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.
Viviana – FORT STOCKTON ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very helpful in providing information on resources out there to help build that “robust toolkit” Lisa mentions.
josephine – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
It was great!
Nifa – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
informative and engaging
Jose – LA VILLA ISD (verified owner) –
It is very informative.
Elizabeth – FORT STOCKTON ISD (verified owner) –
This course was great and gave me lots of ideas to implement in my classroom.
Ibrahim – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Good.
Abbi – TEXARKANA ISD (verified owner) –
I appreciate all the ideas.
Juan – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Miriam – LA VILLA ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course is great as it its insightful in many ways that we can improve out teaching. I really love the resources she provides and they are very useful and effective I see.
Shatoria – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
TI think it’s beneficial .