creativity & instructional strategies - gifted and talented
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Creativity & Instructional Strategies
with Lisa Van Gemert
Who’s in the house?
What is your
superpower?
What is your superpower?
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Why should creativity
have a role in the
classroom?
what we learn with pleasure
we never forget.
-alfred mercer
Humor helps us...
Double-click to enter titleincrease learning speed
improve problem solving
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relieve stress
reduce testanxiety
Like anyone has that
Increase perceptions of teacher credibility.
Still too much?how about these?
6 qualitie
s that reflect fun &
enthusiasm
1. animated facial expressions
2. exuberant energy level
3. vocal variety
4. passion
about the
subject being
taught
5. willingness to take risks
And the most important of all....
just smile!
It is impossible to be
a mathematician without
also being a poet in spirit.
Sophia Kovalevska
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the ability to produce novel & appropriate outcomes to problems, challenges, or opportunities
Define: Creativity
I wonder if illiterate people get the full effect of alphabet soup. -Jerry
Seinfeld
Call to Adventure!
Creativity takes courage. – Henri Matisse
Fourteen students had 20 pieces of notebook paper among them. Which equation would show you how many sheets each student got?
b. divide 20 students by 14 sheets c. divide 14 sheets by 20 students d. divide 20 sheets by 14 students
a. divide 14 students by 20 sheets
Fourteen students got food poisoning. They had 20 rolls of toilet paper among them. Which equation would show you how many rolls each student got?
a. divide 14 students by 20 rolls b. divide 20 students by 14 rolls c. divide 14 rolls by 20 students d. divide 20 rolls by 14 students
The Fab Four
fluency:
producing a large quantity of responses
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rules: all the same or all differentattributes: shape, number, color, shading
Pass the Word!
flexibilitychanging one's ways of things by producing alternative ideas or categories.
Synectics: Making the familiar strange
a river skydiving
an iron cooking
Teaching is like ________ because _________.
elaboration
add details, change details, make ideas more complex or more interesting
eatcat
originality
producing new ideas - not just lots of ideas - original ideas
100 Artists
scamper
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Bizz Buzz Bopp
= ?????
Wait, what was the question?
BABY BLUEoceansky
infant
APPLE GREENbluetreeyellow
BRICK REDhouseclaypig
DEEP PURPLEplumdepthPrince
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27935
9451,00050050
131067
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Contracts
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Response Cards
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Four easy steps to amazing !
playBe therechoose your attitudemake their day
Wait Time 1 & 2
Criteria Cards• Each word
intersects with another
• Correct spelling
• Accurate definitions indicating up or down
• Neatly and clearly done
mini rubrics
Assessing
Translation Invitation
1. The Great Barrier Reef is off of the northwest coast of Australia.
Agree or Disagree:
2. The capitol of Australia is Canberra.3. The Aboriginal name of Ayres Rock is Loolaroo.
4. One time, the Prime Minister of Australia went for a swim and disappeared, never to be found.
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password!
astronautFlorida2011Columbia2
237134159
Live the questions now...
Bingo!
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516384250
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925364872
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100
1.The most useful thing I ever learned at a professional development session was ______ . 2. The biggest challenge I face in my classroom is _.
3. I would love it if I could have a _____ in my room.
4. I love to teach about _________.
5. During the summer I like to ___________.
6. One thing my students would never guess about me is _______.
1.I have seen something connected to this before in _________. 2. I can explain this in ________ words.
3. Another thing you could do with this is _____.
4. On a scale of 1 – 5, the difficulty of this is a _____.
5. Explain the concept without using the word “xxx.”
6. Rewrite the problem, increasing the difficulty.
What was your favorite thing?
What will you use?
What do you want to know more about?
Thank you so much for the gift of your time.
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