Faith Integration ppt 503

A Life of Creativity:

A Life of Creativity By Nanette FloresBravo

Where do I see creativity?:

Where do I see creativity? I see creativity in these faces. My kids are probably most inspirational to me in terms of creativity. They are forever doing, saying and planning things that show creativity.

Here is my daughter, Maya, receiving an award for Student of the Month:

Here is my daughter, Maya, receiving an award for Student of the Month Maya has been identified as Gifted and is in the Van Guard program at our school. She is always coming up with new and creative ways of looking at her world, often to our amazement. On the other hand…..

My son, Tristan, at NASCAR this past weekend.:

My son, Tristan, at NASCAR this past weekend. Tristan has not been identified as Gifted and remains in a mainstream classroom, where he struggles with academics. However, Tristan has a way of thinking and puttingthings together that. to me, shows creativity. He loves cars and anything car-related, so this day was a dream come true for him!

What is Creativity?:

What is Creativity? The actual definition of creativity is: the ability to transcend traditional ideas, rules, patterns, relationships, or the like, and to create meaningful new ideas, forms, methods, interpretations, etc; originality, progressiveness, or imagination. I found the following 10 steps to boost creativity online and thought they were interesting…

Steps to boost your creativity :

Steps to boost your creativity Steps 1-5

Steps to boost your creativity:

Steps to boost your creativity Steps 6-10

Creative Quotes:

Creative Quotes "I'm always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning. Every day I find something creative to do with my life."
Miles Davis "I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it." 
Pablo Picasso

Genesis 1:1-31:

Genesis 1:1-31 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. … Creativity at its most glorious???

What inspires my creativity?:

What inspires my creativity?

My students:

My students I am constantly looking for new ways to make the curriculum exciting for my class I strive to make new concepts interesting to my students I will continue to investigate new and inventive ways to teach in order to inspire creativity

Six Thinking Hats:

Six Thinking Hats I created this chart of DeBono’s Six Thinking Hats of Lateral Thinking. I will be making it into a poster to display in the classroom. I want students to be able to use this chart as a reference when they are problem-solving in the classroom.

Creativity is everywhere!:

Creativity is everywhere!

Video link:

Video link Here is a video I came across that you all may enjoy. In this video, various teachers discuss their descriptions of creativity. What is Creativity? http ://gu.com/p/ 28h44

References:

References www.jpb.com/creative/ creative.php http://www.creativityforlife.com/ http://gu.com/p/ 28h44 Creativity is Forever . Gary A Davis. June 30th 2004 .Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company