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Cultivating Creativity on the SEL Expressway

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Colorado Convention Center, 505/6/7

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Presenters

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Jeff Glade
Digital Learning Consultant
Des Moines Public Schools
@GladeJeff
@jeffgladeedu
ISTE Certified Educator
Jeff is a Digital Learning Consultant in central Iowa, where he serves numerous districts, working with staff to improve and expand their instructional practices while authentically leveraging technology. He is passionate about working with educators at all levels to enhance access, equity, inclusion, and representation for all students. Jeff shares resources, strategies, and ideas at bit.ly/jeffgladetech.

Session description

Explore the power of creativity in education with Adobe Express! In this session, discover and explore innovative strategies and activities to seamlessly integrate this versatile tool into your teaching. You'll get a chance to create in the tool and make connections to your classroom and the CASEL competencies!

Purpose & objective

Participants will understand the value of creativity in today's educational landscape and its ties to social-emotional learning competencies.

Participants will experience how Adobe Express can facilitate exploration as students develop their creative voices.

Participants will leave with ideas and activities to use with students, helping to address social-emotional learning.

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Outline

Introduce research base and CASEL Competencies: 5 minutes
Adobe Express Intro: 5 minutes
Self-Awareness
-Creating personal logo in Express: 10 minutes
-Signature Strengths: 5 minutes
Relationship Skills
-Iterative feedback loops: 5 minutes
-Videos as advocacy: 5 minutes
Social Awareness
-Curating for representation: 5 minutes
-Creating from Express template: 10 minutes
Self-management & Responsible Decision Making
-Personal Branding Workbook: 5 minutes
-Branding in Express: 5 minutes

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Supporting research

Fundamentals of SEL: https://casel.org/fundamentals-of-sel/

The Future of Jobs Report 2023: https://www.weforum.org/reports/the-future-of-jobs-report-2023/

Mark A. Runco , Garnet Millar , Selcuk Acar & Bonnie Cramond (2010) Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking as Predictors of Personal and Public Achievement: A Fifty-Year Follow-Up, Creativity Research Journal, 22:4, 361-368, DOI: 10.1080/10400419.2010.523393

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Session specifications

Topic:
Creativity & curation tools
Grade level:
PK-12
Skill level:
Beginner
Audience:
Coaches, Library media specialists, Teachers
Attendee devices:
Devices required
Attendee device specification:
Smartphone: Android, iOS, Windows
Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC
Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows
Participant accounts, software and other materials:
Adobe Express (free account)
ISTE Standards:
For Educators:
Designer
  • Use technology to create, adapt and personalize learning experiences that foster independent learning and accommodate learner differences and needs.
For Students:
Digital Citizen
  • Students cultivate and manage their digital identity and reputation and are aware of the permanence of their actions in the digital world.
Creative Communicator
  • Students create original works or responsibly repurpose or remix digital resources into new creations.

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