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
Angie – New Lexington City Schools (verified owner) –
Some ideas are helpful.
sonia – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Unformative
Amber – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD – SAN ANTONIO DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This is a great course
Brittany – LUBBOCK ISD (verified owner) –
5 stars
Elva – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
It was an excellent course.
Sharon – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY (verified owner) –
love the web site and strategy information
Ayse – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – AUSTIN (verified owner) –
Informative
Matthew – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
It was good
Mark – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
Inspiring and motivating
Jose – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was great and well paced
Allison – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
Great Course.
Irma – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY (verified owner) –
This course was informative and helpful as it provided resources and long term knowledge.
Regina – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very helpful as I found a variety of different websites to use to help me/
Benjamin – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (verified owner) –
Great
Krystal – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting
Joan – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I would rate this course a 3. Although I LOVE the ideas and concepts, I feel that it is unnecessarily long. It is teaching us how to differentiate for students, while ignoring all the knowledge and practice for adults in the course. I was a GT student in grade school, but also ADD. As I am listening to this course, which goes on and on about one particular topic, thinking, “God, please get to the point!” By the time the quiz comes, most of what is assessed is lost through several minutes of talking on other topics.
Erica – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative.
Katelin – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – AUSTIN (verified owner) –
It was fun but I felt it was definitely geared towards older grade levels.
Julie – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I liked some of the resources it provided..
Maricela – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative.
Kassandra – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
great information.
Marco – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I found it extremely helpful and useful. Provides many ideas and tools for your toolkit.
Megan – Pilot (verified owner) –
Great!! Would take again.
Nadia – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I think this is a very useful course to help with unique and fun ideas to implement in the classroom!
Mike – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was a great! Thank you for the information and many suggestions given.
Blanca – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This is a refreshing course.
Eunice – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
too long, especially when have to do it on my personal time
Omisha – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
Awesome Content
Abril – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
The speaker is very knowledgeable and many of her tips really help gain a better understanding of how to service GT students.
Jacqueline – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
the training was quick and informative
Alison – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY (verified owner) –
Great
Karen – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
Love the presenter. She is nice to listen to and has so many ideas!
Sara – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –
It was helpful.
Tonja – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
Very good
Jessica – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
The resources for creating and generating rubrics are very informative.
Lynn – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (WACO) (verified owner) –
I got many ideas from this course to use in my classroom.
Rachel – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (WACO) (verified owner) –
It was informative.
Amber – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This has a lot of great resources and ideas!
Jesus – Pilot (verified owner) –
Informative and helpful
Lisa – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Helpful
Mariana – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
It was good information.
Laurie – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY (verified owner) –
helpful resources, if you are taking it online – there is no way to refer to handouts and that is not helpful – for instance , questioning strategies ? they are on the handout that we can’t see
Teresa – LUBBOCK ISD (verified owner) –
She provides us with great resources but she is also an incredible resource herself. She is so knowledgeable and helps us to understand where she is coming from and why we need to know what she is telling us.
Melissa – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
Presentation was lacking, but resources made up for it.
Julie – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I would rate this a 4. It is full of good free resources that any teacher can use in their classrooms.
Arghya – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This is an awesome course
Kathryn – Private Pay (verified owner) –
There was so much useful information in this course that I found myself stopping the presentation and working on projects related to the topics for my classroom because I didn’t want to forget!
Luis – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD – SAN ANTONIO DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Great Lessons
Nihan – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY (verified owner) –
very good
Dezarae – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
I learned numerous creative strategies and activities that I can use in my classroom.