Digital Creation vs Digital Consumption

Question: How Can We Move From Digital Consumption to Digital Creation?


With the help of digital technology, anyone can be a musician, a photographer, a journalist, a poet. Or we can watch thousands of hours of cat videos on YouTube. Would you like to learn more about how to become a creator and make your own cat videos?

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Discuss as a Group:

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?

Ready to Create? Explore One of These Digital Tools and Show Us Your Stuff?

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!


  1. Thinglink makes images and videos interactive
  2. Code.org offers a host of tools to use code to making animations. Check it out and teach a friend. Code.org Create Site
  3. Take the dance challenge with Code.org
  4. Canva is easy to use design software with templates for infographics, posters, and more
  5. Storybird is a beautiful app that inspires writing with art
  6. Powtoon makes creating animated presentations full of awesome
  7. Video editing tools (i.e. YouTube Editor, WeVideo)
  8. Screencasting tools (i.e. Screencast-O-Matic, Screencastify, Explain Everything)
  9. Blogger and Anchor are podcasting tools to share your ideas with an authentic audience.
  10. What are your favorite digital creation tools? Share them with the class!