So, I'm getting rid of the "pick up the ball and put it on the table without touching it" challenge, and adding a full second day of Crickets. I haven't been getting as excited about Crickets as I should be - but maybe with this camp format will be better for it - more contact time to really get to play with the pieces and build on ideas to get them thinking creatively.
Or, it will bomb.
And I'm definitely going to do the solar ovens (or wind-powered cars if the sun doesn't cooperate) on Friday. I think it's fun to end with a "build your own snack" challenge. And it's a whole Renewable Energy is the Future concept to put on the last day.
I may still be short on projects - but I think I can make it work.
Showing posts with label creativity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label creativity. Show all posts
Friday, March 20, 2009
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Trying to Calm my Creative Jitters
The Educational Technology course stimulated those creative energies I rarely allow myself time for these days. I did the whole "create a banner for a webpage" thing (my SOU home page) and thought about actually designing that page to store some of the curriculum I've done that isn't more-or-less 'owned' by the museums I've worked for. (tangent: does any one really understand how those rules work? If I write the curriculum I'm using to teach a class through my employer, the museum, who 'owns' the curriculum?)
Anyway, back to the topic of Creative Jitters. I've added a new tab to my iGoogle page just for my teaching/education resources, thus separating them from the Science resources I had originally grouped them with. So, I wanted to put an educational theme on the header of the page. I searched for "education", "chalkboard", "teaching", "classroom", "student", "write", "math", etc etc looking for something like a chalkboard background - that very traditional "school" feeling. And turned up a big nothing.
But, there is that "create your own theme" option. And they give some pretty good instructions. So I'm thinking of creating one. I'm hoping it will be a good way to focus my energy on something creative, so that when I'm back in the office this week finalizing the curriculum for this school year, I can actually focus.
Anyway, back to the topic of Creative Jitters. I've added a new tab to my iGoogle page just for my teaching/education resources, thus separating them from the Science resources I had originally grouped them with. So, I wanted to put an educational theme on the header of the page. I searched for "education", "chalkboard", "teaching", "classroom", "student", "write", "math", etc etc looking for something like a chalkboard background - that very traditional "school" feeling. And turned up a big nothing.
But, there is that "create your own theme" option. And they give some pretty good instructions. So I'm thinking of creating one. I'm hoping it will be a good way to focus my energy on something creative, so that when I'm back in the office this week finalizing the curriculum for this school year, I can actually focus.
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