Explore Resources for Creativity and Innovation

NOTE: These resource links were reviewed for relevance, quality, and interest at the time of this page’s publication. Many of these links go to independent Web properties with no direct connection to ISTE. While ISTE will work to ensure that this list is up-to-date, we can make no guarantees as to content found on sites outside of our control. Please report broken links or other issues to brokenlinks@iste.org.

General Information and Resources
Blog Postings
Nings

General Information and Resources

Northwestern Oklahoma State University
Website offers a compilation of resource links for creativity and innovation in education.

District Administration Article
“Six Essentials to Foster Creativity and Innovation in the Classroom” article written by Peter H. Reynolds with six suggestions for inspiring creativity and innovation in the 21st century classroom.

Creativity Index
Leslie Owen Wilson’s website featuring a “creativity index,” a collection of pages related to creativity and the creative process.

Creativity in Teaching and Learning
Working paper: “Creativity in Teaching and Learning: A Global Economic Perspective”
A working paper that examines the significance of creativity, innovation, and enterprise from a global economic perspective in relative proximity to its implication for teaching and learning practice.

Creative Teaching
Website created by a classroom teacher/technology coordinator, offering approaches to help teachers develop more creative teaching ideas and to help teachers more thoroughly enjoy their profession.

Moodle
Moodle is a Course Management System (CMS), also known as a Learning Management System (LMS) or a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It’s a free web application that educators can use to create effective online learning sites.

Edublogs
Edublogs offers 10 ways to use an edublog for teaching, including class publications and newsletters, online discussions, allowing student blogs, and adding multimedia.

Today's Teacher
Website offers the educational community a resource for curriculum integration, instructional technology, and classroom management in the elementary grades.

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Blog Postings

Classroom Power
Classroom Power features the innovative practices of Power Teaching, an approach that makes teaching and learning fun for both the teacher and the student, and dramatically increases retention, and understanding of concepts.

Dynamite Lesson Plan
Offers discussions on teacher education classroom management.

Olympic ESD 114
Ed Tech blog asks the question: do schools kill creativity?

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Nings

ISTE Connects
ISTE’s ning celebrates 30 years of ed tech vision.  ISTE is the premier membership association for educators and education leaders engaged in
improving teaching and learning by advancing the effective use of technology in PK-12 and teacher education.

My Learning Space
A global community of educators, exchanging ideas about innovative teaching, sharing resources, and working together in groups.

Latin American Teachers ICT Network
For teachers or assistants in international schools in Latin America, who wish to use ICT effectively and creatively for teaching and learning.

The 3 C's Ning
Discusses using technology to construct knowledge in a primary classroom.

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