Get Your Creativity Flowing

Facilitator: Peggy Reimers (@preimers) | https://tinyurl.com/tceagycf

The Substitute: Miguel Guhlin (@mGuhlin) - View Substitute Memes

Session Description

For teachers and students alike, there are a gazillion tech tools which help pave the way for innovative creativity in the classroom. Come and get your creativity super-charged.

Something sIlly to Start

Find the Invisible Cow

Make sure you have your audio on for this one. Think of it as Where’s Waldo, but in audio style. The voice will get louder and faster the closer you move your cursor to the invisible cow. You’ll either love me or hate me for this one! - Sara Q @ TCEA

From The Executive Director

Adobe Creative Types Poll

Everyone has a creative “type”—knowing yours helps you maximize your potential. Take our quiz to discover your type!

The animations in between each question are amazing. You don't need to register or log in. After the questions, it will tell you your type and provide your creative strengths and more information. You can also download your profile.

THIS is Sand

This Is Sand

Remember making sand art as a kid? Now you can do it digitally.

Click on the color circle and select a color. Hold down and move your mouse.

AutoDraw

AutoDraw pairs machine learning with drawings from talented artists to help you draw stuff fast. Made by Google. Lots of options: Fill bucket, colors, shapes, resizing, and more.

WEAVE Silk

Weave Silk

Here’s another site to help you create some art. Move your mouse around, click, and watch the magic start to form. Press new to erase and begin a new piece of art.

Eric Curts - Pixel Art and Jamboard

"Pixel Art" is making images out of a small grid with a limited number of colors. As with any creative activity, pixel art can have many applications for education. What will you and your students create with Pixel Art?

Rainbow scratch-off paper in Jamboard is a fun way to create pictures or write words. Eric created a dozen templates with a different rainbow pattern on each template. Eric says, "It is a fun way to be creative and is motivating to discover the colorful pattern underneath."

AVATAR

Avatar Maker

Avatar Maker lets you create your own avatar for free in four different styles. Certainly not as robust as Bitmoji.

Brick-A Pic

With Brick-A-Pic you can turn logos, photos and portraits into brick mosaics made with LEGO^® bricks! This website will make a virtual mosaic that you can share with your friends.

Want to make one with real LEGO^® bricks? You can do that at www.brickapic.com

Toy Theater

A collection of interactive educational games for your elementary classroom. They are all free and are designed to work on desktop computers, tablets, and mobile devices. I tried out the Design & Color Quilt and the Snowflake Art Activity - So fun. Did not find a way to save artwork and minimal ads on site also.