This is a very informative page on the creative process, written by an educator. There are links to books, creative thinking patterns, brainstorming activities, and how to inspire creativity, to name a few.

This resources teaches students how to distinguish between creativity, innovation, and invention, and to explain the difference between pioneering and incremental innovation, and which processes are best suited to each.

An article comparing creativity theories of psychoanalytic, behavioristic, and humanistic psychology.

Presents information about how to use creativity in the classroom. There are also many links to other sites that contain additional resources pertaining to creativity.

Understanding these three basic principles of creative thinking can help teachers focus on ways to enhance and encourage creative thinking in the classroom.

Children are born creative. However, these pint-sized artists need a little guidance to channel all that creativity into something productive. This article lists 7 super fun creative development activities for preschoolers to help...

Do you know how creative you are? Take this quiz and find comprehensive and personalized answers to find your creative strengths and weaknesses.

This is a paper that discusses the ways of creating a test for measuring creativity. It discusses why a test for creativity might be needed as well as concepts related to creativity such as knowledge, skills, and intelligence.

Need help planning ways to creatively teach your middle schoolers chronological order? Here's a great place to start. While the site is specifically geared toward the middle school student, it is a teaching idea which could easily be...

An excellent article about how you can help develop your students to think more creatively. It includes a list of 25 things you can do to develop creativity.

This PIZZAZ (People Interested in Zippy and ZAny Zcribbling) lesson plan will engage learners in creative writing about items found in a basket. Examples of creative writing are provided. Examples of springboard ideas are included.

An introduction to creative writing with links to more information on the following topics: Fiction Writing Basics, Pattern and Variation in Poetry, Pattern and Variation: Aural, Pattern and Variation: Visual, characters and Fiction...

This teaching pack will introduce students to Ignatius Sancho in his own words through a selection of his letters and invite students to offer a variety of creative responses to Sancho's life, work, and unique voice. Students will work...

As teachers, we play an important role in supporting children's ability in art, dramatic expression, and creative responses to problems. Creative power increases a young child's desire to learn and supports intellectual development. This...

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...

Imagination is critical in child development. Find tips to help nurture and encourage creativity in your kids!

A series of video lectures by Robert I. Sutton from Stanford University discussing creativity and its place in the modern organization.

If you are stuck on ways to teach creativity in your classroom, you will find many various techniques on this site. Everything from mind mapping to fuzzy thinking is listed here. Each technique has a link to its description.

One way to help your creative process is to use mind maps. This article provides information about mind mapping and how it can help you discover new connections you may otherwise never have seen.

As one of the country's leading experts on creative thinking, this site offers a brief overview of some of Michael Michalko's techniques.

This article focuses on ideas for lessons to teach creative writing such as Brain-Scrambler, Five-Sentence Paragraph, Obfuscatory Sentences, and Two-Sentence Response.

It's tempting to assume that technology is the key when it comes to reaching your audience and engaging them. However, creativity and innovation trump purely technological choices. This article explains the role of each in successfully...

A lesson plan designed to have middle schoolers obtain the role of creative director for a clothing line. Through the lesson students will learn the qualifications, training, education, job requirements, and salary of a creative director.

Two lessons are included here -- one that focuses on the creativity skill itself, and another that applies that skill to a core content area.