Creating the Future
Clemson University lecturer Dan Frank brings Mimi Ito’s “Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out” teaching method to his classroom. Seeing creativity as a constant process, Frank aims to engage his students organically through video games and inviting them into “creativity spaces” where he hopes “they want to make something cool.” Click here or the picture to watch a video showing how Frank and his students use having fun to learn—even when they may not realize it.
Meet two of Clemson’s Digital Faculty Scholars as they discuss how they approach creativity in the classroom. April O’Brien and Brian Gaines, who both teach first-year composition at Clemson, explore what matters to them—here, Gaines talks about the importance of “failing fast” and O’Brien emphasizes how she communicates her creative process to her students.
Clemson University’s Center of Excellence strives to make students, faculty and staff literate in the ever-changing digital landscape. Recently, Campus Technology profiled Co-Director Dr. Jan Holmevik and Digital Faculty Scholar April O’Brien about the University’s push to highlight digital literacy and creativity in the classroom.
The article details how the partnership between Adobe and Clemson began, how the discussion about digital education has shifted and how educators at Clemson are using new technologies and the new Adobe Digital Studio to make an impact on their students.
Currently, nearly 30,000 members of the Clemson community have access to the Adobe Creative Cloud. On-campus training is also available for the software suite.
“There is a difference between being digitally native and digitally literate. My new students find out quickly that their high degree of facility with cell phones and social media is simply not enough.” — April O’Brien
For more, click here to read the full article.
Anna Hall, a Center of Excellence Digital Creativity Scholar and assistant professor of early childhood education in Clemson University’s Eugene T. Moore School of Education, uses social media and Adobe products to spread the importance of early childhood writing.
In a recent Digital Creativity Faculty workshop, Scholars learned how to use Adobe Post, Adobe Slate and Adobe Voice to create quick and effective stories from their iPhones and iPads.
Hall spun the lesson into an Adobe Voice video of her own, “Every Child is a Writer,” which explains the importance of encouragement and freedom for young children’s writing development.
Read more about Anna Hall’s use of digital platforms in a Clemson Newsstand article here.
Click below to watch her Adobe Voice video, “Every Child is a Writer.”
Learn how Clemson University administrative assistant Emily Clarke discovered her creativity as a child by learning how to paint on her own, and what else she learned from that experience.
For more about Emily Clarke, watch how she uses creativity at work, check out how she creates fearlessly and view an extended clip of her creative journey.
Learn about how Clemson University professor Erica Walker puts her documentary experience to work in the classroom inspiring students to find their creativity.
For more about Erica Walker, watch an extended clip of the “Producer and Professor” feature and find out more about her creative roots.
