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101 Ways For Teachers To Be More Creative

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From www.teachthought.com - March 6, 2015 6:09 AM

"Creativity isn’t always something that just happens. It can take quite a bit of work to nurture, grow, and develop creativity, even for those who are immersed in creative and dynamic fields.

For educators, it can be even more of a challenge to inspire creativity in students or embrace your own creativity while trying to juggle academic requirements, testing, and other issues in the classroom. It may be difficult but it’s certainly not impossible, and accomplishing it can help to create a classroom environment that’s more motivational, interesting, and educational for both you and your students."

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Are you looking for ideas on how to be more creative in your classroom? Check out this list from Te@chThought. It is divided into the areas listed below.

* Finding Creative Inspiration

* Capitalizing on the Creative Spark

* Inspiring Students

* The Creative Classroom

* Creative Activities

* Sharing and Collaborating

* Educate Yourself

Have fun exploring!

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SuperTeacherWks's curator insight, March 9, 2015 8:00 AM

This is a fun article from TeacherThought.com. :)
Joe Boutte's curator insight, March 23, 2015 8:30 PM

Why not parents and managers too, ?  Be creative in all things. I like #19, but would flip it to say "treat you business as a classroom".
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45 Design Thinking Resources for Educators - InformED

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From www.opencolleges.edu.au - July 31, 2013 4:51 PM

"Imagine a world where digital learning platforms help adult learners succeed through college completion; where a network of schools offers international-quality education, affordable tuition, and serves hundreds of thousands of children in economically disadvantaged countries; where we engage parents in understanding national trends and topics in education; where a comprehensive learning environment seamlessly connects the classroom with the opportunities of the digital world for young students; and where system-level solutions help more students gain access to college."

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What are the key elements of design thinking?

* Defining the problem

* Creating/considering multiple options

* Refining selected directions

* Executing best plan of action

Teaching students design thinking "empowers students to realize that they can create their own futures by borrowing frameworks from other areas, which allows them to design their own participation and experiences."

This post provides links to 45 design thinking resources. If you are thinking of using design thinking in your classroom this year, or if you already use it you will find many great resources on this list.

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Design in Practice's curator insight, August 2, 2014 10:46 AM

In education, design thinking empowers students to realize that they can create their own futures by borrowing frameworks from other areas, which allows them to design their own participation and experiences.

Cited From: http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/features/45-design-thinking-resources-for-educators/#ixzz39FK5dpjy
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The A – Z of Education Technology Tools

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From www.fractuslearning.com - October 13, 2012 5:46 AM
A different education technology tool for every letter of the alphabet! So many ways to bring technology into learning.

A look at 26 tools organized alphabetically. Begin with Audioboo, a program that allows you to record and share audio blogs, and end with Zooblogs, a "safe online publishing tool" with another 24 listed. Although you may know some of these chances are good there will be one or two new ones. Have you heard of Wingclips, Thumbscribe or Studeous? How about NoteMesh, My Maths or Fluxtime? Head over and see if there is a new tool that you may use for yourself or your students.

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Jenni Regan's curator insight, October 22, 2014 6:47 AM

Handy ABC guide to all the useful education technology tools from Audioboos to Zooblogs 
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Students As Creators: How To Drive Your Students To Be More Than Just Consumers

Students As Creators: How To Drive Your Students To Be More Than Just Consumers | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
From www.opencolleges.edu.au - September 20, 2014 10:16 PM
One trend we are going to see in education that hasn't received much discussion yet is the shift from students as consumers to students as creators. This
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Today many of our students are consumers, yet Common Core would like them to be more creative. What can we do as teachers to help our students become more creative? 

This post begins with an exploration of research that has taken place in this area. Below is one quote from the post.

“Understanding, identifying, and nurturing the creative potential is relevant in education if we want students able to solve academic and personal problems and challenges, to find innovative solutions and alternatives, and to have better tools and resources for success in a fast-changing world...”
The post provides 15 suggestions that you might want to incorporate into your classroom. Three are below. Click through to the post to find all fifteen plus additional information.

* Begin and end each class period with a creation. 

* Require students to create products for other students.

* Welcome mistakes

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Lisa Norris's curator insight, September 21, 2014 8:26 PM

Love this one!

Affirmation-the inquiry process (which includes creativity and so many other HOT skills) is so important even for our youngest learners.  It's so important they work through the process and create something to show their learning at the end!  It may be a challenge, but the risk is worth it!

 

Let's not forget...Creativity=important leadership quality!

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Part 4… Creativity In The Digital Classroom… Amazing Web Sites... Are They In Your School?

Part 4… Creativity In The Digital Classroom… Amazing Web Sites... Are They In Your School? | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
From 21centuryedtech.wordpress.com - February 9, 2013 7:28 PM

“So many times we encourage students to be creative, but we don’t always provide an explanation nor assessment. I think it is important to provide a definition. You can see that Dictionary.com defines creativity as ‘the ability to transcend traditional ideas, rules, patterns, relationships, or the like, and to create meaningful new ideas, forms, methods, interpretations, etc.; originality, progressiveness, or imagination: the need for creativity in modern industry; creativity in the performing arts’.”

Beth Dichter's insight:

This is the last in a series of posts on Creativity in the Classroom, with a focus on websites that help promote creativity. Included in this post are:

* Arts Edge, a wonderful source from the Kennedy Arts Center that "offers free, standards-based teaching materials for use in and out of the classroom. It also offers professional development resources, student materials, and guidelines for arts-based instruction and assessment."

* Exploratorium - "a twenty-first-century learning laboratory, an eye-opening, always-changing, playful place to explore and tinker"

* Google Lit Trips - a great way to explore literature and Google Earth

* Odyssey of the Mind - "an international educational program that provides creative problem-solving opportunities for students from kindergarten through college."

* Diffen - a website that allows you to compare anything

An additional ten websites are listed that provide a range of online learning opportunities that help promote creativity!

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