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The Apollo 13 Moon Mission [ Houston, we have a problem ] was saved due to extraordinary courage and persistence in collaboration with those on the ground whose critical and creative thinking hacked a solution with the limited resources on board the space craft. Apollo challenges help develop those thinking skills by designing challenges that limit resources and time to create a solution. Students become better over time, especially with debriefing. Example: In three minutes with one piece of 8-1/2 by 11 inch paper and one two inch piece of tape, create a Statue of Liberty.

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Every year millions of kids get dressed up for Halloween. Instead of using their own creativity to design, tailor and execute a costume themselves, they default to store bought costumes. Halloween represents an authentic, interest driven design opportunity for all kids. We can guide them on a path to creating their own costumes that harness their creativity and build their confidence. 2013 marks the 2nd annual Cardboard Costume Challenge which is an online event featuring costume ideas and tutorials. It’s also a showcases for creative, low to no waste costumes that are entirely handmade. Think only robot costumes are made… Read more »

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Grab a few unused toys from around the house and tools you can use to take them apart. Feel free to gather your favorite crafting supplies, as well. Disassemble the toys and reassemble them in a new way (with added craft supplies), perhaps to make a visual pun. Share out your work on your favorite social network. If you love this, try to start a chain of toy hacks, remixes of your work, or even a kitchen-table or virtual toy hacking workshop with friends. If you’d like to take this idea further, try it with electronic or mechanical toys and… Read more »

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This is the first homework assignment in my multimedia class. It introduces me to the students and gets them quickly into the kind of work they’ll do for their first project. I love the way it marries creative writing and technology. Write a poem in the style of George Ella Lyon’s “Where I’m From”. Record the poem. Optionally, add a music soundtrack. Post your recording on SoundCloud. Optionally, add an image to the SoundCloud post. Share the SoundCloud posting. For details, resources and an example, click the “Adapted from” link. Adapted from: http://ltlatnd.wordpress.com/2012/11/14/i-am-from-poetry-and-machines/

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Search if, of course, an amazingly powerful tool that transforms how we access and find information. Creating your own custom search engine gives you a bit more control — adding a filter to the search crawlers. You can create your own Google Search Engine by going to https://www.google.com/cse/ If you are logged into your Google Account, you can create your own search engine by adding the sites that you want to search. Here, for example, is a Search Engine of only related CLMOOC sites: http://goo.gl/Cl9qYw Give it a try. Make an engine and go searching. Adapted from: http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/07/how-to-create-your-own-custom-search.html#.UfA8VVMd7v4

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