The topic I have been exploring the most for my research is teaching or motivating creativity. To that end, there were several technologies that I explored this last week or have stumbled across previously that could aid this idea of teaching or motivating creativity.
First, Storybird was one technology that can be used to motivate students who perhaps need that final push to write creatively, whether for fiction or nonfiction. While the promise of a beautiful final project might be enough to encourage students to try, the fact that there are prompts and experts available to give you feedback means that students have many different supports available to encourage their creativity. In the classroom, I would encourage students to collaborate at each stage to give each other feedback. Creative writing is subjective, but feedback can help students expand even further!
Jamboard is another technology that can help motivate student creativity. Especially for group projects, it encourages students to add input with the use of colorful "sticky notes." It can also be used for the design process where students can keep track of their brainstorming, experiments, and places where they've had to go back and make changes.
The final technology I am exploring for motivating creativity is 3D printers. One printer that is considered more "kid-friendly" than others is the Flashforge 3D printer. Because not all students may express their creativity in the same manner, using a variety of technologies can help them experience different types of creation that may appeal to them. Flashforge printers, or other 3D printers, are a way to create a maker space for students where they can try their hand at art, engineering, architecture, and more. In the classroom, this can be used for larger, hands-on projects, such as building models or creating robots even.
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