Description
Over the last decade creativity and creative thought have been de-emphasized because of a strong focus on standardized testing education. In this 3-hour course, Bob Iseminger discusses the importance of developing creativity and provides strategies for embedding creativity development in classroom lessons and content.
In this course, you will receive:
- Definitions and characteristics of creative thinking
- An inventory of students’ creative processes
- An overview of the four basic creative thinking skills
- Practical strategies for building fluency, flexibility and elaboration
Julie – HARPER ISD (verified owner) –
This course gave some practical ideas to put to use in my classroom.
Gina – HARPER ISD (verified owner) –
This course is a good reminder for teachers to continue to differentiate instruction.
Joallen – HARPER ISD (verified owner) –
It was good
Stacy – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
Easy to navigate through.
Christina – MCKINNEY ISD (verified owner) –
The strategies provided were fresh and new to me – they will be quite helpful in stretching the brains of my students!
Gregorio – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great course and great presenter.
Stefani – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great guide to teaching students to think creatively and gave examples of strategies that can be used in any classroom.
Alexa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Sunny – HARPER ISD (verified owner) –
Great
Ayanna – DUNCANVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
The course contains many ideas/strategies that can be incorporated into lessons.
Raquel – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course that provided a number of different ways to help kids practice thinking creatively.
Armida – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
great
Debbie – MOUNT VERNON ISD (verified owner) –
Great Course!
Elvia – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the course as it gave me methods to use in the classroom which will allow for creative thinking for all my students.
Kristie – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
Great course with lots of new strategies for creative thinking that can easily be adapted for use in any classroom.
Wendi – HARPER ISD (verified owner) –
Great course! Very useful!
trisha – GOOSE CREEK CISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Andrea – HARPER ISD (verified owner) –
Loved the different strategies provided.
Larissa – DUNCANVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course! I’ve learned many new strategies to make my clases more creative!
Victor – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course offered great techniques to help students build on their creative process and help guide them into independent, creative thinkers.
Perla – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It is a great course because it gives ideas on how to foster elaboration and flexibility and at the same time makes you realize why it is important.
Victor – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
The presentation was very helpful and engaging. Excellent presentor. I highly recomment it.
Melissa – RIDGEDALE LOCAL (verified owner) –
This course had alot of game and interactive practice ideas.
Donald – ASHLAND CITY (verified owner) –
There are a lot of useful activities in here that can be used immediately.
Joshua – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –
good
Stacey – ORANGE CITY (verified owner) –
Great strategies to use right away.
Iliana – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed all the great game ideas to incorporate in the classroom to expand students understanding and creativity to promote thinking outside the box.
blanca – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas to promote creativity in the classroom
Sarah – DUNCANVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This course was packed with ideas and activities that can be easily used in the classroom with students.
Santa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Provides you with great ways to build creativity and creative thinking skills.
Fidel – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I have learned interesting concepts and technique I can use in my classroom
Sheila – Fayette Local Schools (verified owner) –
This course was awesome. The strategies to develop creative thinking skills in my students wlll be very useful.
Brian – Springfield City School District (verified owner) –
Great ideas for infusing expanded thinking into a classroom. Many of these can be done in a variety of subject areas and take very little time.
Joan – Private Pay (verified owner) –
This course filled me with new ideas to use with all of my students in my classroom. It has excited me with the possibilities of how I might make my class more interesting to my students.
Kerri – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed hearing about fluency, flexibility, elaboration, and originality as they relate to creativity.
Shannon – HARPER ISD (verified owner) –
This course gave some good ideas for strategies to use in the classroom.
Griselda – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
awesome ideas
Israel – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Gets it done.
Crystal – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
5 stars
Jamie – Springfield City School District (verified owner) –
I thought this was a great course discussing what creative thinking looks like.
Miguel – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
The presenter shared some great new ideas and strategies that can be used in all content areas with all types of learners.
Kathryn – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
Good ideas to help all students grow in their creative thinking abilities.
FABIAN – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Awesome! Great activities to use in all classrooms
Katherine – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
Actually quite good! Great ideas that I can use in conjunction with some things I’m already doing in the classroom. Love encouraging my non-GT students to think differently. Will probably purchase one of the Stories With Holes books. We need to balance out what technology has done to the creative process.
Sarah – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
I think it is very insightful and provides strategies that are easy to implement.
Erica – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Thelma – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course, gives several tools for use in class with gifted students.
Nolan – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course was great. I really enjoyed the engaging activities that promote creative thinking and elaboration.
Amanda – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
Very good and informational
David – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
I found the first half of the course more engaging than the second. I enjoyed the conversations about how to define and understand gifted learners in the classroom.