This document provides information about creative outlets and plugging into technology for creativity. It discusses: 1) Educating students to think creatively rather than just be walking encyclopedias. 2) Key skills like creativity, communication, collaboration, and problem solving. 3) Popular tools and websites for creativity like YouTube, Google, Instagram, and STEM Challenge. 4) A 5-step technology integration plan to identify tools, provide purpose, allow time, watch growth, and evaluate.

1. PLUGGING INTO
CREATIVE
OUTLETS
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5. I
Informing &
M
Motivating
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A
About
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Creativity &
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Technology

6. #cag2012

7. Plugging Into
Creative Outlets
Brian C. Housand
Angela M. Housand
Gifted Education
Communicator
Spring 2011
Vol. 42, No. 1

9.
Sir Ken Robinson
We
are
educa)ng
people
Crea)vity
is
as
important
in
out
of
their
crea)vity.
educa)on
as
literacy.

10. Rather than running the risk of
having our students become
WALKING
ENCYCLOPEDIAS
we need to TEACH them how to
THINK CREATIVELY.
(Sternberg,
2006)

11. www.p21.org

12. www.p21.org
Learning and Innovation Skills
Creativity and Innovation
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Communication and Collaboration

13. 4,446

15. 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
bit.ly/nets-profiles

17. Googleable

20. DANGER
If#you#don’t#read#much,#
TOOLISHNESS
you#really#don’t#know#much.#
AHEAD YOU #ARE
DANGEROUS!
!
--Jim Trelease

21. 2012 Video Campaign
Gifted Child Bill of Rights
COMING SOON!

22. 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

25. edu.glogster.com

29. instagram dermandar snapseed

32. stemchallenge.org

34. 5
STEP
TECHNOLOGY 5. EVALUATE
INTEGRATION
PLAN
4. WATCH IT GROW
3. GIVE IT TIME
2. PROVIDE A PURPOSE
1. IDENTIFY A TECH TOOL
(Besnoy, Housand, & Clark, 2008)

35. “We don’t
have the option
of turning away
from the future.
No one gets to
vote on whether
technology is
going to change
our lives.”
Bill Gates
The Road Ahead

36. tyvm
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