why…” (Ratinoff, 1995)
Service is Problem Solving vs Problem Finding
Problem Solving Average KwH per home in the USA: >1400 KwH Wind Turbines average KwH / year Home Solar Panels average 4320 KwH / year
Problem Finding PHIUS: Passive House Institute of US Average KwH per home in the USA: >1400 KwH Average KwH per PHIUS home: <120 KwH
Inherited Problems
Creativity “We Can Find Creative Solutions To Climate Change” – Hillary Clinton, 2009 “The oil industry can develop creative solutions to address climate change” –Sir Charles Nicholson (BP Oil) Innocentive “Can Iococca’s Creativity Save Ford?” –Washington Post, 1964 “Lean Financial Times Call For Creative Solutions” –NAA.org 2006 “DOJ Looking For Creative Solutions For 21 st Century Crime” –NY Times 2008 “White House created a Social Innovation fund to help nonprofits and individuals working on creative solutions…” –Time Magazine 2009
Creativity
Ken Robinson: Do Schools Kill Creativity?
Teaching You To Fish Aggregators Social Bookmarking Google
history+ project, group, RLO, applet, etc
Embed Codes
Don’t Forget Access
LoginID: cite2010 Password: cite2010 Be sure to check out: *Each Unit = Different Teaching Methods *Doc Sharing has the Resource “Tools” List & the Javascript Redirect Course Resource
25 Hardware 5mm male – male jack Microphone(s) Headphones Digital Camera Video – USB Video – Handheld
Dan Meyer: Compelling Questions
Compelling Questions
Will He Make It?
Math Problems – Perplexing Questions FF C-Rank Score Supermarket shoppers Running a restaurant Taxes How many degrees of separation does it take to saturate your school with gossip? Deliver 6 packages (mail carriers test)
Link To Life
34 Websites / /
35 Software Picture Editor (FastStone Image Viewer – / GIMP / Paint.net) Windows Movie Maker / iMovie Audacity / Limewire PPT – Flash Converter (Author Point Lite) YouTube Downloader ( Windows Media Player / Real Player (After Dawn alternative)/ iTunes / Quicktime Player / DivX Player Windows Media Encoder / Real Producer Basic (v10 recommended)/ DivX Producer ( Camtasia / Captivate / Breeze ($$$)
36 Compression
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Thank You! Jeff D Borden, M.A. Senior Director of Teaching & Learning