5 Ways to Adjust Lessons to Promote Creative Thinking

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TL;DR: The importance of creativity in the classroom. How creative thinking can increase the level of learning in your students. Five ways you can adjust or create lessons that promote creative thinking. Creativity is so valuable in our classrooms. With today’s focus on 21st century skills, thinking creatively is becoming even more important. We all know that the problems our … Read More

154: Develop your own style. – Shane Lawrence chats with us about giving students ownership, being flexible, and the power of discovering your own style.

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15 year veteran teacher, and “The Ed Podcast” host, Shane Lawrence, chats with us about giving students ownership, being flexible, and the power of discovering your own style. Episode Highlights 3:45 – Chatting about the “Call For Proposals” for the 2020 Teach Better Conference. 10:44 – Previewing the episode with Shane Lawrence. 17:03 – Shane introduces himself. 18:20 – Shane’s … Read More

Promote Creative Thinking Through Passion Projects

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In This Post An overview of passion projects in the classroom. Why you should consider doing a passion project with your students. Suggestions to rethink a unit and approach it as a passion project! Creative thinking is a skill we absolutely want to cultivate. We want our students to think critically and analyze. We want them to assess situations, look … Read More

153: You’re more than just your content. – Rebecca Gibboney chats with us about taking risks, practicing balance, and getting out of your comfort zone.

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 Curriculum and Online Learning Specialist, Collegiate Basketball Coach, and author, Rebecca Gibboney, chats with us about taking risks, practicing balance, and getting out of your comfort zone. Episode Highlights 1:39 – Chatting about the “Mailbag” episodes of ASPIRE: The Leadership Podcast. 3:45 – Highlighting Sarah Thomas (@SarahDaTeechur). Check out Sarah’s episode of Teach Better Talk. 6:30 – Previewing the … Read More

How To: Set Better Goals

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TL;DR: Four strategies to set better, more realistic goals that you can actually achieve. A bonus fifth step with a review of SMART goal setting. We hear a lot about setting goals. “It’s important to have goals.” “If you don’t know where you’re going, you’re already lost.” And the quotes go on and on. So we set goals. Sometimes we … Read More