My latest on Substack: The Color, the Comics, and the Sound of Deeper Understanding: Three Strategies for Amplifying #CriticalCreativity with Technology
#edusky #education #teaching #literacy #creativity #edtech #TESOL #ESL
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I’m excited to share that I’ll be speaking at #FETC2026 in Orlando! Let’s get after it together! #edtech #criticalcreativity #designthinking
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My latest post on Substack including free access to the latest iteration of my simplified rules for DnD in the classroom
#ttrpgs #gamedesign #gamebasedthinking #criticalcreativity #k12education
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My younger self loves (wobbly drawings of flowers, planes, stick figures)
"This is such a beautiful drawing, Ish! I really love looking at it and reading the things that bring you joy. Flowers, travel and your family -- I'm so excited for you to continue exploring this joy with Alejandro, and to open up your heart in magical ways that you had no idea about! Create, surrender, enjoy and play! Keep playing in every area of your life without expectations of an outcome! Winning/losing is an illusion. What matters is that you keep showing up and PLAY!"
Seven people making a star symbol with their hands.
"Keep playing in every area of your life without expectations of an outcome! Winning/losing is an illusion. What matters is that you keep showing up and PLAY!"
I love that I can host spaces where feelings like this naturally arise.
#ttrpg #mindfulness #mindfulplay #criticalcreativity
This week's essay features #ttrpg illustrator @sifsweetman.bsky.social on subsurface scattering, collaborating with nature, and overcoming creative blocks.
(Of course I tied it to dependent origination and mutual aid.)
Come see with all your eyes.
#MindfulPlay #Interdependence #CriticalCreativity
Do you get stuck in your head too? Want practice?
Last month, mindful play practice gave Roxanne's imagination "room to run wildly [...] and challenged me to get all my thoughts out quickly without overthinking."
Check out this month's offering below.
#MindfulPlay #CriticalCreativity #Mindfulness
Last year, I released a one-page #ttrpg.
Players draw challenging childhood experiences. They then write a response to their "younger self" as their present-day self.
Today, another player called it "fun and cathartic."
Play isn't a game, but that's a win for me.
#CriticalCreativity #MindfulPlay
Today at 1:30 PM in Hilton Salon K at #SXSWEDU!
From Ideas to Impact! Dive into the awesomeness of visual and physical brainstorming and ideating! With yours truly and the raditude that is @mistykluesner.bsky.social!
#designthinking #projectbasedlearning #edusky #criticalcreativity
Hearing from @neuranne.bsky.social at @sxswedu.com right now
She's asking, "How might we value curiosity over certainty in schools?"
I'm 20000% onboard and trying to push out the gatekeepers from the back of my head who demand certainty to measure success
#SXSWedu #criticalcreativity #edusky
I designed alternative exit tickets
2x2 Understanding & Effort: Learners plot their depth of understanding, degree of skill and assess effort exerted; then add notes for context
Share & remix via #CanvaForEdu
#criticalcreativity #edusky #k12education #edtech
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Sent our CRCS staff into vacation w/ a 5E design process challenge & #projectbasedlearning experience: How might we re-design Pac-Man to reflect challenges learners face in central Maine? Feel free to remix and share.
#designthinking #edusky #criticalcreativity #gamedesign
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Absolute must read from @thejosevilson.com
The Pedagogy of Kendrick Lamar at the Super Bowl Halftime Show thejosevilson.com/the-pedagogy...
#edusky #criticalcreativity
Visualizing computational thinking via entrepreneurial thinking and deeper thinking.
Created this Canva template to help MS/HS math learners and rocked the bit.ly/In10tion color scheme, too.
Feel free to share widely #criticalcreativity #edusky #mathsky #cs4all
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Over on LI I share some context for two reasons I really love my job as Director of Design & Innovation at CRCS: creating & making alongside learners as I try to improve my skills in the service of their opportunities
#criticalcreativity #graphicdesign #edusky
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Oh @jacquiegardy.bsky.social @angelastockman.bsky.social this is so up your alleys #criticalcreativity
Love this! Similar to Creating intentional color palettes that reflect the themes, techniques, structures evident in a given poem?
#aplit #edusky #teachersky #poetry #creativewriting #criticalcreativity
Today! Join me on the expo floor in the Meet the Authors booth from 11:15 to 11:45!
Then create and design with us @jacquiegardy.bsky.social at 12:30 in S330A for some serious #criticalcreativity for innovative educators!
#fetc #edusky #edtech #designthinking
THURSDAY! JAN 16! Come find me at the Meet the Author space in the #FETC expo at 11:15 Booth 1847! I'll be signin' and sellin' copies of INTENTION: CRITICAL CREATIVITY in the CLASSROOM
bit.ly/In10tion #edusky #criticalcreativity
Used #Canva today to design a new #criticalcreativity mini-design challenge for understanding like terms in math.
Learners have to design a car lot for their new dealership on the land they inherited from their uncle. Use computational thinking to sort em
#edusky #edtech
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a set of four emojis (eyebrow raise, crying, laughing w tears, vomiting) to be interpreted as mathematical expressions
Been working w MS/HS math seminar to better visualize some bedrock computational thinking knowledge and terminology
Worked up this #criticalcreativity activity/formative assessment for learners to interpret emojis as math expressions and vice versa
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#edusky #CS4all
An outstanding guide to help learners find more #criticalcreativity opportunities through common digital tools
Also pairs nicely with One Word to Rule Them All and Potent Quotables from bit.ly/In10tion
No recommended for beef however; stick with a Cab or Merlot
#edusky #notasomalier #wineisweird
My #edusky friends — fostering this sort of engagement w learners is a good thing! Fanart and fanfic are beautiful pathways to critical thinking and #criticalcreativity
The hitch seems to be getting learners to make the shift into other writing - made easier by building trust thru embracing joy
If you haven’t read Bone, you haven’t lived
#hyperbole #stupidstupidratcreatures #criticalcreativity
#comicsintheclassroom
Add a little #criticalcreativity to your process in the early going and you’ll find making it “good” a lot easier down the road — and more satisfying as well
bit.ly/In10tion
This is gorgeous #criticalcreativity and #comics
So brilliant and wonderful
For tips on creating comics with learners in the classroom: bit.ly/pnlsandpovs
#NCTE #NYSCATE
Hey #NYSCATE! I keep accidentally turning my kids college fund into efforts to match up three mermaids with two pirates and the big jackpot! Say hey and save me from myself! And come to our session at 11:30 in Cayuga! #criticalcreativity
Hey #NYSCATE! Join @jacquiegardy.bsky.social and yours truly at 11.30 this morning in Cayuga for some #criticalcreativity and empathy and making and yeehaw shenanigans!
And tomorrow in the playground, too!
#edtech #edusky
Hey #NCTE! Join @jacquiegardy.bsky.social and yours truly for our poster session from 12:30 - 1:45 on Friday in Hall A! We will be be talking #criticalcreativity in ELA around the globe! #ncte2024 #ncte24 #edusky #ELAsky
See?! See!!!!? This is why we Bluesky!
Ahhhhhh that’s so freakin satisfying
#edusky #ttrpg #criticalcreativity
I’ll see all you cats at #FETC talking #criticalcreativity
