Alla Kan! (Everyone Can!)

“We have now stopped using PowerPoint to make presentations. Our new preferred tool is Creaza’s Mindomo. It’s a fun way to create presentations, and we are now proud and happy users of this product! Have a fantastic weekend and recharge your batteries for next week. Make sure to always live in the present, dear friends! Believe in yourselves, and as we always say:

ALLA KAN! (EVERYONE CAN!)”

The text above is taken from Alla kan’s Facebook page. Alla kan is a project that was started in Ängelholm in Sweden. The Swedish hero Pelle Sköldbäck, and Andreas Söderkvist, who is the leader of the project, travel around Sweden and give lectures to schools and businesses, and let them try out for themselves what it is like to live with different forms of disabilities:

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Pelle also gives lectures on self-leadership and the importance of setting goals for oneself, while stressing that nothing is impossible. Pelle lost his leg as a result of an accident fifteen years ago. The accident also triggered an illness, which eventually lead to the loss of function in his other leg, as well. In spite of all this, Pelle has managed to climb the mountain Kebnekaise, and he has also completed several marathons in his wheelchair.

Andreas referees professional footbal matches (despite only being 24 years old) and works at a school with different sorts of leadership and project management. When asked about why they use Creaza, Andreas replied:

“Creaza Mindomo is very unique and captures our audience in a way that we have not experienced with the other presentation tools we have used earlier. It’s also a much more fun way of working. We travel a lot, and a web-based tool where you only need a username and password is therefore preferable. Easy access to support and inspiration from the Creaza guys is an advantage, as well.“

How do you plan on using Creaza in the future?

“We shoot photographs and film a lot when we are visiting schools and students and giving lectures. I’ve started using Creaza MovieEditor and I will be using it to edit our movies from now on. It seems to include a lot of integrated content and the functionality appears to be intuitive and easy to use.”

Here’s how their first video turned out:

In the near future, Alla kan will go on a tour throughout Sweden and, among other things, be paid a visit from a minister in May! Exciting!

Creaza wishes Alla kan the best of luck! We are looking forward to continuing our exciting collaboration!

To read more about Alla kan, click the link below:

http://www.engelholm.se/Utbildning-barnomsorg/alla-ro/Magnarps-rektorsomrade/Alla-Kan/

 

 

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Vant språkkonkurranse med film laget i Creaza.

Høsten 2012 inviterte Nasjonalbiblioteket, i samarbeid med de nasjonale sentrene for flerkulturell opplæring, fremmedspråk, matematikk, nynorsk og samisk, norske skoleelever til å delta i språkkonkurransen Språk i ditt liv. Nå er konkurransen avsluttet, og vinnere har blitt kåret. Creaza ønsker i den anledning å gratulere klasse 6B fra Hasle skole, og deres lærer Ida Marie Haugli, med førsteplass i konkurransen

Språk og identitet var tema for konkurransen, men det var opp til elevene selv å avgjøre akkurat hva det var de definerte som språk. Målet var å samle inn og dokumentere noe av det mangfoldet av språk norske elever over hele landet møter i sin hverdag.

Elevene ble delt inn i tre ulike grupper basert på alder: 5.-7. trinn, 8.-10. trinn og videregående skole. I førstnevnte gruppe var det altså klasse 6B på Hasle skole som stakk av med seieren med filmen “Språkdetektiv”. Filmen er redigert i Creazas filmredigeringsverktøy MovieEditor. Elevene har lastet opp sine filmklipp og bilder i Creaza, og har deretter lagt på overganger, tekst, effekter og musikk, alt ved hjelp av Creazas MovieEditor. Filmen kan du se under:

Juryen besto heller ikke av hvem som helst: I tillegg til juryleder Arnfinn Muruvik Vonen, som til vanlig er direktør i Språkrådet, besto den også av Lisa Baal, leder i Senter for samisk i opplæringen; Hanne Haugli, rådgiver i Nasjonalt senter for flerkulturell opplæring; Johanne Olstad, seniorrådgiver i Språkbanken; Inger Johanne Sæterbakk, prosjektleder i Språkåret 2013; Helene Uri, forfatter og språkviter – og Kristin Bjørlykke Øvereng, høgskolelærer ved Nasjonalt senter for nynorsk i opplæringa. Følgende kriterier ble lagt til grunn:

  • Originalitet
  • Ny informasjon om språk
  • Kreativitet
  • Tilrettelegging: Bidraget må være tilrettelagt for egen aldersgruppe

Under kan du lese juryens vurdering av filmen til klasse 6B:

Klasse 6b på Hasle skole har levert ein film som alle i juryen var einige om er godt komponert. Filmen er kreativ og får ekstra poeng for den humoristiske bruken av kriminalsjangeren. «Språkdetektiv» viser både språkmangfaldet vi alle møter i kvardagen, og det språklege mangfaldet i klasse 6b ved Hasle skole. Det er tydeleg at elevane har lært mykje, og dei bidreg med ny kunnskap om språka vi møter i kvardagen. Filmen gjer oss òg meir merksame på alle språka vi omgir oss med. I tillegg er han godt tilrettelagd for aldersgruppa til deltakarane. Neste gong vi treng språkdetektivar, ringjer vi definitivt klasse 6b ved Hasle skole!

Les mer om kriteriene for konkurransen i denne artikkelen:    http://www.nb.no/utstillinger/sprak/

Les mer om de ulike vinnerne i denne artikkelen:                                      http://www.nb.no/Hva-skjer/Aktuelt/Nyheter/Spraakkonkurransen-til-Nasjonalbiblioteket-Vinnarane-er-kaara

 

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SETT 2013

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This year’s SETT conference has just been concluded, and Creaza would like to thank all the visitors for helping make sure that we had a fantastic time there. We were very happy that so many new and old Creaza users came by our stand.

More and more Swedish teachers and students are now using Creaza in their schools. Creaza is suitable for everyone, and can be used in many different ways and for a variety of purposes. For instance, Nacima Ali-Turki från Brageskolan uses Creaza with students who have language learning difficulties, while Johan Cheander from Perstorp uses Creaza  to “flip” his classroom.

To read more about Nacima and Johan, check out this Swedish blog post:

You could also have a look at this cartoon made by Måns at Tal- och språkcentrum:

Ruben Puentedura and Josef Holmqvist (Creaza)

Ruben Puentedura and Josef Holmqvist (Creaza)

Creaza’s stand was also visited by Ruben Puentedura, a distinguished researcher when it comes to ICT and education. To learn more about Puentedura’s views on the use of technology in education, see the video below:

 

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The Cartoonist app is FREE this week!

SETT, or the Scandinavian Educational Technology Transformation conference, will take place on Wednesday (April 17) and Thursday (April 18) this week. Creaza will of course be present, and you can find us at stand number H:26.

SETT is Scandinavia’s largest exhibition and conference when it comes to ICT and education, and Creaza will be celebrating this fact by making our Creaza Cartoonist app available for free for everyone this week! From Wednesday (April 18) to Sunday (April 22), you will therefore be able go to the App Store and get the app for your iPad free of charge!

Creaza Cartoonist was among the apps picked by Apple for its “Best of 2012″ list within the “Lifelong Learning” category. Learn more about the app here:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/creaza-cartoonist/id517674681?mt=8

If your school has already purchased the web version (Creaza Premium), you can get the Creaza Cartoonist EDU app for free for your school, as well, if you contact us within the week. Send us an email at:

ipad@creaza.com.

 

 

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Creaza Premium to teachers & learners through AV Media Skåne

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Creaza is proud to announce that more than 50 000 students and 4 000 teachers in more than 30 schools from 20 different Swedish municipalities now all have access to Creaza Premium through AV Media Skåne! AV Media Skåne will, in collaboration with Creaza, begin conducting a large-scale pedagogical education initiative for teachers. We will start this spring and continue until spring 2014. Is your school an “AV Media Skåne” school? Keep an eye out for AV Media’s newsletter for more information.

http://www.avmediaskane.se/Creaza.php#.UWbWpZOeNPw

We are looking forward to an increased focus on creative learning in Sweden!

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Creaza – On the road!

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Creaza will be present at various conferences and events over the course of the next couple of weeks.

First in line is a lecture Creaza will be giving in Molde Tuesday this week. The lecture will focus on how educators can “flip their classroom” with the help of Mindomo, Creaza’s tool for creating mind maps and presentations.

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ITK

Next up is the Interactive Technology in Education conference (ITE/ITK). ITK is the largest conference in Finland related to information and communication technology in educational use. The conference started in 1990 and it will be carried out for the 24th time this year. The conference will consist of, among other things, workshops, lectures and forums. Creaza will, in collaboration with Fronter Finland, be responsible for several of the workshops. Read more about ITK here:

http://www.itk.fi/2013/info/english

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After that, Creaza is heading to Sweden. On April 16 we will be in Sollentuna at #SKIKT supporting fantastic teachers presenting theirs students Creaza – work and learning processes.

The next days the Scandinavian Educational Technology Transformation conference (SETT) will be held on April 17 and April 18. SETT is Scandinavia’s largest exhibition and conference within modern learning, and they are focused on inspiring educators to increase their curiosity and knowledge related to these matters. Last year, around 4500 educators visited SETT. Creaza’s stand can be found at H:26. Read more about SETT here:

http://www.settdagarna.se/en

For a succinct, Swedish introduction to Creaza, watch the video below:

NKUL

NKUL 2013 will be taking place at NTNU in Trondheim, Norway from May 6 to May 8. NKUL is Norway’s largest ICT conference. The conference will consist of a wide rage of workshops and exhibitions, and BYOD, classroom management, and digital education will be some of the featured topics. Creaza is a partner of the event. We will do a workshop and you will find the Creaza – stand at AU 2.

Learn more about NKUL here:

http://www.nkul.no/

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Last, but not least, Framtidens Lärande will be taking place in Stockholm from May 15 to May 17. At Framtidens Lärande government and school employees, politicians, researchers and people who work with ICT come together to discuss, debate and share experiences regarding education and ICT. Creaza will be present with our Creaza – stand!

Learn more about Framtidens Lärande here:

http://www2.diu.se/framlar/konferensen/

We are looking forward to going on the road, and hope to meet as many of you as possible!

 

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