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Encourage Creativity in Your Class

Engage your students in creative activities during International Creativity Month—the first month of the new year, and the perfect time to inspire a year of success! Use these resources, lessons, and activities to infuse your classes with the creative spirit. 

Grades K-12

Twitter Chat: Fostering Engagement & Creativity

View this archived Twitter chat to learn ways to define creativity and engagement in the classroom and explore strategies for creative and engaging classroom experiences. Get new ideas to try in your lessons.

Grades K-12

TeachersFirst's MakerSpace Resources

Scan this special collection of TeachersFirst's best MakerSpace resources. Find activities to ignite creative thinking and innovation in all grades, whether you’re looking for ideas for your MakerSpace or your lessons!

Grades 3-12

Free Avatar Creator

Students can create a customized avatar by scrolling down the page and selecting any easy-to-use template provided on Adobe Express. For example, ask students to design an avatar for a character in a book, a famous historical figure, or a personal hero.

Grades 1-12

Creative Educator

Explore these articles, lesson plans, and resources for ways to put creativity into the curriculum. Peruse eight main topics: creativity, digital storytelling, 21st century classrooms, project-based learning, STEM, and teaching and learning.

Grades 8-12

Creator Academy

Spark creativity using YouTube's Creator Academy, where students can view online video courses designed to help them learn valuable lessons in video production and creating engaging content. Share this link on your class website.

Grades 4-12

Meme Buddy

Create memes using your computer or mobile device with Meme Buddy. Meme Buddy works with Google Assistant to build a meme using your instructions for adding an image and text. Change options as you like until your meme looks the way you want.

Grades K-8

STEAM Art Lessons

Do you need inspiration for art and technology-rich STEAM lessons? Check out this site for some creative STEAM ideas! Topics include content based on famous works of art like Edvard Munch's “The Scream” and Gilbert Stuart's portrait of George Washington.

Grades K-4

Skyenimals

Skyenimals is a creative site where kids learn about real and make-believe animals. Skyenimals are mixed-up and imaginary animals created by kids. Explore and choose different animals to find related pictures, games, puzzles, and other activities.

Grades 6-12

Metaverse Studio

Engage secondary students with Metaverse, a site that allows anyone to create augmented reality experiences. Ask students to brainstorm ideas they can use this site to develop. View the welcome tutorial, then begin to arrange items on your storyboard!

Grades 6-12

Animaker

Stretch your students' creativity with Animaker, an easy-to-use animated video creation tool. Use this site to extend student learning and technology use by making commercials, science fair previews, infographics, and animated shorts in any content area.

This Week at TeachersFirst

Engage in professional learning this week during an upcoming OK2Ask virtual workshop and on our Infusing Technology blog. Stop by and say hello if you're attending the Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA) conference, and remember to give your input in our weekly poll!