GKE Quest - Learning Goals

Creativity and Innovation
As educators, worldwide, prepare children for 21st century success, creativity and its accompanying skills of adaptation and flexibility are critical mindsets and coping mechanisms. Schools must assist learners in developing capabilities that accompany innovation with the same seriousness that is utilized for preparing learners in literacy. These activities and resources emphasize the skills necessary for negotiating the complex and constantly changing environment of the Information Age.

Please note: the Self Paced Modules are provided through a special agreement between GKE, NYIT's Education Enterprise Zone, the Nassau BOCES New York State Virtual Learning Space, and other partners. If you are having difficulty accessing a Module, click here for help.

	GKE Web Ring - Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences Educators, Empowered Learners, Parents Communication, Creativity and Innovation Understanding Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences Theory is helpful in using innovation and creativity as empowerment tools. Each of the web sites in this Web Ring go into depth about how Multiple Intelligences can be taught, and how they can be successfully integrated for use in any classroom and any subject.
	GKE Innovative Learning Activity - Independent Poetry Reading Activities and Resources Educators, Empowered Learners, Parents The true nature of poetry, a taut form of communication capable of providing swift exercises into the creative process as well as educational lightning strikes into affective ideas and concepts, makes the craft of poetry a natural tool for the Information Age classroom. This activity provides several methods of exploring the richness of language.
	GKE Web Ring - The Wormhole: Writer's Resources Activities and Resources Educators, Empowered Learners, Parents This Web Ring provides links to resources to enrich writers and readers through submission opportunities, showcases of originial poetry, examples of diverse writing forms, and inspiration for the creative mind.
	PowerPoint Self Paced Module Educators, Empowered Learners, Parents Learn how to create multimedia presentations using PowerPoint.
	Photoshop Self Paced Module Educators, Empowered Learners, Parents Learn how to manipulate digital images in order to create interpretive imagery and strengthen reading comprehension.
	GKE Web Ring - 3D Art Activities and Resources Educators, Empowered Learners, Parents Images have always been a powerful form of communication. 3-D animation and image creation is on the forefront of graphic technology. This Web Ring includes sites that contain image galleries for inspiration and ideas for the construction of 3-D art. These sites also have tutorials, tricks, and tips for the 3D artist.
	GKE Web Ring - WebCams Activities and Resources Educators, Empowered Learners, Parents The WebCam brings the world into the classroom or the home in real time views. The sitesin this Web Ring present learning opportunities for exploring intriguing, live WebCam sites on the Internet.