Step 1: Creative Thinking
Week 1: Creative Thinking Launch
What is Creativity?
Podcast with Rob Tork: Creativity With LEGO
Rob Torok
LISTEN TO THE SHOW
089: Purposeful Play with LEGO Creative Thinking with Rob Torok https://wp.me/s4covo-089
Food For Thought
Can you assess creativity?
Watch the short video and leave a comment on the YouTube page.
Link to video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ15PNWQS4Q&feature=youtu.be
Can You Assess Creativity? Resources
- Assessing Creativity - Educational Leadership http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/feb13/vol70/num05/Assessing-Creativity.aspx#.XKzp2GPsMDA.twitter
- Assessing Creativity: Thinking outside the box http://www.cambridge.org/elt/blog/2017/06/09/assessing-creativity-thinking/
- https://www.byrdseed.com/assessing-creativity/
- How Can You Assess My Creativity? via @mraspinall http://brianaspinall.com/how-can-you-assess-my-creativity
- FIRST LEGO League Rubrics - http://www.firstlegoleague.org/sites/default/files/into-orbit/first-lego-league-rubrics.pdf
- I find the criteria for creativity to be quite subjective.
- What is Creativity? (with Lyndsey Scott, Masi Oka, Charles Best and Naza... https://youtu.be/LnWJ7eDrVEU
- What is Creativity? (with Diplo, Ellie Goulding, Mark Cuban, and Dara Kh... https://youtu.be/ZT_eT_t1kPg
- PBLWorks Creativity and Innovation Rubrics https://my.pblworks.org/resources
Creative Challenge #1: Let's get creative with ourselves!
Creative LEGO Selfie
Without overthinking you are tasked to build a LEGO selfie of yourself using the LEGO pieces that you have!
Explain your model to the group in this Flipgrid. Be sure to leave comments on others as they share. We are asking everyone to be brave and bold right away!
Share your model and explanation here:
- Your Flip Code is pplego and here is a direct link to the Grid:
- Also, here is a direct link to this new Topic:
Be sure to share on our other channels so we can connect with each other!
- Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/397459807500777/
- Twitter - #legoplay
- Pinterest - Join this board as a collaborator and share ideas
- Shared Google Photo Album - anyone in the course can share cool build ideas and examples here
LEGO Selfie in Action
8th Grade Algebra Classroom
Photo album of images: https://photos.app.goo.gl/N1AJSchhanykYgTq7
Classroom Display of Selfies
Conversation with Amanda Maurer about her project
Creativity Challenge #2: Build A Duck
Part 1: Gather your 6 Pieces
6 Pieces Total
Use any 6 pieces of your choice
Sharpie Eyes
If you don't have a piece with eyes
Googley Eyes
A bit of hot glue and eyes works also!
Part 2: Make a Duck in 60 Seconds
Duck Challenge
Make a duck in under 60 seconds. Share your duck build by adding to our Shared Google Photo Album
- YouTube Link https://youtu.be/t1cltmkaqvc
Part 3: Make many ducks!
How many ducks?
Either by yourself or with students try to build as many different duck models as you can come up with! Create a video showcasing all the builds and share for us to check out!
Share duck videos here in the Flipgrid.
**NOTE TO USERS: You can pause the video while recording in Flipgrid to create a slideshow of builds**
Your Flip Code is pplego and here is a direct link to the Grid:
Also, here is a direct link to this new Topic:
Duck Resources
If you want to buy or purchase duck kits
My reflections of using the LEGO Duck Activity
- The Powerful Learning in Making a LEGO Duck
- Using LEGO pieces to strengthen school culture around ESSA and SAMI work through Universal Constructs of Communication and Collaboration https://wp.me/p4covo-2as
Creativity Challenge #3: Your Own Creative Challenge
This is where you get to express your creativity and share with others.
Do not judge yourself. Do not compare yourself. Part of this course is not only diving into the making and building, but also learning to put your ego aside and share. Be brave. Be bold. We all must share. You never know how your idea could spark new learing in others.
Your task this week is to come up with a creative challenge to use in PD, with your students, or with your own personal learning journey.
You can use the duck kit or any combination of LEGO pieces.
You also need to actually do the challenge to experiment with how it goes.
Head to this slidedeck and share the following:
- Creative name for the challenge
- Goal of the challenge
- Pictures and/or video of the challenge
- Any new learning
Share on Flipgrid to explain your learning as well
Your Flip Code is pplego and here is a direct link to the Grid:
Also, here is a direct link to this new Topic:
Be sure to share on our other channels so we can connect with each other!
- Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/397459807500777/
- Twitter - #legoplay
- Pinterest - Join this board as a collaborator and share ideas
- Shared Google Photo Album - anyone in the course can share cool build ideas and examples here
Creativity Build Challenges Crowdsourced by YOU!
LEGO Charades
Egg Mini Build Challenges
Each egg has a mini-build in it- will share when my babies have completed them tomorrow! So the creative challenge is: complete a build using the fewest possible pieces to create something recognisable.
Thanks Wendy Fasso for sharing
Resources Crowdsourced by YOU!
Six Bricks Activity Guide - A great resource especially if you work with younger students.
Play Well Report - A really fascinating report about play among families that might inspire and trigger some new ideas and thoughts.
Thanks Wayne for sharing
Week 1 Recap
Video Highlighting the 1st Week
Direct Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM2e9_OZo5k&feature=youtu.be
And remember you can always do the work for week 1 at any given time! We will update things in later weeks as people share and submit.