Bring a Book to Life: A Creative Approach to Learning Across Languages

Natalie Rusk WORKSHOP Bring a Book to Life: A Creative Approach to Learning Across Languages Join us to explore how you can bring a favorite book to life using OctoStudio—a free mobile coding app for creative learning from the MIT Media Lab. Choose a character, quote, or idea from a book that inspires you. Make a drawing, take a photo, record your voice, or start creating with craft materials. Snap together colorful coding blocks to combine images, words, and sounds to make an interactive animation or game you can share. Find out how students and educators can develop multiple literacy skills in the process of making personally and culturally meaningful projects. We’ll share a variety of examples and free resources you can use and adapt for learners in your community.

PRESENTATION Engaging Learners Across the 4 Cs: Creativity, Curiosity, Collaboration, and Caring In a rapidly changing world, the ability to think and act creatively is more important than ever before. How can technology support rather than interfere with young people developing as creative, curious, collaborative, and caring learners? Natalie Rusk of the MIT Media Lab will share examples of how educators around the world are engaging students in creating projects to develop and express their ideas across multiple literacies and languages. Find out how students can use free creative coding environments, such as Scratch and OctoStudio, to create interactive stories, design collaborative language games, and more—combining words, images, voice recordings, and coding blocks to make their ideas come to life.