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Olga
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training creativity

Post by Olga » Sat Mar 13, 2004 11:57 am

I'm looking for some games & activities in training creative thinking, for example: finishing off a sentence in an original way, personification (imagine you are a shoe) and the like. :D

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Post by surrealia » Sun Mar 14, 2004 11:59 am

I would recommend you try some of the ideas at these websites:

http://members.optusnet.com.au/~charles ... index.html

http://www.mycoted.com/creativity/techniques/index.php

http://gocreate.com/tools/index.htm

That's probably enough information already, but in case you need more, here's a list of some excellent books on creativity:

http://www.geocities.com/allhou/booksteachcreat.htm

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Post by Olga » Sun Mar 14, 2004 1:18 pm

Thanks so much for your help, surrealia :D All the best for the next week!

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You're very welcome, Olga

Post by surrealia » Thu Apr 08, 2004 2:37 am

And here are a few more creativity pages that you (and your students) might enjoy:

http://www.gocreate.com/workouts/index.htm

http://www.eastbook.com/creativity.html

http://www.virtualsalt.com/crebook2.htm

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Post by surrealia » Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:54 am

And if you are still interested in this subject, you might want to get a copy of my teacher resource book, The Creative Classroom, published this month by Lynx Publishing. Just follow the link:

http://www.lynxpublishing.com/thecreativec/TccMain.htm

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