Creativity in online language teaching -MA in DTLT

Professor Giovanni Corazza talks about the out-of-the-box thinking. It is fundamental to consider information which is out of place, incorrect, or even absurd, too. But then the immediate reaction is to feel uncomfortable, which is typically shown by laughing and embarrassment. The long-thinking vs. the fast-thinking is one of the keys to go far, to be creative and to generate value.

Stacey Goodman, artist and educator from Oakland, discusses why the design and objects in a classroom are of importance for students' learning. A good reading for teachers.

Do you feel the same when you receive a letter?

Download from: https://storybird.com/blog/2015/4/free-posters-poetry-month/

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 it the machine or the programmer that exhibits creativity? Gil Weinberg investigates this creative conundrum.

In this fun talk, lexicographer Erin McKean encourages people to create new words because "words are great" and creating new words is like creating new music, doing art or inventing things.

Call for papers for the 5th Conference on Creative Education (CCE 2015) to be held from May 22-24, 2015 in Beijing, China.

The article offers some good instruction techniques on how to promote creativity in the classroom. It also suggests a handful of Web 2.0 tools that support and cultivate students' creativity.

Slide.ly is an online slideshow editor that allow users to create a slideshow from their photos and music and then share it on the web. It is easy to use and completely free with no irritating adds around. Teachers can use Slide.ly to add a note of creativity in their lessons by inviting students to create a slideshow with photos from a historical event, city, famous person, etc.

Pottermore is an engaging virtual world for fans of Harry Potter. Registration is free and users participate in a virtual world of wizards and witches where they have the opportunity to 'experience the Harry Potter stories like never before'. In Pottermore users can play and have fun with activities like brewing a potion, casting a spell, and so on. What is more, they can read for free brand new stories from J.K. Rowling. Teachers can use Pottermore for engaging their students in reading, writing (there are plenty of community forums about the activities on the virtual world), creative writing and role playing. Visit Pottermore at: https://www.pottermore.com/

The evolution of creativity from building blocks to drawing to role playing to writing stories to scientific experiments to developing PowerPoint presentations. A funny comic that triggers our thinking on how some people perceive creativity on PowerPoint and on software tools in general.

The Internet TESL Journal maintains a collection of games and activities for the foreign language classroom. Teachers can find more than 100 fun games and ice breaking activities that will help them engage their students. A valuable resource for creative teachers: http://iteslj.org/c/games.html

Some very good ideas for making math calculations concrete. A must read for creative primary and math teachers

Role of technology in education

what is the relationship of creativity and panic? A funny approach!

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-playing-an-instrument-benefits-your-brain-anita-collins When you listen to music, multiple areas of your brai...