Ed Tech Tips with E. Mosier
Make your classroom more E-fficient!
Integrate Creativity into your Curriculum
Overview
The Ruler Activity
Classroom Use: This is a fantastic idea to introduce creativity in the classroom. Or, if you have students who are in need of a confidence boost, this can be used as a realization that they, too, can be creative!
Use Tape Art
Instead of designing a poster or presentation, tape art could be used to explain a concept. Provide students with a roll of masking tape and a larger sheet of paper. For our activity, we were to illustrate a piece of Indiana history with our tape. We created a ski slope with a skier using the tape based off a suggestion from an educator in our group. It wasn't the best image of a ski slope or skier, but we enjoyed creating it and expanded our mindset with attempting the create something with tape.
Classroom Use: With masking tape, students could create the setting of a novel, an outline of an historical location, or something unique to the student.
The Dot
Classroom Use: Again, if students are struggling with creativity, this activity could be used as a showcase of their creativity and confidence. Imagine what your students can create based off a tiny shape!
Aluminum Foil
Classroom Use: This would be a great activity to use in place of a "Get to Know You" worksheet as students can share out their creations. Or, they could create 3D representations of the projects they mastered with the tape art.
Less Direction, More Creativity
Contact Mr. Mosier!
Email: mosiere@davenportschools.org
Website: www.davenportschools.org/sudlow
Location: Sudlow Intermediate School, East Locust Street, Davenport, IA, United States
Phone: 563-445-5150
Twitter: @emosier3