Creative literacy presentation

1. Tech-creative-acy
Literacy ELA
“Creativity is intelligence having fun”
~Einstein

2. technology + creativity
= literacy*
*competence or knowledge in a specified area
• As a starting point
• To spark curiosity
• As a culminating activity
*the ability to read and write
Amy Burvall mana`o: using technology and creativity to improve and encourage literacy
reading & writing, tech literacy, math literacy, science literacy, music literacy, art literacy, etc.
Use strategies to….

3. Book spine poetry
Bur$all, 2014
analog = old
digital = new
literary piece

4. Content “poem”
starting point
spark curiosity
culminating activity

5. Blackout poetry
Austin Kleon, the website

6. Austin Kleon, Black out poetry
see full video at: http://youtu.be/ipAXNboiwC4

7. literary piece
skim for words
edit

8. blackout…the fun part

9. the final

10. Content specific
Blackout = “inside-out highlighting”
content specific example

13. sketch notes
visual note taking

14. Rachel Smith, Sketch notes, TED talk
see full video at: http://youtu.be/3tJPeumHNLY

15. Sketch notes
Visual note taking
• not about drawing
• content driven doodling
• not for all students
• about listening, capturing, transforming ideas into visual
communication
• Take what you hear - connect to internal frame of reference
• shouldnʻt get in the way of the learning & taking notes
• Kathy Schrock, Mike Rohde
doesnʻt work for all students

16. guided visual
note taking

17. Play time!!