Put 17 or 18 very bright, energetic, and creative students into a room with a variety of technology tools, give them some real-world (or out-of-the world) challenges, and watch their minds get to working. That is the basic idea behind a group I’ve started in our district, the Matador Innovators Team, or MIT. And, yes, [...]
Entries Tagged as '21st Century Skills'
Matador Innovators Team
February 28, 2013 · No Comments · 21st Century Skills, collaboration, creativity, Educational technology, innovation
Tags: 21st Century Skills·creativity·edtech·innovation·invention·Makey Makey·MIT·Picoboard·robotics·Scratch
TCEA Areas 10 & 11 Conference: Creative and Innovative Technologies
November 2, 2012 · No Comments · 21st Century Skills, collaboration, creativity, Educational technology, Global Awarenss, society, Teaching and Learning
Resources to promote creativity and innovation in the classroom: Raspberry Pi Makey Makey PicoCricket LittleBits Squishy Circuits DIY.org Scratch Lego WeDo and Mindstorms Sketchup Resources to inspire creativity and innovation: Future.ly Social Innovation Review Sylvia’s Super Awesome Mini Maker Show Young Scientist Challenge
Tags: 21st Century Skills·creativity·education·hardware·innovation·software·teaching·technology
Using iDevices to Enhance Creativity
October 11, 2011 · 13 Comments · 21st Century Skills, creativity, Digital Storytelling, Educational technology, images/video, mobile computing
The iPad and iPod have great potential as tools for promoting the 21st century skill of creativity. Apps designers have produced an endless stream of tools for making music, creating works of art, creative writing and storytelling, and promoting outside-the-box thinking. The following apps are but a few examples that hold promise for the classroom [...]
Tags: 21st Century Skills·animation·apps·art·brainstorm·creativity·education·mobile computing·music·writing
TCEA Areas 10/11 Conference Presentation
March 25, 2011 · No Comments · 21st Century Skills, Educational technology, Global Awarenss, society, Teaching and Learning, Web Tools
The following are a Prezi I’ll be using on Saturday, March 26th, when I present the keynote address at the TCEA Areas 10 and 11 annual conference and a Google document with additional resources. The theme of this year’s conference is “Going Global”. I’ll be discussing the importance of fostering global awareness in our students [...]
Tags: 21st Century Skills·education·global awareness·learning·teaching·technology·web 2.0
Lodge McCammon on Music in the Classroom
February 12, 2011 · No Comments · 21st Century Skills, creativity, TCEA 2011
At the TCEA convention this week, I had the privilege of attending a reception put on by the good folks at Discovery Education. At the reception, we were introduced to Dr. Lodge McCammon, who is a Specialist in Curriculum and Contemporary Media at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at North Carolina State University. Lodge [...]
Tags: 21st Century Skills·creativity·curriculum·differentiation·learning·music·teaching
Web 2.0 in BISD: An Amazing Impact
February 1, 2011 · 2 Comments · 21st Century Skills, Blogging, collaboration, creativity, Digital Storytelling, Educational technology, images/video, implementation, leadership, Online Office Tools, podcasting, Social Networks, Spreading the Word, Web Tools, Wikis
Schools are popular targets of those who wish to find a scapegoat for every societal ill from a sour economy to the pitiful season the Dallas Cowboys put us through this year. I believe we are part of the problem, because we don’t do enough to shout about our successes from every rooftop in every [...]
Tags: 21st Century Skills·Birdville·change·education·technology·web 2.0
Creativity Visualized
September 20, 2010 · 1 Comment · 21st Century Skills, creativity
Here is a Wordle that I generated using the responses you gave to my first 12 Second Tech Challenge question: What is creativity? I’m not sure how to interpret the significance of the word “something” being the most frequently used, but I think it has to do with the fact that creativity should know no [...]
Tags: 21st Century Skills·creativity·education·learning·teaching
