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Thinking Like a Teacher

Now that you've completed your first TLAT activity, let's reflect on what went in to the assignment. What was the most challenging part of the activity? What was the least challenging? What did you like the most? Who would like to summarize the activity they designed?

What Does Creativity Mean to You?

We’ve talked about the importance of communication and collaboration. Could the tools we looked at also foster creativity and innovation in your students? Or are there other tools better suited for that job?

What is creativity? Why are creativity and innovation important to your subject/grade level? Let's see how one teacher is using videos to learn 5th grade math. How about this video made with Xtranormal?

When was the last time you had the opportunity to be creative? Do you consider yourself creative? Evaluate yourself based on the Creativity Fluency Rubric.

How did you do?

Inventive Thinking

Let’s complete an activity in small groups to see how creative we are.

1. Brainstorm problems that are pretty universal to all UGA students taking Spring semester classes.
2. Select one problem to work on.
3. Think of as many ideas as you can to solve the problem.
4. Use some of Alex Osborn’s creativity strategies listed on page 130 in your text: combine, rearrange, adapt, reverse, substitute, modify, magnify, and minimize to improve your ideas.
5. Choose the best idea and create a solution. Be ready to advertise your solution to the class. The group with the best solution (voted on by the class) gets one GooJ!