EduCon 2026From Spark to Habit: Designing Classrooms Where Creativity Lives
This conversation centers on a powerful question: How can we, as educators, design learning spaces where creativity is not a special occasion but an everyday habit? Together, we’ll explore what it means to cultivate a creative mindset - spaces where learners are encouraged to take intellectual risks, embrace curiosity, and see learning as an iterative process. Rather than prescribing a one-size-fits-all formula, this conversation invites participants to surface their own experiences, challenges, and hope for building a creative mindset.
The main idea is simple but transformative: creativity is a practice, not a product. By modeling creativity as exploration, iteration, and reflection, educators can help students unlock new ways of approaching complex problems - whether in STEM, the humanities or beyond. We’ll dig into practical strategies that make creative thinking visible in the classroom, a classroom where student voice and choice flourish. Participants will leave not just with tools but with a renewed mindset—one that sees creativity as both a discipline and a gift. In short, this conversation is less about learning “what to do” and more about practicing “how to think.”
Conversational Practice
To make this workshop truly conversational, we’ll use a rotating dialogue model called “Creativity Circles.” Participants will begin in small groups, each tackling a real classroom challenge around fostering creativity. After ten minutes, they will rotate to a new group, carrying one idea forward while gathering new perspectives. This creates a ripple effect where ideas evolve and strength with each exchange. As a culminating step, the whole group will come together to surface patterns, insights, and actionable strategies. These collective insights will be captured visually in a shared digital mind map that we will build in real time. The process ensures that every voice is heard, ideas are cross-pollinated, and the group leaves with a tangible artifact of their co-created wisdom. Instead of passively receiving tips, participants will experience creativity as a collaborative, iterative process - just as they’ll (hopefully) model with their own students.
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