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.
Aniela – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Informative module with great ideas to implement.
Maria – MANOR ISD (verified owner) –
Great Info!
Kurt – BLANCHESTER LOCAL (verified owner) –
The course had many different teaching strategies to consider adding to your repertoire.
David – LA GRANGE ISD (verified owner) –
Good selection of game ideas
Dominique – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
The course is amazing and helpful. I have been bookmarking many of the resources.
Stefanie – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It was really well done.
Sarah – TIPP CITY EXEMPTED VILLAGE (verified owner) –
great resources
Jimmy – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Gave good resources
Laura – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
I highly recommend this course. The content was so versatile that she was able to apply it to elementary, middle school and high school. She provided a wealth of insight, instructional strategies and tools for the gifted and just amazing advice about the myriad ways educators as well as GT students, benefit from differentiation and higher level opportunity. I really enjoyed and appreciated her honesty and humor.
Pasha – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very helpful and I plan to use the resources to help with teaching in my class.