Module4
- 1. Technology Use For Students in the Classroom Ellen Maruszewski
- 2. Student's Creativity Creativity is based on three things •1. The process •2. The outcome •3. The goal intended The creation of a students work should be based on their original ideas, the processes, experiences and objects used. Technology plays a big part in creativity!
- 3. Creativity involves feelings, beliefs, knowled ge, motivations and disiplinary understandings
- 4. What we can do as teachers! •Teachers may hinder the creative process in order to get through the material intended. Never criticize a students work, they may fear to be creative again. •As teachers we should structure our activites according to curriculum goals, standards and the students knowldge and needs.
- 5. Ways to promote Creativity! •Students input in class ideas •Decorate the classroom with their work •Encourage students to seek alternative ways of responding to structured art activities
- 6. Technology & Creativity! •Puzzles •Design and create software •Creativity Pool •Paint •Brainstorming software
- 7. Technology & Problem Solving Two types of problems students face 1.Close-ended problems •usually one correct answer 2. Open-endend problems •many correct answers Inquiry: research, guided discovery, students ask questions and search for answers
- 8. Technology & Problem Solving Bringing technology and problem solving together is simple! Teachers can use web-based tools to fit what they are teaching! It can fit into your teaching style and students learning styles! Being able to connect the world in your classroom to the world around us