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This workshop will provide simple strategies for university professors to easily infuse creative thinking into any content.

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April 22nd, 12-1:30 EST

About this event

Do you want to infuse creative thinking skills into your university courses? Do you want to engage your college students in more meaningful and effective learning experiences?

This interactive workshop will provide you with a creative thinking skill set that can be integrated into any domain or content. The exercises are designed with an emphasis on making them relevant to all different fields of study, work, etc.

Dr. Burnett will take you through the simple process using the example of the first day of class. You will walk away with simple and easy to use creative thinking strategies to apply in every course that you teach.

Your Presenter

Dr. Cyndi Burnett

Dr. Cyndi Burnett is the Director of Possibilities at Creativity and Education. She is dedicated to empowering educators and helping them to infuse creative thinking skills into any content area. She spent 20 years as an academic teaching deliberate creative thinking and creative problem-solving to both undergraduate and gradaute students at the International Center for Creativity and Change Leadership at SUNY Buffalo State.

Her work includes projects such as: working with educators to bring creative thinking into the classroom, connecting communities of creative thinkers via social media, and designing and running a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Everyday Creativity. She is the recipient of the President’s Medal for Excellence in Teaching 2018 by SUNY Buffalo State, was Buffalo Business First, Woman of Influence 2018 for her work in creativity, and was featured in the NY Times article titled, “Creativity Becomes an Academic Discipline.” She is the co-editor of the Big Questions in Creativity book series and co-author of the books Weaving Creativity into Every Strand of Your Curriculum, 20 Lessons for Weaving Creativity into your Curriculum, and My Sandwich is a Spaceship: Creative Thinking for Parents and Young Children.

Dr. Burnett has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater, a Master of Science in Creativity, and a Doctorate of Education in Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning, all of which she uses to help “ignite creativity in education around the world.” Her academic interests include the use of creative teaching and learning models and techniques, creative thinking in higher education, and current trends in creativity.

What if you could raise a child who is creative, innovative, and able to navigate an ever-changing world?

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Tuesday, April 19th, 2022

5-6:30pm EST

About this event

Our children desperately need to develop the skill of creative thinking as they inherit a world where they will be expected to navigate unprecedented change, solve wicked problems, manage uncertainty, and grapple with ambiguity. The task of nurturing a creative thinker can seem daunting and it can be difficult to know where to begin. In this interactive session, we shall introduce 5 opportunities for paving the way forward as you raise a creative thinker.

As a result of this workshop, participants will:

• Have a clearer vision of what success looks like and why it matters
• Create a short-term plan to meet their long-term goals
• Consider how they will continue to evolve and grow in their role as creative parents

This will be an interactive working session and participants will need to be able to take notes and share audio and video during the session.

This event is FREE in celebration of World Creativity and Innovation Week and hosted by Creativity and Education.

Your Presenter

Ismet Mamnoon

As a “Parentologist” who has been writing about parenting for almost 40 years. Her desire to find a creative solution to her own parenting challenges led her to a Master of Science degree in Creativity and Change Leadership from the International Center for Studies in Creativity at SUNY Buffalo State. You can hear her speak about her journey as a parent on TEDx.com where she is featured as a speaker, and you can read about her creative approaches to parenting in TIME magazine Special Edition on the Science of Creativity.

As the founder of Beyonder, Ismet has a vision for using creativity as the means of unlocking the human potential of the next generation. She does this through her work with youth, parents, and educators by applying creative approaches to mentoring, parenting, and educating the next generation. In addition to her commitment to Beyonders everywhere, Ismet works as a facilitator and trainer within the corporate arena and with social and economic development organizations.

Ismet has authored several books, online courses, a parenting tool kit and has created card decks that support the work of creativity consultants around the world. She received the President’s Medal for Outstanding Graduate Student at Buffalo State and the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for her work in creativity.

This workshop will provide simple strategies for Pre-K- 12-grade educators to easily weave creative thinking into any content.

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May 4th, 2022

5-6:30 EST

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Weaving Creativity into Every Strand of your Prek-12th Grade Curriculum

Teachers frequently approach us eager and excited to bring creativity into their classrooms and homes, but they often have two pressing questions:

• How do I actually do it?
• How do I do it when I am already pressed for time?

Fortunately, we have numerous ideas and strategies to help you weave creative thinking into your classroom and home without adding more hours to the school day!

Now for the surprise: Did you know that you are likely implementing some of these in your classroom?

As a result of this interactive workshop, you will:

• Explore a creative thinking skill set to use in your classroom.
• Work with your own content to integrate creativity into your classroom
• Walk away with simple strategies you can employ immediately in your classroom or home.

Your Presenter

Dr. Cyndi Burnett

Dr. Cyndi Burnett is the Director of Possibilities at Creativity and Education. She is dedicated to empowering educators and helping them to infuse creative thinking skills into any content area. She spent 20 years as academic teaching deliberate creative thinking and creative problem-solving at the International Center for Creativity and Change Leadership at SUNY Buffalo State.

Her work includes projects such as: working with educators to bring creative thinking into the classroom, connecting communities of creative thinkers via social media, and designing and running a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Everyday Creativity. She is the recipient of the President’s Medal for Excellence in Teaching 2018 by SUNY Buffalo State, was Buffalo Business First, Woman of Influence 2018 for her work in creativity, and was featured in the NY Times article titled, “Creativity Becomes an Academic Discipline.” She is the co-editor of the Big Questions in Creativity book series and co-author of the books Weaving Creativity into Every Strand of Your Curriculum, 20 Lessons for Weaving Creativity into your Curriculum, and My Sandwich is a Spaceship: Creative Thinking for Parents and Young Children.

Dr. Burnett has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater, a Master of Science in Creativity, and a Doctorate of Education in Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning, all of which she uses to help “ignite creativity in education around the world.” Her academic interests include the use of creative teaching and learning models and techniques, creative thinking in higher education, and current trends in creativity.

Este taller entregará estrategias simples para profesores de preescolar a educación secundaria para encender la creatividad de tus alumnos.

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Encendiendo la creatividad en tu sala de clases de preescolar a educación secundaria

Muchas veces los profesores se nos acercan ansiosos por integrar creatividad a sus salas de clase y sus hogares. Pero muchas veces tienen dos preguntas particulares:

• Cómo puedo lograrlo realmente?
• Cómo puedo hacerlo cuando ya estoy presionado con el tiempo?

Afortunadamente tenemos numerosas ideas y estrategias para ayudarte a integrar pensamiento creativo a tu sala de clases y hogar sin sumar más horas a los días de clase!

Ahora, la sorpresa: Sabías que probablemente ya estás implementando muchas de estas estrategias en tu sala de clases?

Como resultado de este taller interactivo podrás:

• Explorar un set de habilidades de pensamiento creativo.
• Trabajar con tu propio contenido para integrar creatividad en tu sala de clases.
• Llevarte estrategias simples que puedes emplear inmediatamente en tu sala de clases o en tu hogar.

Tu presentadora

Lola Schnapp

Lola Schnapp es colaboradora en Creativity and Education. Es una defensora de la creatividad en la educación. Ella cree que la creatividad es el eslabón perdido para lograr la mejor educación para las generaciones venideras. Ha trabajado como profesora con alumnos desde los 8 a los 16 años, trabajando con estudiantes y maestros para integrar la creatividad y la tecnología para desarrollar pensadores independientes y creativos. Ha trabajado como consultora educativa y en la implementación del nuevo sistema de educación pública en Chile abogando por la creatividad como motor de cambio. Actualmente es Coordinadora Pedagógica en un colegio en Chile liderando la implementación Aprendizaje Basado en Proyectos.

Lola tiene una licenciatura en Educación Primaria, un Certificado de Posgrado en Aprendizaje Social y Emocional y una Maestría en Ciencias de la Creatividad y Liderazgo para el Cambio del Centro Internacional de Estudios en Creatividad, donde recibió el premio Mary Murdock por su espíritu creativo. Sus intereses académicos incluyen: Cómo podemos usar la creatividad para mejorar las escuelas y las salas de clases, y desarrollar la conciencia en las nuevas generaciones a través de la creatividad.

Weaving Creativity into Every Strand of your Curriculum

Audience: All

Invest in Yourself: $25

Get your tickets for this event here!

Teachers frequently approach us eager and excited to bring creativity into their classrooms and homes, but they often have two pressing questions.

How do I actually do it?

How do I do it when I am already pressed for time?

Fortunately, we have numerous ideas and strategies to help you weave creative thinking into the classroom and home without adding more hours to the school day! And even better, you are likely implementing some of these in your classroom.

As a result of this interactive workshop, you will:

• Explore a creative thinking skill set to use in your classroom
• Work with your own content to integrate creativity into your classroom
• Walk away with simple strategies you can employ immediately in your classroom or home.

****All participants will receive a pdf copy of Weaving Creativity into Every Strand of Your Curriculum.

World Read Aloud Day

For World Read Aloud Day, February 5th, 2020, Creativity and Education presented children’s book author, Barney Saltzberg.  Barney launched his latest book, One of These is Not Like the Other to over sixty classrooms around the world using Zoom technology!

Visit our Youtube Channel to watch the video recording of the event.

Tools, Tips, & Tricks for teaching Creative Problem Solving Virtually

Cost: $25

This workshop will be highly interactive as attendees participate in a virtual creative problem-solving facilitation session using Zoom, Mural, and Google. We will demonstrate the best practices for using those technologies and provide participants with resources they can use in their own teaching. We will also model the power of collaborating with colleagues. Educators will learn how to enhance the interactivity of their classes regardless of discipline. All of the virtual teaching strategies we will share can also be used in traditional face-to-face classrooms.

Prerequisites for Participating

• Zoom account (free version)
• Mural.co account (free educator’s version)
• Watch a short video about how we will be using Mural
• Google account (free version)
• Complete a pre-workshop questionnaire
• A reasonably fast Internet connection
• One large monitor (16 or more inches) connected to a computer with a mouse, or two separate devices with the faster & larger one connected to Mural.co

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Creating Space

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Do you wish you could find some light and a little breathing room as we head into the darkest part of 2020? Our 90-minute workshop will help you find ways to conserve resources and build resilience in times of crisis.

Join expressive arts facilitator, Melinda Ferraraccio, MA, RYT for a healing micro-retreat on zoom.

Finding Balance with Polarity Thinking

As a parent or educator, have you ever felt like you were being pulled in two different directions? It might have been a situation where you had to choose between family and friends, or perhaps between work and home, or even between time for yourself and time for others.

The dilemmas you experience are created by polarities and arise when we have to choose between two options that are equally valued and yet cannot co-exist. Polarity thinking is a method by which we can learn to find balance, and navigate the polarities that we cannot escape in our lives. By recognizing these polarities and then learning to map them out, and chart your course to find the right balance you will find yourself on the path to a more mindful and satisfying life.

In this interactive webinar, we shall use the polarity thinking approach to understand, map, and navigate polarities that include:

• Activity and Rest
• Care for self and Care for Others
• Stability and Change
• Work and Home
• Planned and Spontaneous
• Individual and Community

Thriving After 2020: Creating a New Normal on Your Terms

Audience: All

Invest in Yourself: $25

 Get your ticket to thrive in 2021 here!

2020 was a year that few of us were prepared for. We found ourselves struggling to make decisions because so much was out of our control, and no one can predict reliably what the immediate future holds. The old normal is unlikely to return, and until the new normal emerges, we have to keep our heads above water. In this workshop, we will share simple tools and approaches to channel your resilience into finding some solid ground and navigate emotional challenges during these crazy times and beyond.

This interactive session will require you to roll your sleeves up and grapple with the gnarly challenges that 2020 has presented us with. You will learn how to:

• Plan when the future is uncertain and volatile.

• Adapt and pivot in response to a rapidly shifting situation.

• Navigate the emotions that might be hijacking you.

• Find help where you might least expect to.