What digital tools do you use to spark creativity and create content rather than just consuming it?
Do you tend to work alone on these projects?
Do you prefer to collaborate with others?
What opportunities are there at WHS to use our technology to create? Are you interested in pursuing any of these?
Who comes with all those Google Doodles anyways? Do you think Google is all about coding and scripts? Think again. They need artists, musicians, graphic designers, marketers. All of them are "Creators."
You don't have to be a genius to code. Do you need to be a genius to read? No. Visit Code.org on your chromebooks to explore the host of opportunities to learn the basics of coding. If you have been on this site before, perhaps you can team up with your neighbor to create an animated card or make a character sing? The sky is the limit at Code.org.
Read One of These Articles:
Be a Creator, Not a Consumer (article)
This Is What Makes Us Creative (article)
10 Amazingly Creative Users of Instagram
Artist Transforms Travel Photos
Discuss:
Do you think digital tools are an important part of the classroom for their creation potential (make a video, podcast, card, book?) Do tools like this help students engage in the classroom and get a little more interested in the subject matter?
Would you consider yourself a digital consumer or a digital creator?
What are some of your favorite creation apps?
Do you share your digital creations with an authentic audience? Locally? Nationally? Internationally?
Do you go to sites where people like you are sharing their creations? Youtube? Art sites? Coding sites?
Take a topic that you are passionate about or interested in learning more about. Use one of these digital tools to CREATE something unique and fun and interesting to you! Be prepared to explore the site and tell your group about it. Try it out!