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Creating Creators: How to Inspire Your Students to Share Their Work

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Colorado Convention Center, Bluebird Ballroom Lobby, Table 12

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Presenters

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Jenna Kraft
Curriculum Coordinator
Scheck Hillel Community School
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Nancy Penchev
Congressional Fellow
Albert Einstein Fellows
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Nancy Penchev is a STEM/Design Teacher and Instructional Technology Coordinator. She has led webinars on Uncommon Test Prep and Incorporating Technology for EdWeb.net and various Teacher Tech webinars for PBS SoCal. She was published in Teaching in the Middle magazine, Association of Middle Level Educators, ISTE point/counterpoint, and PBS SoCal Teacher Blog. Nancy founded Girls Building STEAM and is a local award winner for the National Council for Women in Information Technology and a 2019 honorable mention for the STEM Excellence award from ISTE. She is a 2022-2023 Fulbright DA- Vietnam participant.

Session description

In this session, attendees will learn ways to encourage their students to create and share their learning. Presenters will share ideas and projects that teachers can use with students to encourage craetivity, choice, and voice. Learn how to find student passions and help encourage them to be creative!

Purpose & objective

Attendees will be able to find activities and projects that encourage students to create and use their passions to demostrate learning.
Attendees will have the opportunity to join a PLC to continue learning after the conference and continue to share their activities and ideas for others to nbe insired by and to get feedback.

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Outline

1. Introduction
2. Share student projects
3. Share tools that can be used to create
4. Share subject area ieas for creations
5. Explain why creating c reators is so important

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Supporting research

Importance of student choice and voice
https://www.martinpublicseating.com/blog/reasons-to-incorporate-student-choice-in-classroom-design#:~:text=Makes%20You%20a%20Better%20Teacher,learn%20differently%2C%20and%20act%20responsibly.

Student Creativity in the classroom
https://www.nea.org/professional-excellence/student-engagement/tools-tips/creativity-classroom#:~:text=Students%20of%20all%20ages%20need,making%20symmetrical%20designs%20with%20technology.

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Session specifications

Topic:
Student agency, choice and voice
Grade level:
PK-5
Skill level:
Beginner
Audience:
Coaches, Curriculum/district specialists, Teachers
Attendee devices:
Devices useful
Attendee device specification:
Smartphone: Android, iOS, Windows
Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC
Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows
Subject area:
Language arts, STEM/STEAM
ISTE Standards:
For Educators:
Designer
  • Design authentic learning activities that align with content area standards and use digital tools and resources to maximize active, deep learning.
For Students:
Innovative Designer
  • Students know and use a deliberate design process for generating ideas, testing theories, creating innovative artifacts or solving authentic problems.
  • Students select and use digital tools to plan and manage a design process that considers design constraints and calculated risks.

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