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.
David – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Informational
Rebecca – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
informative
Abel – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This course desreves 5 stars! Very good information and resources to help children learn. Good Job!
Norma – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Lisa provides excellent instructional activities that can be implemented in the general education classroom, they are not exclusive to the GT student.
Crance – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting info.
Vanessa – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD – SAN ANTONIO DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Really well done course that has a ton of resources and ideas.
Beatriz – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent
Jose – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Learned a lot of strategies i can use in my classroom
Monica – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (verified owner) –
I thought this course was extremely helpful in addressing creativity and providing instructional resources and strategies that can be utilized to increase creativity in the classroom.
Maria Cristina – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great course, I will definitely use the instructional strategies in my class.