Make. Learning. Visible.

Create original content with your students for the Page, Stage & Screen by writing to be read, speaking to be heard and representing to be seen. There's a world of difference between creating for an audience and doing assignments for a grade.  It's way more joyful to create written, spoken & visual stories with purpose for authentic audiences.  So, adopt a Maker Mindset and design learning experiences with students that follow the creative journey from Imagination through Creation to Exhibition!

You can build #VisualLiteracy and #CreativeConfidence by practicing the habits of creators with your students to make print, visual, live, media and physical creations that you are proud of!  For a little inspiration, start by listening to first-grader, Brookleyn, as she shares about what it means to be a maker.

Making learning visible means fostering creative confidence in your students through the three acts of the creative process: Imagine, Create & Exhibit. With a purposeful Maker Mindset, create high quality, original text, images and designs with your students and share them with real audiences.

The Creative Process
in Three Acts

ACT I
IMAGINE

Begin your project with empathy, curiosity & purpose.

ACT II
CREATE

Draft original creations, critique & revise with cycles of feedback.

ACT III
EXHIBIT

Share quality with audience & reflect on the experience.

Follow Macki in her creative journey with her teacher and peers in the VAM Academy, and see how creative confidence is fostered through opportunity, mentorship and trust.