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.
Ms. Van Gemert uses data and research to explain the educational and personal benefits that students gain when they learn to think creatively. She addresses common myths about creativity, such as that it’s only useful for lower elementary grades or for certain subjects. After taking this course educators will have the resources, inspiration, and knowledge they need to make their classrooms engaging and exciting through creativity.
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
Christopher – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
It was a little slow. I got bored through most of it.
Gregory – BLANCO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course! Lisa shares her experiences in the classroom, strategies and resources to help teachers and student be successful.
Madison – LUBBOCK ISD (verified owner) –
good
Dana – BLANCO ISD (verified owner) –
Great resources and uses are given.
Maribel – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
It is very helpful and I enjoy getting more information about different types of strategies.
Jessica – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
It gives great ideas of what has been tried and used to build upon to your own classroom.
Everardo – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
It was good and engaging.
Cathey – LUBBOCK ISD (verified owner) –
This course offered many ready to use resources and activities that are beneficial in helping both teachers and students think more critically.
Julie – NEDERLAND ISD (verified owner) –
This course offered many new resources and activities to implement in my classroom this year.
Timothy – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
The course is really good. introduce me to many helpful resources. I like Fish! Philosophy. This course is like a surface scratch to many things I need to learn along the way. its practical and in very simple explanations ad demonstrations.
Clarissa – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Awesome information was provided during this course.
Tanya – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
It was great and very detailed!
Aimee – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
The presenter offered a plethora of suggestions, activities, and games to use in our classrooms.
Marvin – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
This is a great course!
Kayla – LUBBOCK ISD (verified owner) –
I learned so many great strategies that I will be utilizing in my classroom!
Sawyer – LUBBOCK ISD (verified owner) –
I feel like most of these strategies I have used because they are called other names or because I have seen other teachers do or I have come up with them myself. This was useful information but I feel like it dragged on too long. It was also difficult to follow along without the handout. Some of the content also seems outdated as well.
Cecelia – LUBBOCK ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting
Patricia – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative, love the personal connections that were share3d and amazing resources!
Yolanda – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course was really helpful. It provided resources and that I will use in my class this year.
Anita – LUBBOCK ISD (verified owner) –
Great tools!
Christina – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Great course for resources.
Brandy – NEDERLAND ISD (verified owner) –
I learned many new resources and ideas that I could use in my classroom.
Marilu – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative and presenter was very clear in every step she was presenting.
Kristi – ANDREWS ISD (verified owner) –
Very educational.
Yvonne – ANDREWS ISD (verified owner) –
Lots of information.
Courtney – LUBBOCK ISD (verified owner) –
I like all the information and how it was presented.
Rene – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent. Thank you
David – LUBBOCK ISD (verified owner) –
I loved how many resources and instructional strategies were provided in this course!
Jacqueline – LUBBOCK ISD (verified owner) –
I learned quite a bit but it is a lot of information to process.
Nicole – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course
Trevor – LUBBOCK ISD (verified owner) –
I think the course is good because you can access it at your own pace. Some of the ideas are new to me and I will try some of them over the next yrar.
Whitney – NEDERLAND ISD (verified owner) –
I found it very informative
Mark – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
I think it has a lot of great info and ideas!
Ashley – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
At times, it was hard to see her screen when she showed some of the resources and links.
Diana – HILLSBORO ISD (verified owner) –
Pretty good
Claire – BLANCO ISD (verified owner) –
There are a lot of great strategies that I plan on using. However, it is very dated.
Cressa – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
I liked that there are many ideas for any content. Lisa’s personal stories about how the ideas worked in her classroom help me to get ideas about how I could use the ideas in my classroom as well.
Matthew – CLEBURNE ISD (verified owner) –
Lisa is well-organized, and she presents the information in a way that allows you to brainstorm how each lesson or resource might be used in your particular setting.
Teresa – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed learning about all the available resources to promote creativity in the classroom.
Abby – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
I didn’t like the overshare part in the 3-4 module. We already live these experiences that other educators ruin. It was very wordy since the get-go.
Izsabel – LUBBOCK ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course provided me with many resources and strategies that I can use in my own classroom.
Melissa – BETHEL LOCAL (verified owner) –
This course was worthwhile. I learned many new things that I plan to implement next school year. The presenter is knowledgeable and her presentation follows a logical progression.
Maria – LUBBOCK ISD (verified owner) –
This provided me an abundance of resources!
Leslie – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Great teacher for busy teachers!
Adrianna – ANDREWS ISD (verified owner) –
I thought it was chunked very well and easily understandable.
Angela – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informational and good with resources and ideas.
Sharon – Private Pay (verified owner) –
This was valuable and I got many immediately application ideas.
Jackie – HILLSBORO ISD (verified owner) –
I found this course to be inspiring with the proper mix of professional information and useful resources.
Wendy – Private Pay (verified owner) –
Great idean and activities to use in the classroom.
Candace – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This had lots of resources