Creativity | Creative Educator

Creativity

The ability to think creatively - even though practice can be chaotic - is a powerful and important skill. Managing creativity in the classroom is often a paradox - some of the behaviors that indicate creativity, such as asking constant, crazy questions, can also pose management problems in a classroom setting. Explore ideas for bringing creativity to your classroom.


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Use freedom within form to support creativity

Clay animation

Engage students with hands-on clay animation

Digital Cameras

Unleash the magic of student photography

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Informational Text Projects That Build Thinking and Creativity

Splat... Pow... Wow!

Make learning fun with comics and cartoons

Pattern play

Build cognitive skills through physical and technical play

Stop motion animation

Create stop-motion animated stories

Play

The power of play

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Purposeful Play in Elementary Math

Illustrated Animations

Creating illustrated animations is easy

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7 Ways to Cultivate Creativity in Your Learning Culture

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Seven ideas to help you boost your creative capacity

Creative Projects

Five hallmarks of a creative project

Student centered cartoon

Less us, more them. Create student-centered contexts for learning

Creative Personalized Learning

Creative personalized learning: combining voice and choice

Swiss Army Knife

Five essential tools for a creative journey

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The Serendipity Design-Thinking Lab

Creative Learning

Create learning environments where creativity thrives!

The empty page

The glorious, wonderful, empty page

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Interview: Dr. Victoria Prowse and "The Creativity Premium"

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Creative Instructional Design and Cognitive Complexity

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