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Vantage Quest: Comparative View of Creative Theories
An article comparing creativity theories of psychoanalytic, behavioristic, and humanistic psychology.
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Teaching Creativity Skills: Creative Thinking Skills for Life and Education
Presents information about how to use creativity in the classroom. There are also many links to other sites that contain additional resources pertaining to creativity.
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Creative Thinking: Three Basic Principles
Understanding these three basic principles of creative thinking can help teachers focus on ways to enhance and encourage creative thinking in the classroom.
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The Innovation Journal: Measuring Creativity
This is a paper that discusses the ways of creating a test for measuring creativity. It discusses why a test for creativity might be needed as well as concepts related to creativity such as knowledge, skills, and intelligence.
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University of Chicago Libary: How to Develop Student Creativity
An excellent article about how you can help develop your students to think more creatively. It includes a list of 25 things you can do to develop creativity.
University of Oregon
Pizzaz, Creative Writing & Storytelling: Creative Writing via Basket Stories
This PIZZAZ (People Interested in Zippy and ZAny Zcribbling) lesson plan will engage students in creative writing about items found in a basket. Examples of creative writing are provided. Examples of springboard ideas are included.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Creative Writing
An introduction to creative writing with links to more information on the following topics: Fiction Writing Basics, Pattern and Variation in Poetry, Pattern and Variation: Aural, Pattern and Variation: Visual, characters and Fiction...
British Library
British Library: Creative Writing: Ignatius Sancho, Letters of the Late Ignatius
This teaching pack will introduce students to Ignatius Sancho in his own words through a selection of his letters and invite students to offer a variety of creative responses to Sancho's life, work, and unique voice. Students will work...
Scholastic
Scholastic: How to Promote Creative Thinking
As teachers, we play an important role in supporting children's ability in art, dramatic expression, and creative responses to problems. Creative power increases a young child's desire to learn and supports intellectual development. This...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Can Robots Be Creative?
People have been grappling with the question of artificial creativity- alongside the question of artificial intelligence- for over 170 years. For instance, could we program machines to create high quality original music? And if we do, is...
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Bright Horizons: Nurturing Creativity & Imagination for Child Development
Imagination is critical in child development. Find tips to help nurture and encourage creativity in your kids!
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Bringing Creativity Into an Organization
A series of video lectures by Robert I. Sutton from Stanford University discussing creativity and its place in the modern organization.
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Improve Your Creative Thinking by Drawing Mind Maps
One way to help your creative process is to use mind maps. This article provides information about mind mapping and how it can help you discover new connections you may otherwise never have seen.
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Michael Michalko Creative Thinking Techniques
As one of the country's leading experts on creative thinking, this site offers a brief overview of some of Michael Michalko's techniques.
Love To Know Media
Your Dictionary: Creative Writing Lesson Plan Ideas
This article focuses on ideas for lessons to teach creative writing such as Brain-Scrambler, Five-Sentence Paragraph, Obfuscatory Sentences, and Two-Sentence Response.
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Mar Tech: Creativity and Innovation Should Fuel Technology Choices
It's tempting to assume that technology is the key when it comes to reaching your audience and engaging them. However, creativity and innovation trump purely technological choices. This article explains the role of each in successfully...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Becoming a Creative Director
A lesson plan designed to have students obtain the role of creative director for a clothing line. Through the lesson students will learn the qualifications, training, education, job requirements, and salary of a creative director.
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Teaching the Content of Creativity Using the Torrance Incubation Model
Two lessons are included here -- one that focuses on the creativity skill itself, and another that applies that skill to a core content area.
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Creating Systems to Reinforce Creativity
Although this article was written from a business perspective, the ideas throughout can easily be adapted to the classroom. The formula for creative output is explained and is a good way to encourage creativity among your students.
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Creative Thinking With Thomas Edison
As a master inventor Thomas Edison used many techniques that helped him with his creative ideas. Learn how you can apply some of his techniques to yourself to aid you in your own creative inventiveness.
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Creating Minds: Creating a Creative Climate
Written from a business perspective, this sites ideas about creating a creative atmosphere can easily be adapted to any classroom.
Kidsource OnLine
Fostering Academic Creativity in Gifted Students
What can teachers to do encourage gifted students to exhibit creativity in the classroom? This article provides some suggestions and also list ways that adults often "kill" creativity in children.
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Creative Thinking With Leonardo Da Vinci
By looking at one of history's greatest geniuses, Leonardo da Vinci, this site shows you how you can help your own creative thinking.
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Creative Techniques: Tips, Tools, & Techniques
A top ten list that provides information and ideas about how to spark your own creativity. Each of the ideas are briefly explained and include a "what to do" to help you get started using them.