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.
Paola – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –
Very informational with lots of great strategies. 4/5
Rachel – LUBBOCK ISD (verified owner) –
This course gave me a lot of tools that I can apply in every different content area I teach, and it made me think about several aspects of teaching differently. I have a new and better plan for next school year based on what I learned in this course.
Lissa – PREMONT ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and useful information
Gracie – PREMONT ISD (verified owner) –
It was very educational. All teachers need to be trained on this in order to be successful in the future.
Bobby – LUBBOCK ISD (verified owner) –
Great resources and ways of looking at things.
Katie – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed learning about different strategies I can use in my classroom to promote higher level thinking.
Maria – Colegio Nueva Granada (verified owner) –
I think the resources, tools and content are super helpful. They can be realistically and easily applied in several teaching contexts and in every subject.
Jackie – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
I love that there are many different strategies provided!!!
Erica – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
Nice
Dawn – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
It was very thorough and lots of wonderful strategies and approaches.