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.


Illustrated Animations

Creating illustrated animations is easy

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Informational Text Projects That Build Thinking and Creativity

Creative Personalized Learning

Creative personalized learning: combining voice and choice

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

Pattern play

Build cognitive skills through physical and technical play

Play

The power of play

Clay animation

Engage students with hands-on clay animation

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7 Ways to Cultivate Creativity in Your Learning Culture

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Use freedom within form to support creativity

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Creative Instructional Design and Cognitive Complexity

Creative Projects

Five hallmarks of a creative project

Digital Cameras

Unleash the magic of student photography

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Purposeful Play in Elementary Math

Stop motion animation

Create stop-motion animated stories

Student centered cartoon

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

Swiss Army Knife

Five essential tools for a creative journey

Splat... Pow... Wow!

Make learning fun with comics and cartoons

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Seven ideas to help you boost your creative capacity

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The Serendipity Design-Thinking Lab

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The glorious, wonderful, empty page

Creative Learning

Create learning environments where creativity thrives!

More sites to help you find success in your classroom

Wixie

Share your ideas, imagination, and understanding through writing, art, voice, and video.

Rubric Maker

Create custom rubrics for your classroom.

Pics4Learning

A curated, copyright-friendly image library that is safe and free for education.

Wriddle

Write, record, and illustrate a sentence.

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