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.
Kathy – WORTHINGTON CITY (verified owner) –
This course has great pacing and offers reasons why teachers should add creativity into their classrooms. It is a refreshing look at how to think about the power of creativity through a variety of research based activities and resources. The course provides a user friendly “tool box” of suggestions that can be incorporated into any subject area.
Sarah – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
This course was great if you are a first year teacher. Most of the resources and strategies are well know to teachers who have been teaching for awhile.
Mike – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Very good information.
Danyella – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Very helpful and eye opening to new strategies and ideas.
Maria – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It was very helpful because I learned new teaching strategies and resources that will use in my classroom.
Emily – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
This course is good in theory, but some of the resources need to be updated (broken links, resources don’t exist anymore, etc.)
Tanisha – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Great course. Useful resources.
Miranda – Springfield City School District (verified owner) –
Great course.
Diana – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative!
Mario – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course was very interesting and educational. It gave me an understanding on how students think and how to get students to buy into learning with fun activities.