Innovation, Creativity & Change

Mikayla Woebke Concordia University St. Paul ET 520: Field Experience Professor Tina Rosenthal November 30th, 2024

Innovation Creativity and Change Gallery Walk

Creativity

Padlet is a website that focuses on PICRAT; student engagement with technology. Intentionally planning and using technology in your lesson to incorporate engagement and collaboration will enhance learning experiences and make the technology more purposeful.

Padlet

Change

Personalized Learning tailors experiences to meet the needs, interests and abilities of each learner. Personalized learning can signficantly impact learning outcomes.

Personalized learning

Innovation

Innovative technology involves using technology to enhance learning experiences and create more personalized and accessible opportunities. A flipped classroom model is one way to make for a more innovative classroom, and one that a lot of teachers are doing in one form or another.

Flipped learning

Innovation

Giving students hands on learning experiences such as creating a real world problems, allow students to engaging in a collaborative space, symbolizing innovation and imagination.

hands on learning

Innovation

A collaborative and flexible learning space offers a lot of benefits for students to create a place where learning is engaging, adaptive and inclusive. It encourages collaboration, engagement, creativity and problem-solving.

flexible leARNING SPACEs

Innovation

TPACK resonates with me because it helps align learning objectives with engaging tools and strategies to meet all students needs. This will help create lessons that are most beneficial to students.

Tpack

Creativity

There are many different building blocks of PICRAT. It evaluates how technology enhances student engagement and transforms teaching. Creating a digital story allows students to be interactive and creative.

Digital stories

How can we use technology in our classroom to make learning more exciting/unique, rather than using it to replace what you normally do? Is there something you are currently doing? Something you wish to do?

Change

Within design thinking, learners and educators need to engage in exploring different materials and thoughts, and reflect. Having an exploration station in your classroom can allow students to use and explore new tools and reflect throughout the process during the station.

exploration station

What is one way you can encourage brainstorming and reflection in your classroom?

Creativity

Planning engaging lessons is a process. You will need to make detours and changes to find the correct aides and supports to allow all learners to be engaged in activities.

trial and error

Are there any supports or aides you find useful and include in most of your lessons to support your learners?

Change

Technology is powerful. Ways to incorporate powerful technology into your classroom is using interactive platforms (Nearpod), adaptive learning tools (Khan Academy), or creation tools (Canva). By choosing intentional tools and implementing safety measures, technology becomes transformative.

Khan Academy

What are some websites you use in your classroom that foster powerful and safe technology?

Technology has the power to transform the classroom into an area where creativity, innovation and change thrive. It allows students to explore ideas in new ways, collaborate with others, and create projects that bring imaginations to life.

Closing Statement

Bower, M. (2017). Design of Technology-Enhanced Learning: Integrating Research and Practice. Emerald Publishing Limited. Johnsrud, B. (2023). Creativity in the classroom reduces burnout and improves well-being. eSchool News. https://www.eschoolnews.com/sel/2023/08/22/creativity-educators-burnout-well-being/ Jones, R. (2023). What's the Deal With PIC/RAT- the Edtech Model. EdTech Review. https://www.edtechreview.in/trends-insights/insights/whats-the-deal-with-pic-rat-the-edtech-model/

References

McGraw Hill Canada. (2019). What Is TPACK and How Can It Be Used in the Classroom? McGraw Hill. https://www.mheducation.ca/blog/what-is-tpack-theory-and-how-can-it-be-used-in-the-classroom/ Shulman, R. (2021). 10 Ways Educators Can Make Classrooms More Innovative. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/robynshulman/2018/11/19/10-ways-educators-can-make-classrooms-more-innovative/?sh=4f92617d7f87 Thompson, S. (2023). Innovative Teaching Strategies. Kaltura Blog. https://corp.kaltura.com/blog/innovative-teaching-strategies/

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