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.
Claire – Pilot (verified owner) –
This was a great course. There are so many new resources I learned about. She is very easy to listen to!
Arturo – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Overall, a good course
Ashley – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
good
Michelle – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY (verified owner) –
Great, helpful information!
Kimberly – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course! Lisa provides so much useful information.
Janet – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
Useful and thorough. Online students need access to the handouts.
Kathern – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPUS CH (verified owner) –
Great course
Patricia – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
I appreciate the resources and ways we can implement them into our classroom. It’s a little overwhelming. I hope I can have access to this information as I implement things one at a one. If and when things get boring I can look back and try another resource.
Lillian – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
Although I liked the content of this course, I think it would be more immediately useful to me if some of the examples presented were from high school classrooms; I teach high school and I have a hard time envisioning how a strategy for 3rd or 4th grade will work for 17-18 year olds.
Kyle – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
I got a lot of good concrete ideas and resources for creative ways to liven up the class. This is something I struggle with but I feel a lot more comfortable moving forward with making things original and engaging.