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    Category: Innovative Arts

    Popsicle stick Exploding Flower

    This project is very advanced. https://www.puzzleshiftcreate.com/popsicle-stick-activities/ Here are the projects that are less advanced. Have fun!
    Peter.Johnson May 12, 2023
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    The Idea Cart, additional names TBD

    Years ago, I gutted a small sample “Smart Table” that the SMART corporation sent with the massive order of smartboards, back when districts were first…

    Peter.Johnson May 4, 2023

    The big book of creativity

    I’ve set myself on the task of creating a book (of some form) that will grow over the years, have idea pages for every project…

    Peter.Johnson April 25, 2023

    Under/over estimations

    I’ve always heard that you overestimate what you can accomplish in a day and underestimate how much you can accomplish in a year. Each day…

    Peter.Johnson April 6, 2023
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    Building Projects for Kids: 20 Creative Ways To Start

    Are you looking for open-ended, highly customizable building projects for kids? Projects that’ll keep them engaged? Look no further! This site has a growing collection…

    Peter.Johnson April 2, 2023

    How to Cultivate Curiosity in the Classroom

    Curiosity is one of the most valuable traits a student can possess. When we cultivate curiosity in the classroom, we open up a world of…

    Peter.Johnson March 28, 2023

    Discovering limitations

    I am going through the book “Creative Acts for Curious People”, a collection of prompts from the d school at Stanford. I keep having the…

    Peter.Johnson March 28, 2023

    Two years later…

    I made the video below about two years ago. It holds up in a lot of ways! The motorized projects were a definite success…. but…

    Peter.Johnson March 28, 2023

    Becoming a content creator

    I’ve developed the ideas (links below), sorted them, piloted them, and started systematically deploying them in my classroom. The last step is to share them.…

    Peter.Johnson March 16, 2023

    Whole other approaches

    When a class walks into the classroom, some kids are ready for whatever you’re about to teach them. Others aren’t. Finding the sweet spot –…

    Peter.Johnson March 9, 2023

    Encouraging emulation

    A part of Innovative Arts is teaching how creativity and being great at something do not just spring out of you from nowhere. We all…

    Peter.Johnson March 1, 2023

    Coaching, feedback, accountability

    I’m in that familiar place, where many students have finished and turned in their work but not all. There has been plenty of time. Instead…

    Peter.Johnson February 16, 2023

    Teaching Engineering to 5th Graders Using Simple Materials 

    Engineering is a great way to get kids interested in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. It gives them an opportunity to use their…

    Peter.Johnson February 13, 2023
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    The nature of learning – fast and slow

    It struck me early this morning how there is a fundamental tension built right into teaching and learning. These two elements are in constant tension…

    Peter.Johnson February 3, 2023
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    21 Cardboard Projects for Creative Classrooms and ‘Thinking like a designer!’ 

    These projects are perfect for giving students a way to grow creatively and get their first hundred mistakes out of the way. We use them…

    Peter.Johnson January 20, 2023
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    REAL examples of student choice in the classroom

    If you’re new to this site, “examples of student choice in the classroom” is a great way to get acquainted. Innovative Arts is my dream…

    Peter.Johnson January 3, 2023

    We need a new vision for education

    It is really easy to criticize education, principals, teachers. It's a lot harder to propose actual solutions. You hear it all the time - "Why don'…
    Peter.Johnson December 20, 2022
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    ‘Shift’ technology resources being developed

    The ‘Shift‘ in ‘Puzzle Shift Create‘ is short for ‘Shifting how we use technology’ Topics that I need to formalize from class: On this site,…

    Peter.Johnson December 18, 2022
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    20+ Fun Ideas for a STEM Project!

    I started as a science teacher and have been designing and implementing STEM project ideas for over a decade. Check out the resources that are…

    Peter.Johnson December 11, 2022
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    Redo-ing the ‘why’ on this site

    The first tagline, which I found in the 3-year-old settings of this site, were “Free creator resources for all students.” That’s a ‘what’, not a…

    Peter.Johnson December 3, 2022
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