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
Mario – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Great information.
Allison – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
It was very helpful and eye opening.
Elizabeth – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This course was extremely interesting! I enjoyed learning about all of the different ways to make lessons more creative for students.
Rebecca – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY (verified owner) –
Great Insight!
Charlotte – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
Once again, the content is wonderful. Lisa gave great ideas. However, she continues to refer to “handouts” that those that are doing the on line testing do not have.
Sharon – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (verified owner) –
Very helpful!
Meranda – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY (verified owner) –
5 stars
Kesia – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
I enojoyed this course
Phillip – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (WACO) (verified owner) –
This course was so excellent that I will go thru it again!
Crystal – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I enjoyed how practical this course was. There are many creative ideas I want to try in my classroom.
Selene – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –
I learn a lot of tools and resources.
Sharee – Pilot (verified owner) –
I loved this course! I thought it would be another boring course that I would just check off my list of things to do but it was the opposite. So many tangible ways to use this information in our classrooms…I couldn’t stop taking notes.
JaNelle – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY (verified owner) –
Great Resources!
Roberta – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
I would love to attend an actual class!
Gabriel – CANUTILLO ISD (verified owner) –
It was great
Jessica – NEDERLAND ISD (verified owner) –
I would truly like everyone in my school to take this training. I hope to be able to go through it again and take better notes.
Joseph – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
great
Amanda – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
Fantastic! I gained so much knowledge and free websites/games.
Norma – CANUTILLO ISD (verified owner) –
This last hour was amazing. finally, something that I can convey into my classes
Brittany – Private Pay (verified owner) –
I though the instructor was very interesting and she gave great ideas for engaging classroom activities.
Oly – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (verified owner) –
This course was informative.
Diana – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was highly informational and interesting. The tools and strategies I learned from this course will definitely be transferable to my classroom.
Francesca – Private Pay (verified owner) –
Great resources!
Barbara – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
This course is geared toward K-8 students and has little relevance for High School.
Jessica – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed it especially enjoyed the presenter
Gia – Private Pay (verified owner) –
Lots of strategies and resources for a classroom teacher.
Mary – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I think the course was very informative
Billie – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
I received a lot of valuable information from this course. A lot of the activities were great and work for all grade levels.
Travis – Private Pay (verified owner) –
It was fun.
Jo Ann – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and great ideas from online sites.
Helen – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY (verified owner) –
The material is excellent, but what frustrated me was having to hit the submit button after the reflective question, and if you didn’t you had to rewrite it. This happened to me numerous times, especially when the submit button was not visible when I completed the questions. It added a significant amount of time to my training.
Erin – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY (verified owner) –
This course provided some good resources for differentiating lessons.
Sarah – Private Pay (verified owner) –
Excellent course. Learned about a lot of great resources. Rubistar, cube creator, and about criteria cards.
Karen – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
This was helpful and gave good ideas to use.
Theresa – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
I like it but I wish it was more centered around math.
DeLori – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY (verified owner) –
Very interesting
Matthew – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
through
Edith – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I love all the online resources that Lisa provides.
Jarrett – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (verified owner) –
I am required to do a total of 30 hours of training for my GT certificate and even though I enjoy and believe the information is helpful for us to be better teachers for students, it can certainly be more efficiently presented in a shorter amount of time without sacrificing the quality of this training.
Blanca – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (verified owner) –
Many resources and although the links might not all work, it still gives me plenty of ideas for me to explore. Thank you!
Iris – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
It was very interesting and I like that it was self-paced.
Rachel – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (verified owner) –
it was very informative.
Yvonne – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
good sessions and information
Erica – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (verified owner) –
great
William – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (verified owner) –
great
Stacy – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
This course was informative. Thank you.
Katie – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (WACO) (verified owner) –
It was really helpful.
Gabriele – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
I was a GT student and this course was the one who hit home for me. It is a great tool to implement strategies with creativity and flexibility.
Danielle – Private Pay (verified owner) –
It’s efficient.
Diana – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
This course is excellent. It provides so many resources that mostly all free.