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Today we’re looking at tools that can support personal, professional, and K12 creativity.

To help reinforce the importance of creativity and to show you how fun it can be, we're going to do a little project together. We're going to call this "Dear, Me." Have you ever thought about how much you've changed since coming to college? What events and decisions have led to you where you are today? We're going to make a video that tells a story of who we are. To do this:

1. Write, in HUGE handwriting on a large sheet of paper or poster, one piece of advice you would tell yourself when you were a high school senior.
2. Take a picture of yourself with your sign at a location on campus.
3. Read this R&B article and refer to the UGA Fact Book. Pick one of the facts to illustrate.
4. Take a picture of your illustration.
5. Send me your photos via Troovi by Thursday, Mar 10.

I’ll create a video of our pictures to share with you after Spring Break.*

*This is a participation assignment.

Digital Storytelling

Let's look at how the University of Houston explains digital storytelling. In addition to this resource, researchers at UH recently completed a survey on how educators are using digital storytelling. They found that roughly 45% of the respondents felt that digital storytelling allows students to improve their understanding of subject area knowledge, writing skills, technical skills, and presentation skills. Specifically, an overwhelming majority of educators said that digital storytelling can be used with students to allow them to construct
their own meaning, facilitate collaboration, promote discussion, learn problem solving and critical thinking skills, understand complex ideas, and become familiar with new content. With that in mind, let's look at some examples of digital stories.

• Van Gogh's Letters to Theo
• Stones in My Pathway
• Race to the Moon

Exploring Creativity Tools

“Making Teachers Nerdy” is a blog that has a number of creativity resources. Look to the right-hand navigation bar (Latest Headlines) and investigate some of her suggestions. You’ll be sharing what you find – so be prepared!