creative

Book Review: The Accidental Creative by Todd Henry

aarmau@gmail.comOctober 9, 2013book review, creative

“Todd Henry has spent years breaking down the secrets of highly effective creatives. Read this book and prepare to ramp up your brilliance!”—Chris Guillebeau, author of The Art of Nonconformity Many of…Read more

Mindmap: a 30 minute walk #coffeechugPLN

aarmau@gmail.comJuly 2, 2013creative, mindmap, mooc

Mind Map I am going through a MOOC created through Venture Lab of Standford after the fact as I did not make time during the allotted time, but now that…Read more

Coffeechug Tweets of Knowledge!

aarmau@gmail.comDecember 21, 2012creative, education, learning, project based learning, students, twitter

Just wanted to compile so very interesting reads and articles about education, intelligence, and creativity from my Twitter feed in case you don’t have Twitter(in which you are missing out…Read more

Lego Imagination Challenge: November

aarmau@gmail.comNovember 1, 2012creative, lego, lego challenge, thinking

Coffeechug here, reporting live from the nerd cave. Here is the next installment in the Lego Imagination Challenge for the month of November. This topic took the most votes by…Read more

Lego Imagination October Contest: Halloween – All Submissions

aarmau@gmail.comOctober 31, 2012creative, lego, lego challenge, thinking

Today is Halloween! Happy Halloween to you!!! Here are the photos of all the submissions. You can see more views of each one by checking out the slide show at…Read more

Pringle Challenge Is Underway!

aarmau@gmail.comOctober 28, 2012creative, elp, learning, pbl, pringle challenge, project based learning, project_based_learning, students

My 4th and 5th grade ELP students are taking part in a Pringle Challenge in which they have to build a container that will keep a Pringle chip intact while…Read more

Lego Imagination Challenge: Halloween Entry #6 – PUMPKIN!

aarmau@gmail.comOctober 11, 2012creative, lego, lego challenge, thinking

The next entry in the LEGO Halloween Challenge.This comes from another student of mine, Sophie. She is in 4th grade and is 9 years oldShe has titled thisPUMPKIN!And I love it! Very…Read more

Lego Imagination Challenge: Halloween Entry #5

aarmau@gmail.comOctober 10, 20121challenge, creative, lego, lego challenge, thinking

Here is the next entry for the Halloween Challenge! I am so excited to have so many entries coming in. Justin is one of my 5th grade students and like…Read more

Lego Imagination Contest: Halloween Entry #4: Zombie

aarmau@gmail.comOctober 10, 2012creative, lego, lego challenge, students, thinking

Here is the next creation submitted to me by another awesome student. Stephanie like a few others is 9 years old and used what parts she had to make a…Read more

Lego Imagination Contest: Halloween Entry #2

aarmau@gmail.comOctober 3, 2012creative, lego, lego challenge, students

The second addition to the contest has been added. Thank Logan for your build and taking time to send me a picture. Logan shared this with me: “Hope you like…Read more