Resources

Some Good Stuff to Explore!

"Ice Breakers" Questions
Techniques for Creative Teaching
How to Use Games in Meetings to Stimulate Creativity
The Creative Imperative: School Librarians and Teachers Cultivating Curiosity Together

Questioning

The Second Principle
Different Types of Questions Based on Bloom's Taxonomy
Some Different Types of Questioning
Questioning Techniques
Questioning Techniques: Research-Based Strategies for Teachers
Logic Questions and Problems
Questions That Make You Think
5 Ways to Help Your Students Become Better Questioners
Essential Questions
A Questioning Toolkit
Writing Higher Order Questions
Classroom Strategies to Engender Student Questioning

Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking Activities
Questions Provoking Critical Thinking
Bloom's Critical Thinking Questions to Use in Class
Using Bloom's Revised Cognitive Domain to Improve Instructional Practice

Brainstorming

The Step by Step Guide to Brainstorming
Graphics and Visualization Tools

A Brainstorming Must See! The ABC Nightline Segment on IDEO

The Deep Dive Part 1 - ABC Nightline (9:55) Start at (3:18)
The Deep Dive Part 2 - ABC Nightline (7:32) CAUTION: Skip 0:46 - 0:53
The Deep Dive Part 3 - ABC Nightline (4:35)

Creativity Tools:

The Word Pages
Starbursting
Starbursting Worksheet
Random Picture Technique
WhyNot?
Egg Timer
The Creative Toolbox
This website provides a variety of tools that can be used in the creative process to create and select good ideas.
Cool Tools for Schools - Creativity Tools
Top 9 Free Web Tools to Develop Student Creativity
Jump Start
9 Web Tools to Kickstart Your Creativity
5 Card Flickr
Rory's Story Cubes
Padlet
Student Interest Survey
Comic Creators

Creative Lessons

500+ Creative Lessons to Teach Almost Anything
30 Ways to Promote Creativity in Your Classroom
Inventors and Inventions Lessons
Wonderopolis
101 Questions
Creative Lesson Worksheets by Grant Wiggins
TEDEd - Lessons Worth Sharing
The Question Game: A Playful Way to Teach Critical Thinking
The Oscars - Teacher Guide Series

Inquiry Based Learning

Introduction to Inquiry Based Learning
10 Tips for Inquiry-Based Learning
Creating Classrooms We Need: 8 Ways Into Inquiry Learning

Creative Inventions

Top 10 American Inventions
10 Inventions that Shaped America
Impact of Invention Login
What in the World Will the Future Bring
Happy Birthday Mac - Personal Computer Timeline
85 Years, 85 Ideas - Bloomberg Businessweek
The Skype - Universal Translator
Word Lens

Creativity Assessment

How Creative are You? - MindTools
Right Brain vs Left Brain Creativity Test
Creativity Tests
Test Your Creativity: 5 Classic Creative Challenges

Storytelling

Best Free Storytelling Tools for Teachers
Pixar's 22 Rules of Story
Storytelling and Science
Grab a Tissue, and Watch VistaPrint's Latest Commercial - "The Postcard"
"The Postcard" - Vistaprint TV Commercial (2:54 Version)
"The Postcard" - VistaPrint TV Commerical ( 60 sec. Version)

Creativity Rubrics

Creativity and Innovation Rubric
Assessing Creativity - ASCD
Creative Rubric - Grant Wiggins

Videos

12 Videos on Creativity
Meade School District Bloom's Taxonomy Question Stems

The Deep Dive Part 1 - ABC Nightline
The Deep Dive Part 2 - ABC Nightline (7:32)
The Deep Dive Part 3 - ABC Nightline (4:35)

Audio Resources

TV Jukebox Television Themes
SoundFX
Morning in the Forest Sound Effect - YouTube Video ( 1 hr. 8 min)
Birds Sing in the Morning Sound Effect - YouTube Video (52 min.)
Early Morning Sound Effect - YouTube ( 5 min.)
Do Nothing for 2 Minutes
Calm.com
Rainfor.me
Sounds Connect - NASA