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This presentation is for the EQ Schools Conference on April 30th and May 1st, 2016.
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Get Your Creative Groove Back Find Your Spark and Help Students Find Theirs Too By Joan Young

Published on Apr 24, 2016

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Get Your Creative Groove Back

Find your spark and help students find theirs too!
This presentation is for the EQ Schools Conference on April 30th and May 1st, 2016.
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Goals for this session

  • Reenergize ourselves
  • Connect and learn from each other
  • Feel more confident and competent in our daily experiences
  • Share small changes that lead to big wins
  • Practice and model joyful learning
  • Create and leave with an intention statement that will lead to action!
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A little about me

Mom, Grandma, Teacher, Author

And now..

A little about you..
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Find a partner

Yep, you have to talk ;-) 

Introduce Yourself

Discuss: What is creativity and where does it belong in school?
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Who was your most creative teacher?

What did he/she do to earn that title?
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When was a time you felt at your best in your teaching?

Describe the scene

What are the barriers

to more days like the one you described?
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Time for an activity!

But first, let's look at the modes of thinking 

Five Processes

  • Convergent (combine)
  • Divergent (divide)
  • Lateral (follow steps)
  • Aesthetic (focus on looks)
  • Emergent (aha!)

Divergent Thinking (group of 3-4)

100 Alternative Uses (from The Creativity Challenge) 
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Aesthetic

Doodle Something (p.114)

Aesthetic

Draw 30 Circles (p.108)

Practical Application

What could you ask students?
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Lateral

Find Invisible Gorillas(p.25)

Emergent

Laugh Out Loud (p.122) 
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How do you use humor?

  • Puns/cartoons
  • Topical videos
  • Lightening a deep topic
  • Normalizing failure

Convergent

Speak only in rhyme! 
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10 Habits

  • Imaginative Play
  • Passion
  • Daydreaming
  • Solitude
  • Intuition
  • (these are all from Wired to Create by Scott Barry Kaufman and Carolyn Gregoire)
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10 Habits (cont)

  • Openness to experience
  • Mindfulness
  • Sensitivity
  • Turning adversity into advantage
  • Thinking Differently
  • (these are all from Wired to Create by Scott Barry Kaufman and Carolyn Gregoire)
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What is 1 action You Will Take?

Reflect, write, commit, share!
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Thank you!

  • Stay in touch.
  • Share resources on the doc.
  • Share with others.
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