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.
Michael – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Informative
Alondra – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I think the course was okay.
Zinnia-Jaxenia – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course, I received a lot of tool than I can use for years to come. But as a person taking this course on my own I would like to be able to access to the handout that Lisa was referring to in her presentations.
Criselda – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –
Good course
Yesenia – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –
It was excellent. Thank you!
anthony – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
Yay!
Opal – LUBBOCK ISD (verified owner) –
Speaker is boring and uses so many filler words like ummmmm. Also no hand out is provided making it hard to follow along
Merve – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – AUSTIN (verified owner) –
I am wondering except the tests given the kids, would classroom observation be useful tool to differentiate GT students. Also, what is the best way to serve gifted students? Pull out from classes or other methods…
Nicole – Private Pay (verified owner) –
I always love learning from Lisa Van Gemert, particularly on Depth and Complexity. I would say, though, that the handout needs to be updated. Several of the links posted on it lead to broken or blocked sites that I couldn’t access. In particular, the question toolkit and the question/response cards.
Diana – EAST CHAMBERS ISD (verified owner) –
Great! I can work at my own pace.