CREATIVE OUTLETS

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DR. BRIAN HOUSAND
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PLUGGING INTO

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Hawaii Minnesota North Carolina California Georgia New York Montana Pennsylvania Nova Scotia Connecticut Virginia Colorado Texas Indiana

2012

I Informing & M Motivating P People A About C Creativity & T Technology

2012

1. Creativity and Innovation 2. Communication and Collaboration 3. Research and Information Fluency 4. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making 5. Digital Citizenship 6. Technology Operations and Concepts

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PK - 2
Identify, research, and collect data on an environmental issue using digital resources and propose a solution.

3-5
Produce a media-rich digital story about a signicant local event based on rst-person interviews.

6-8
Create original animations or videos documenting school, community, or local events.

9 - 12
Design, develop, and test a digital learning game to demonstrate knowledge and skills related to curriculum content.

Rather than running the risk of having our students become

WALKING ENCYCLOPEDIAS
we need to TEACH them how to

THINK CREATIVELY.
(Sternberg, 2006)

1768 - 2012

DID

Pianos
NOT Stereos
(Resnick, 1996)

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Brian C. Housand Angela M. Housand Gifted Education Communicator Spring 2011 Vol. 42, No. 1

DANGER
TOOLISHNESS
If#you#dont#read#much,# you#really#dont#know#much.# YOU #ARE

AHEAD DANGEROUS! !

--Jim Trelease

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1st photo:

establish
characters and location

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2nd photo: create a situation with possibilities of what might happen

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3rd photo: involve the characters in the situation

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4th photo: build to probable outcomes

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5th photo: have a logical but surprising end

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BORN: February 15, 2005 48 hours of video are uploaded every minute, resulting in nearly 8 years of content uploaded every day Over 3 billion videos are viewed a day More video is uploaded to YouTube in one month than the 3 major US networks created in 60 years

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STEP TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION PLAN

5. EVALUATE 4. WATCH IT GROW

3. GIVE IT TIME 2. PROVIDE A PURPOSE 1. IDENTIFY A TECH TOOL

(Besnoy, Housand, & Clark, 2008)

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