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.
Kallie – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I liked the resources shared.
Sylvia – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
This was an information packed course. I learned a lot. Some of it I already knew but now can apply it in so many ways.
Brent – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
There are a lot of great ideas you can use in your cassroom.
Alexis – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
A very experienced teacher provides insights and a host of resources to improve our teaching skills.
Andrea – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
There are a lot of good, specific activity ideas in this course.
Jennifer – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
This course had a lot of great tips on resources to use for the classroom.
Maria – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
This course has very helpful information, ideas and resources that can be used in different content areas.
laura – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
It was helpful with interesting information.
Norma – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative.
Carla – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I like many of the activities presented. I want introduce a few of them in my classroom.