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.
Sarah – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
I found the course and all the listed resources really informative, and I feel it has given me many tools that I can use in my own classroom to be more effective.
Ariel – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
Really found the information informative and the teaching methods helpful in provided a different practices I can use in my classroom.
Latisha – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
A lot of information I can use in class and at home.
Nicholas – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent.
Aiden – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This was a wonderful course filled with great resources!
Laney – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
I like all the resources and numerous resources given throughout this training.
Megan – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
I think this was fun and motivating!
Anna – ANDREWS ISD (verified owner) –
It is very informative and very user friendly. I feel like I could take most of these ideas and implement them tomorrow.
Emily – LA GRANGE ISD (verified owner) –
I love how specific resources and tools were provided to a variety of content areas that make it very easy to apply in my own classroom. I felt like Lisa gave tangible ways to incorporate the activities and resources easily into my content area within the classroom.
CLAUDIA – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Love it because it is practical and theorical