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Whatever Happened to Creativity?
Presented by Brian Jeffrey National Board
Certified Teacher Los Osos High School
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
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Time to Take a Quiz
Learn to think and teach

• Directions What is the object you see on the
  yellow post-it before you? You have ten seconds
  to write your answer. Go!

Correct answer . . .
Every answer is correct.
different.
Yes, I know its supposed to be an adverb, blame
Apple.
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Lets Play Some Games
Going to the Moon

• In My World

Black Magic
Get students thinking critically!
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Whatever Happened to Creativity?
In small groups, briefly interpret and discuss
the following painting. Be sure to give reasons
for the thought process that lead you to your
interpretation

• How do you think the way you do?

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Now get into a different small group with
entirely new members. Then, determine which of
the following four items does not belong.
In your group, discuss your answer. You must
have 100 agreement on your answer. Each person
must then write down the agreed upon answer.
Next, be ready to read it to the class by
explaining the thought process and debate that
brought your group to its answer.
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Creativity
Higher Order Thinking Skills
Blooms Taxonomy
Lower Order Thinking Skills
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How do they evaluate it?
Sample Assignments

• Recipes and baking
• Interpretive Dance
• YouTube Videos
• Original Songs
• Sculpture
• Artwork
• Original Stories
• Podcasts
• T-Shirts
• Photography
• Architectural Models
• Clothing
• Poetry
• Comedy Routines
• Speeches
• Computer Animation
• MySpace or Facebook
• Cell Phone Video

They use a rubric based on Blooms Taxonomy
and apply it to a formative assessment scale.
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Blue Dot Blooms Taxonomy Rubric

• Appeals to your strengths as a learner and
  thinker, showing the audience the context in
  which you think

• Wows the audience

• Demonstrates to the audience the key ideas,
  themes, issues, for whats being
  studied at a complex level of thinking

• Explains in no more than two sentences how the
  assignment allowed you to comprehend the subject
  to which you responded, using the terms
  comprehension, analysis, and evaluation

• Explain what you learned to another student
  using Blooms higher level thinking terms and
  apply it to another topic
  beyond the one studied

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Generic Scale for Formative Assessment

Score 4.0 In addition to Score 3.0 performance, in-depth inferences and applications that go beyond what was taught
Score 3.0 No major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and/or processes (simple or complex) that were taught
Score 2.0 No major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details, but major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and processes
Score 1.0 With help, a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes and some of the more complex ideas and processes
Why use formative assessment?
Formative Assessment Source Marzano, Designing
and Teaching Leader Goals Objectives
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CONTACT INFO

• Brian Jeffrey
• Los Osos High School
• 6001 Milliken Ave
• Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91737
• Work Phone [phone],
• extension 2337
• Cell Phone [phone]
• E-mail mrj_at_mrjeffrey.com
• Web Page mrjeffrey.com

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