Step 1: Creative Thinking

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Creative Thinking Launch

Creativity Launch Video

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: Wonder

Lulu Miller

My conversation with Lulu Miller(NPR, Invisibilia, and more!) about wonder

https://coffeeforthebrain.com/106/

Can You Assess Creativity?

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

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
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
Renzulli Learning Creativity Test - https://renzullilearning.com/creativity/

LEGO Education edWeb - Webinar Dec. 10, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EST

Building STEAM Confidence and Creativity in Middle School

Every student starts out creative and playful. Unfortunately, children start losing that edge and their confidence to try things as they age. In this edWebinar, join Dr. Jenny Nash from the LEGO® Education team to learn how to help reverse the trend in your school by providing enriching experiences that build creativity and confidence with learning through play. This edWebinar will demonstrate different approaches educators can take in order to integrate hands-on manipulatives to teach core competencies in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) to allow students to experience learning in a meaningful way. Using the element of play, students learn the value of teamwork, collaboration, and creative problem-solving, which unlocks their potential and enables them to shape their own futures.

This edWebinar will be of interest to middle school teachers, school and district leaders, and STEAM and STEM-focused educators. There will be time to have your questions answered at the end of the presentation.

Presented by Dr. Jenny Nash, Head of Education Solutions Design Team and Curriculum Specialist LEGO® Education & Greg Kent, LEGO® Education Master Educator

To join the webinar please see webinar link: https://home.edweb.net/webinar/learning20191210

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 Flipgrid link is https://flipgrid.com/abb645ed

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
- https://pin.it/kphob7pm7r44pq
Shared Google Photo Album - anyone in the course can share cool build ideas and examples here
- https://photos.app.goo.gl/zekA8egQ3V5o1Fsa6

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

LEGO Selfie Creative Build Challenge for Classrooms

https://coffeeforthebrain.com/lego-selfie-creative-build-challenge-for-classrooms/

Creativity Challenge #2: Build A Duck

Part A: 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 B: 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 C: 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 Flipgrid link is https://flipgrid.com/a3505362

Part D: Creating Classroom Norms with LEGO Duck Activity

https://coffeeforthebrain.com/creating-classroom-norms-with-lego-duck-activity/

Part E: 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: LEGO Ornament Challenge

Learn more about our challenge here – bit.ly/ornamentlego19

Creativity Challenge #4: 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 Flipgrid to share your ideas is https://flipgrid.com/97b787bc

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
- https://pin.it/kphob7pm7r44pq
Shared Google Photo Album - anyone in the course can share cool build ideas and examples here
- https://photos.app.goo.gl/zekA8egQ3V5o1Fsa6

Creativity Build Challenges Crowdsourced by YOU!

LEGO Charades

Link to activity

Thanks Wendy Fasso for sharing

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

Creativity Recap from April 2019 Course

Video Highlighting the 1st Course Offering

Direct Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM2e9_OZo5k&feature=youtu.be

Creativity Reflection

Share where you are in your headspace after a month exploring creativity.

Link to Flipgrid - https://flipgrid.com/df7880af

what new learning occurred?
what questions still linger?
what did you learn about yourself?
what did you learn about your students?
what are next steps for you?

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