Creativity and Education

How do you reignite your creative spark?

How do you reignite your creative spark?

It’s not always easy to keep the creative juices flowing. Sometimes, we all need a little help getting started. As part of World Creativity and Innovation Week, we asked our Creative Contributors how they reignite their creative spark. Here’s what they said: Now we would love to hear from you! How do you reignite your […]

I’ll pair a creativity skill with that gift!

I’ll pair a creativity skill with that gift!

Season’s Greetings! With the holidays upon us and so many cultural celebrations involving the exchange of gifts, I’m excited to share some ways to give the gift of creativity this year. Giving the gift of creativity involves thinking creatively about your gift ideas and which creativity skills each one might reinforce. The book, Weaving Creativity […]

How to Use Creativity to Get Out of a Rut

When I began teaching, I had lots of great role models: teachers who had been in the classroom for 30 years and still loved it and teachers who were taking on new challenges even late into their careers.  Unfortunately, I also witnessed teachers who were the opposite. These teachers were so burnt out in the […]

Creativity and the Well-Being of Educators

As we approach the tail end of the winter months, cooped up in our houses, and feeling a general sense of isolation and fatigue, our resourcefulness to maintain our well-being is key. Right now, there is really nothing more important than care for our well-being and the well-being of others, because, of course, the two […]