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.
Tiffany – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
Great content on creativity and flexible teaching strategies.
Gabriela – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
great training
Hayley – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
This course gave a lot of very helpful tools and resources. I appreciated the tangible take-aways!
Delia – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
It would help if we can have access to the handout to follow it on line.
Adrian – RIO GRANDE CITY CISD (verified owner) –
great presentation
Brittney – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
The course had useful information and showed the benefits of being creative when planning lessons.
Karen – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
It is useful for all class grades and subjects.
James – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
great course
Michelle – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Enjoyed the extra resources. Really liked the criteria cards idea.
Mark – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I loved the course, but during the video I found some of the crowd responses in the live meetings unnecessary.