July 30, 2017
After spending some time in the last module discussing Reading online, I was pretty excited that we were going to dig into Writing this week. For me, I really connect creativity with the “do” action words...writing, speaking, thinking...actions that require an individual to produce their own written words, say spoken words, and brainstorm individual thought. In Dr. O’Byrne’s lecture video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUiEZF1e_-Y, he discusses “remixing” and the idea that we can use other people’s work and find a way to make it our own. This can be done by simply adding audio to someone’s video, editing a site online, and/or mashing up bits and pieces of different works to make one cohesive product. We seem to do this a lot throughout our professional and personal lives. For example, we’ve seen memes on Facebook where people have altered an image in some way. This idea of “remixing” ideas is always present and always working. Kirby Ferguson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd-dqUuvLk4 continues this conversation of “remixing” in his TedTalk through the examples like Bob Dylan and Steve Jobs. In this presentation, he discusses how patents and ownership laws are, in a way, complicating matters of creativity. It is being increasingly difficult for us to see where this line between utilizing ideas and stealing ideas ends and begins. He also states that “our creativity comes from without, not from within. We are not self-made. We are dependent on one another.”. This quote resonated with me this weekend. If we are dependent on one another to form new ideas and products, then why is creativity often labeled as an independent skill or ability? In our classrooms, how do we foster creative practices that thrive under conditions where we share ideas, bounce around all the possibilities, learn by modeling, and/or make this process a collaborative effort. These are important factors to consider when asking your students to think/create in a way that capture their own creativity. The idea of “remixing” appears again in the conversation of online content construction. Dr. O’Byrne http://wiobyrne.com/construction-andor-creation-of-online-content/ explains the difference of construction versus creation in the context of his work. ”Creation can be viewed simply as the act of producing, or causing to exist. Construction is the building or assembling of an infrastructure. Construction is equal parts inspiration and perspiration. Construction calls on creativity as well as persistence, flexibility, and revision. Construction asks our students and teachers to focus on the power and patience employed during work process…and not just the final resultant work product.” Construction really ties in all that remixing embodies: the process to building upon other’s work in order to form, build, and/or complete a work that will makes it individually yours. Within this process booms creativity as students continually refine their works that leads them to their end products. The term construction describes the journey students must take and the potential for individual creative growth. Continuing to think about our future classrooms, why can be ensure that we are incorporating these opportunities for student growth online? How can we provide experiences online that ask students not only create an online identity but also that continue carving out the digital world as a whole? By participating online (e.g., creating games like Rhys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkAietIUKVU, cultivating a social environment as Mimi Ito discussed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuV7zcXigAI ), students can become engaged in experience larger than themselves. It is our responsibility to mentor our students as they craft their stamp on the digital world as well as the literal world.
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July 30, 2017
After spending some time in the last module discussing Reading online, I was pretty excited that we were going to dig into Writing this week. For me, I really connect creativity with the “do” action words...writing, speaking, thinking...actions that require an individual to produce their own written words, say spoken words, and brainstorm individual thought. In Dr. O’Byrne’s lecture video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUiEZF1e_-Y, he discusses “remixing” and the idea that we can use other people’s work and find a way to make it our own. This can be done by simply adding audio to someone’s video, editing a site online, and/or mashing up bits and pieces of different works to make one cohesive product. We seem to do this a lot throughout our professional and personal lives. For example, we’ve seen memes on Facebook where people have altered an image in some way. This idea of “remixing” ideas is always present and always working. Kirby Ferguson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd-dqUuvLk4 continues this conversation of “remixing” in his TedTalk through the examples like Bob Dylan and Steve Jobs. In this presentation, he discusses how patents and ownership laws are, in a way, complicating matters of creativity. It is being increasingly difficult for us to see where this line between utilizing ideas and stealing ideas ends and begins. He also states that “our creativity comes from without, not from within. We are not self-made. We are dependent on one another.”. This quote resonated with me this weekend. If we are dependent on one another to form new ideas and products, then why is creativity often labeled as an independent skill or ability? In our classrooms, how do we foster creative practices that thrive under conditions where we share ideas, bounce around all the possibilities, learn by modeling, and/or make this process a collaborative effort. These are important factors to consider when asking your students to think/create in a way that capture their own creativity. The idea of “remixing” appears again in the conversation of online content construction. Dr. O’Byrne http://wiobyrne.com/construction-andor-creation-of-online-content/ explains the difference of construction versus creation in the context of his work. ”Creation can be viewed simply as the act of producing, or causing to exist. Construction is the building or assembling of an infrastructure. Construction is equal parts inspiration and perspiration. Construction calls on creativity as well as persistence, flexibility, and revision. Construction asks our students and teachers to focus on the power and patience employed during work process…and not just the final resultant work product.” Construction really ties in all that remixing embodies: the process to building upon other’s work in order to form, build, and/or complete a work that will makes it individually yours. Within this process booms creativity as students continually refine their works that leads them to their end products. The term construction describes the journey students must take and the potential for individual creative growth. Continuing to think about our future classrooms, why can be ensure that we are incorporating these opportunities for student growth online? How can we provide experiences online that ask students not only create an online identity but also that continue carving out the digital world as a whole? By participating online (e.g., creating games like Rhys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkAietIUKVU, cultivating a social environment as Mimi Ito discussed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuV7zcXigAI ), students can become engaged in experience larger than themselves. It is our responsibility to mentor our students as they craft their stamp on the digital world as well as the literal world. |