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Laura Feeney | Education Advocate | lafeeney@adobe.com | @lauramfeeney

Creativity in K12 Education

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Agenda

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Opening & Introduction

Creativity: Valuable for Kids

Creativity: Vital for Our Future

Creativity: Changing the World

How will you contribute?

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Creativity: What is it?

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http://tv.adobe.com/watch/creativity-in-education/how-do-you-define-creativity/

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Why is creativity important to you?

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Technology is empowering student creativity in classrooms around the world.

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Valuable for Kids

Vital for the Future

Changing the World

Creativity is…

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Valuable for Kids

Vital for the

Future

Changing the World

Creativity is…

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Student Engagement

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Creativity in K12: Transferable Skills

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Creativity in K12: High-Quality Student Work

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Valuable for Kids

Vital for the Future

Changing the World

Creativity is…

Producing more of the same knowledge and skills will not suffice to address the challenges of the future. A generation ago, teachers could expect that what they taught would last their students a lifetime…Schools have to prepare students for jobs that have not yet been created, technologies that have not yet been invented and problems that we don't yet know will arise.

Andreas Schliecher, OECD Education Directorate

If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow.

John Dewey

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don’t feel comfortable thinking creatively in their career

85%

32%

78%

agree creative thinking is critical for problem solving in their career

wish they had more creative ability

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of college-educated professionals say creative thinking should be a taught as a course, like math and science

Interestingly, math and science ranked nearly as high as traditional creative subjects in contributing to creative thinking

71%

79% 76%65% 69%

59%

ART MUSIC DRAMA SCIENCE MATH

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Valuable for Kids

Vital for the Future

Changing the World

Creativity is…

http://digitalmedia.oakarts.org

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How will you contribute?

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Each of usCreativity in all

our schools!

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Resources: Adobe Education Creativity

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http://www.adobe.com/education/creativity-in-education

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Resources: Adobe Education Exchange

edex.adobe.com

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Closing

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Questions?