Creative | Tech & Learning

Creativity Unleashed: Using An Observed Behavior Chart to Limit Disruptions

By Michael Gaskell published 13 June 23

Being creative and finding your why can lead to classroom solutions such as using an observed behavior chart with disruptive students

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How to Use Comics in Your Classroom, With MakeBeliefsComix Founder Bill Zimmerman

By Diana Restifo published 5 June 23

Advice and best practices for using comics and MakeBeliefsComix to teach

6 Tools & Apps to Foster Student Creativity

By Erik Ofgang published 8 May 23

Tools and apps for encouraging students to create while learning, from award-winning educator Mike Afdahl

Forget SAMR. This Educator’s Model is All About Creating Rather Than Consuming

By Erik Ofgang published 5 May 23

Mike Afdahl would like to see SAMR evolve into a model where students are creators rather than consumers of knowledge.

May the 4th Be With You: Best Free Star Wars Teaching Ideas

By Diana Restifo published 25 April 23

Star Wars Day, May 4th, is a great time to turn the magical allure of the Star Wars movie franchise into fun and fascinating lessons

What Does It Mean to Be Innovative?

By Carl Hooker published 11 January 23

Using Failure and Risk-taking to Unlock Creativity and Innovation

Genius Hour: 3 Strategies for Incorporating it in Your Class

By Erik Ofgang published 6 September 22

Educators Vicki Davis and John Spencer share tips for effectively incorporating genius hour into the classroom.

What is The Week Junior and How Can It Be Used to Teach? Tips & Tricks

By Luke Edwards published 22 August 22

The Week Junior makes current events accessible for children in an engaging and confidence inspiring way.

What is Adobe Creative Cloud Express and How Can It Be Used to Teach? Tips & Tricks

By Luke Edwards published 19 August 22

Adobe Creative Cloud Express is here to replace Spark as the ultimate way to design banners, flyers and more with ease.

What is Hypothes.is and How Can it Be Used to Teach? Tips & Tricks

By Luke Edwards published 15 August 22

Hypothes.is lets you annotate the internet making all information more freely accessible for deeper use.

Innovation in Education

By Dr. Kecia Ray last updated 12 August 22

Sustaining a culture of innovation at your school or district involves more than just coming up with new ideas.

What is Yellowdig and How Can it Be Used to Teach? Tips & Tricks

By Luke Edwards published 10 August 22

Yellowdig is a social higher ed work and grading system that works with an existing LMS.

What is TeachingBooks and How Can it Be Used to Teach? Tips & Tricks

By Luke Edwards published 8 August 22

TeachingBooks is a collection of resources about books and authors for use by students and teachers.

What is OER Commons and How Can it Be Used to Teach? Tips & Tricks

By Luke Edwards published 3 August 22

OER Commons is an open source of free resources for educators to use as they need.

What is Blackbird and How Can it Be Used to Teach? Tips & Tricks

By Luke Edwards published 27 July 22

Blackbird is a coding platform that works across the curriculum for effective use in education.

What is Knight Lab Projects and How Can it Be Used to Teach? Tips & Tricks

By Luke Edwards published 22 July 22

Knight Lab Projects offers ways to tell digital stories in new and innovative forms.

What is Pixton and How Can it Be Used to Teach? Tips & Tricks

By Luke Edwards last updated 22 July 22

Pixton is an easy to use comic book creator tool designed for use by students.

What is Imagine Forest and How Can it Be Used to Teach? Tips & Tricks

By Luke Edwards published 18 July 22

Imagine Forest is a story writing platform that's easy to use and full of helpful activities and challenges.

Top Free Sites for Creating Digital Art

By Diana Restifo last updated 3 April 23

These top free sites for creating digital art range from simple web apps for preschoolers to sophisticated software for advanced students

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Adobe Premiere Rush: Powerful Visual Creation Tool

By TL Editors published 27 March 20

Adobe Premier Rush is a multi-platform video editing app