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Encourage Creativity in the Classroom

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“Eighty-seven percent of teachers and 77% of parents agree teaching that inspires creativity has a bigger payoff for students” This according to Gallup research (To read more of the report, click here ). They also need to understand how to be social, how to create connections, and how to develop their creativity.

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Improving Teacher and Student Engagement Through Creativity

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Engagement and creativity play such important roles in the learning process, but with the myriad of other requirements and obligations, they can easily get lost in the abyss of deadlines and mandates. Creativity helps develop a deeper sense of learning, yet we keep our “creative” units until after state testing is over.

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Bolstering Creative Thinking in Science Education

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Being a scientist and being told to think creatively automatically sound contradictory. But here’s the thing, among all those facts and unchangeable pieces of information, there’s some wiggle room for creative thinking. Even coming up with a hypothesis requires a little creativity. Don’t all ‘guesses’ come from a creative place?

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How to Drive Student Success With Creative Generative AI Tools in the Classroom: Part 1

ED Surge

This article is the first of a two-part series covering key principles to consider when integrating a generative AI creativity tool into your academic setting. Understand the value of creativity. Beyond academics, creativity is also essential for career success.

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The Impact of Creativity on College and Career Readiness

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Creativity is more than an artistic skill; it involves thinking differently, collaborating, developing solutions and communicating in a way that connects with others. Leveraging creativity in the classroom helps students develop a deeper understanding and make cross-curricular connections. And creativity is at the core of all of that.”

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How Do You Grade a Creative Assignment?

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Seeing as how art has been such a big part of Irish history and culture, I was thinking about something artistic in some way, but how on earth do I grade something creative? I want the students to do something historical, obviously—depict an event or person, perhaps—but I understand that not everyone is equally creative in the arts.

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Creative Fabrica Offers Tons of Stunning Fonts and Graphics to Use in Your Teaching

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Creative Fabrica is the hub of choice for creative minds. Creative Fabrica is accessible in 8 languages namely English, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, German, and Polish. For us in education, Creative Fabrica is a great place where you can access a wide variety of materials to use in instruction.