Welcome Wayne RESA Instructional Technology Leaders

Welcome Information Sharing from RESA and MDE Update on changes in 21 Things for Students Sharing from the districts Creativity – an overview 10:15 am – Break Creativity – digging deeper and examples 11:30-12:30 – Lunch 12:30-1:30 – Breakout Sessions Creativity for Free - Carole Vettrus Creative Ways to Implement Mobile Devices in Your Network - Jeff Trudell Today’s Agenda

Planning Group Mary Jane Mielke, Director of Instructional Technology, Wayne Westland Jeff Trudell, Technology Coordinator, Wyandotte Carole Vettrus, MS Technology Teacher, Riverview Lynn Wietecha, Technology Director, Dearborn Heights #7 Anupam Chugh, Instructional Media & Technology Wayne RESA Carol Mayer, Instructional Technology Consultant, Wayne RESA

Goals Focus on the effective use of technology for teaching and learning. Create a professional learning community Share resources and best practices Provide a forum for instructional technology leaders to connect

Meetings Oct 14, Engaging Students It’s Not Your Grandfather’s Classroom Dec 16, Collaboration and Communication Feb 2, Technology Breakout Sessions Joint Meeting with REMC Advisory Council Mar 30, Digital Citizenship May 14, Creativity

Meetings Friday, Sept 14, 2012 Friday, Nov 9, 2012 Friday, Jan 25, 2013 Monday, Mar 4, 2013 Friday, May 10, 2013

Meeting Resources itl-wcresa.wikispaces.com

Local and State Updates Teacher evaluation systems showcase (May 11, 2012) – 6 vendors Moodle Moodle 1.9 server will be gone after June make sure you are on the new Moodle 2.1 (running on moodle21.resa.net/xx website). Send all inquiries to Moodle 2.1 demo and open lab day – July 17, 2012 Upcoming PD (FREE) NetTrekker-Digital Storytelling (# 4090) – May 21, 8:30-3:30 NetTrekker & Web 2.0 (# 4091) – May 24, 8:30-3:30 (These sessions are being hosted at Wayne RESA. To register, go to and click on the “Professional Development” link.)

Local and State Updates Michigan Learns Online Portal update RESA scheduled to host a local content creation session on July 18-19, 2012 MACUL grants Technology Readiness Assessment (due by tomorrow) 8 th grade tech literacy reports due by June 30, 2012 Jeff Trudell – MACUL Initiative

Local and State Updates Updates to 21 Things for Students Carolyn McCarthy, REMC Association

Creativity in the Classroom

NETS for Students Creativity and Innovation Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. Students: a. apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes b. create original works as a means of personal or group expression c. use models and simulations to explore complex systems and issues d. identify trends and forecast possibilities

NETS for Teachers Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments. Design and Develop Digital Age Learning Experiences and Assessments Design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity.

Partnership for 21 st Century Learning

Think Creatively Use a wide range of idea creation techniques (such as brainstorming) Create new and worthwhile ideas (both incremental and radical concepts) Elaborate, refine, analyze and evaluate their own ideas in order to improve and maximize creative efforts Work Creatively with Others Develop, implement and communicate new ideas to others effectively Be open and responsive to new and diverse perspectives; incorporate group input and feedback into the work Demonstrate originality and inventiveness in work and understand the real world limits to adopting new ideas View failure as an opportunity to learn; understand that creativity and innovation is a long-term, cyclical process of small successes and frequent mistakes Implement Innovations Act on creative ideas to make a tangible and useful contribution to the field in which the innovation will occur

Fostering Critical & Creative Thinking

Examples of Creativity in Teaching and Learning Angry Birds Project – Joe Hilliard LiveBinders for student portfolios (example of senior portfolio)example of senior portfolio Animoto (7 th grade science example)7 th grade science example Google Sites (Interactive Periodic Table of Elements)Interactive Periodic Table of Elements Students researched a particular element and created a web site about their element using Google Sites. Students included text, images, video/audio and links to other web sites. Each individual site was then linked to a central Red Team Periodic Table web site to create an interactive periodic table of elements. KidBlog - Masher (alphabet example)alphabet example Fakebook - Video Blocks (lab safety video)lab safety video QR Codes in the classroom (