Creativity on a Chromebook! Free Web Apps That Promote Student Voice

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Explore and create : Creation lab

Sallee Clark
Jeni Long
Genially and Adobe Spark are free, free, Free-Free-Free. These web apps promote students' voices and share their stories. Let me show you how you can empower your students into creating outstanding graphics, projects or videos! Creativity is not an elective anymore, it is the future!

Audience:	Coaches, Teachers
Skill level:	Beginner
Attendee devices:	Devices required
Attendee device specification:	Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC
Topic:	Creativity & curation tools
Grade level:	PK-12
Subject area:	Language arts, Math
ISTE Standards:	For Educators: Designer Use technology to create, adapt and personalize learning experiences that foster independent learning and accommodate learner differences and needs. Design authentic learning activities that align with content area standards and use digital tools and resources to maximize active, deep learning.

Proposal summary

Purpose & objective

Our students will be valued on what they can create rather than what they know. For content we have Google. We need to be teaching students what to do with the information they have available. Creativity is the future. It is not a waste of time or something students do just for fun in the classroom. This session will showcase 2 free apps where students can show a wide variety of what they have learned. Create a presentation, create a graphic, or a video! It is important to expose students to web apps like Adobe spark, and Genially that lets you upload and edit media/content to create a final product. Students will pick the medium that works best for them. Writing about it, designing or creating a play/video lesson. Learning should always be at the hands of the students.

Outline

Genially templates 5 min
Genially editing a template 10
Adding animation and interactivity in Genially 10
Sharing Genially 5
What is Adobe Spark for Education 10 min
Adobe Spark Video 10 min
Adobe Spark Post Similar to Genially 5
Questions 5 min

Supporting research

Ways to develop creativity in the classroom
https://www.edutopia.org/article/4-ways-develop-creativity-students

How to boost creativity in the classroom
https://www.techlearning.com/how-to/how-to-boost-creativity-in-the-classroom

Unleash creativity in the classroom (being creators)
https://www.techlearning.com/how-to/5-ways-to-unleash-creativity-in-the-classroom

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Presenters

Sallee Clark, Castleberry ISD

Together, Jeni Long and Sallee Clark, are known as "Jenallee". This dynamic duo has served collectively in education for 40+ years and are currently serving as Innovation Leaders at Castleberry ISD. Jenallee creates content to empower educators with technology tools that enhance learning on their YouTube show, TikTok channel, blog, and Twitter accounts. Jenallee published their first book with Elevate Books EDU, The Microsoft Teams Playbook, in 2021 and they are collaborating authors on the EduMatch book Amplify Learning: A Global Collaborative. In addition, Jenallee was recently awarded the Top 30 2022 EdTech Influencer Award by EdTech K-12 Magazine.