Description
Incorporating creativity into the classroom isn’t just about making art projects or decorations. It’s about teaching students to approach problems creatively and become richer, deeper thinkers. Lisa Van Gemert, award-winning educational consultant, guides teachers through an in-depth look at how to bring creative instruction into their classrooms. This six-hour course, “Creativity and Instructional Strategies,” dives deep into what creativity is and how to use it in the classroom.
In this course educators will learn about:
- How creativity affects a student’s learning
- Resources for cultivating a creative classroom
- Creative activities
- Humor and creativity
Presenter Bio
Lisa Van Gemert shares best practices in education with audiences around the world using a combination of neuropsychology, pedagogy, experience, humor, technology and sheer fun. She is an expert consult to television shows including Lifetime’s “Child Genius,” and a writer of award-winning lesson plans, as well as numerous published articles on social psychology and pedagogy and the book, Perfectionism: A Practical Guide to Managing Never Good Enough. A former teacher, school administrator, and Youth & Education Ambassador for Mensa, she shares resources for educators and parents on her website giftedguru.com and is co-founder with Ian Byrd of the Gifted Guild, a professional community for educators of the gifted. Lisa and her husband Steve are the parents of three sons and live in Arlington, Texas.
Jillian – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
This course is very helpful and has amazing suggestions to adapt my teaching style
Paula – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
had hard time focusing. a lot of content. maybe break it up into smaller chunks
Samantha – MANOR ISD (verified owner) –
I appreciate the thoroughness of this course. There is a lot of great information and resources.
Daren – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
Enjoyed all the resources.
Albert – MANOR ISD (verified owner) –
This online course training helps me to learn more strategies that I will use in my classroom teaching.
Gabriel – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent! Great ideas!
diana – MANOR ISD (verified owner) –
It is interesting and engaging
Francisco – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative with a lot of good ideas and recommendations that would increase student positive outcomes.
Maleni – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informational and helpful.
Jocelyn – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting and many new resources