{"id":4806,"date":"2019-08-29T10:25:29","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T14:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/?p=4806"},"modified":"2019-08-29T10:43:07","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T14:43:07","slug":"supporting-creativity-with-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/2019\/08\/29\/supporting-creativity-with-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting Creativity with Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Let&#8217;s Get Even More Creative!<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4808 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/files\/2019\/08\/IMG_5528-300x183.jpg\" alt=\"K-12 Arts teacher attend workshop\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/files\/2019\/08\/IMG_5528-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/files\/2019\/08\/IMG_5528-768x468.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/files\/2019\/08\/IMG_5528-1030x628.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/files\/2019\/08\/IMG_5528-1500x915.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/files\/2019\/08\/IMG_5528-705x430.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/files\/2019\/08\/IMG_5528-450x274.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On August 21st, we had the wonderful opportunity of working with 35 K-12 Arts Education Teachers. This half day training was filled with ideas on building and sustaining a classroom environment that fosters creativity. With a foundation in the 4 Cs (Critical Thinking, Communication, Collaboration and Creativity), teachers explored ways to foster creativity by offering more student choice, acceptance of &#8220;out of the box&#8221; ideas, developing strategies to enhance creativity, supporting creative problem solving and using technology as one of the tools to complete the task.<\/p>\n<p>Arts Education Teachers were introduced to various &#8220;global tools&#8221; to support their teaching and student learning.\u00a0 Some of these tools included Flipgrid, Thinglink, Chrome Canvas, Adobe Spark and Google Drawings.\u00a0 From using video (with Flipgrid and Adobe Spark) to using images (with Canvas, Thinglink and Drawings), teachers were provided with ideas to integrate these tools into instruction or to use them for student presentation formats.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4809 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/files\/2019\/08\/IMG_8185-300x235.jpeg\" alt=\"Teacher sitting at table\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/files\/2019\/08\/IMG_8185-300x235.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/files\/2019\/08\/IMG_8185-768x601.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/files\/2019\/08\/IMG_8185-1030x806.jpeg 1030w, https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/files\/2019\/08\/IMG_8185-1500x1173.jpeg 1500w, https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/files\/2019\/08\/IMG_8185-705x551.jpeg 705w, https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/files\/2019\/08\/IMG_8185-450x352.jpeg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, teachers were provided with time to explore content specific tools through the use of a Hyperdoc. This exploring time led to both independent learning and collaborative planning. Some of the tools explored included Google Tour Creator, wevideo, Google Arts and Culture, Google Songmaker, Chrome Music Lab, Seesaw, Screencastify, Padlet, Lino and Google Jamboard. We could feel the creativity in the room as teachers brainstormed and discovered new ways to integrate technology into the classroom.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>We are so proud of and inspired by our HCPS Arts Education teachers!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s Get Even More Creative! On August 21st, we had the wonderful opportunity of working with 35 K-12 Arts Education Teachers. This half day training was filled with ideas on building and sustaining a classroom environment that fosters creativity. 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