Studio 1: Creators From The Black Lagoon

Creativity Tools for Studio 1: Creators From The Black Lagoon

Register here for the Creators From the Black Lagoon - Also, remember to go to the welcome page and sign up to receive Incentive badges.

Overview: In their book How to Develop Student Creativity, authors Robert Sternberg and Wendy Williams state, "The most powerful way to develop creativity in your students is to be a role model. Children develop creativity not when you tell them to, but when you show them." Participants will have the opportunity to refine their own creative skills by exploring and applying applications with their students. Studio 1: Creators from the Black Lagoon will send chills down your back as you find applications to use in any subject and grade level!

Content Creation Topics- Click on topic Image and Follow Link

Digital Storytelling

Mindmapping

Your Ideas

Presentations

Posters/News-letters

Interactive Storytelling

Talk About It

3Dimensional Worlds

Drawing/Note-taking

Moviemaking

Subjects/Misc

Publishing

Script Writer

Requirements:

1. Study topic content and participate in a focused discussion with peers working on the same topic.

Someone once asked me, "How do you come up with all your ideas and remember them?" I love technology, but there are times I love writing on paper. I keep a writing journal with me at all times. Inside, you will find notes and drawing of things I have found on the web, social media, from my friends, at trainings, etc. I even keep it beside my bed and wake up at night, jotting down my thoughts! It is my way to keep my creative mind going.

Watch the video: Do schools kill creativity?

Question prompt: Do you think creativity has a place in your classroom? Are we killing creativity in the classroom? Watch the video and reflect in your own journal thoughts about the video.

2. Read the article, 19 Ideas to promote more creativity in your classroom, by Anna Guerrero.

When you are finished, use the checklist provided and check off the ideas you are currently using in the classroom. Select one of the 19 ideas, you are not doing and share on Flipgrid how your students could be using that idea in detail. Make sure to select the green circle under creativity ideas. It's your choice! Watch other video posts and comment on at least two posts.

Producer

Requirements:

1. Create three original inquiry-based blended learning lesson plans that incorporate new learning using the provided template.

Using the creativity tools above and lesson plan template provided, develop three lesson plans focused around the subject(s) and grade(s) you teach. The lessons should include at least three of the creativity tools listed above; the tools can be independent or "smashed" together. Please be original with your lesson plans. In April 2019, each participant who has completed all status levels will have access to all the lesson plans.

2. Submit the lessons to this link and request a zoom with the instructor, toniam@dawsonesc.com.

How to request a Zoom session: Create a account on Zoom.us and follow the instructions on adding the application.

Some strategies to think about when you are creating your lessons:

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

Additional Resource: https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/101-ways-for-teachers-to-be-more-creative/

Director

Requirements:

1. Implement the original lesson plans in the classroom with provided evidence (student pics of work, videos, etc.).

Using the lesson plans you submitted, implement the plans with a group of students. Make sure to take student pics of work, videos, etc. Use one of the provided rubrics that meets your lessons and score at least 5 students on their work. Those will be submitted as evidence in the movie star status, along with student pics of work, videos. etc.

Tip! Review the video, 21st Century Skills Assessment as a resource.

2. Complete reflection form provided by instructor.

3. Request a zoom with the instructor; toniam@dawsonesc.com. Revise lesson, if necessary.

K-2 Creativity Rubric

3-5 Creativity Rubric

6-12 Creativity Rubric

Movie Star

Requirements:

1. Make any necessary changes to your previous lesson plans and evidence collected as mentioned in the director status. (Make sure you make the changes in the lesson plan copies you submitted.)

2. Share out through social media, blog, or website the activities your students completed within the lessons. On social media, please use #hashtag Studio5C when sharing. (Screenshot evidence of your "share out"). The instructor will ask for evidence during the exit interview.

3. Email the instructor; toniam@dawsonesc.com and inform them you are ready for your exit interview. Instructor will determine completion of topic and request a zoom session with you.

Walk of Fame

Congratulations! You have reached the Walk of Fame status! Now, let's see what you know about comedies. Click on the quiz link and answer the questions about comedies to get a certificate of completion! Try out Flippity.net!

The instructor will notify you and let you know if you have reached the Walk of Fame Status and credit you for 6 hours professional development. You will also receive a "formal" invitation to the Awards Banquet via email.

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