Being creative by using tools like these WITH the students!

Leave buzzwords like "multiculturalism" behind and teach the damn basics!

Give children an opportunity to play - with resources, tools or ideas, especially important to remember in KS2 and beyond

Let the pupils choose their activity and let them choose how to record it. Make technology available so theu can make informed choices of how to record.

Look at what web 2.0 has to offer. What about creating a school wiki.

Use music to motivate and set the mood.

Develop a set of imaginary characters with your class throughout the year. Ones who live under the school, in the cupboard. Amazing where each class takes it.

Don't be afraid to try something new - and don't worry if something goes wrong - it usually adds to the learning experience

Get inspired by Sir Ken Robinson

Be willing to embrace the role of learner

Always be flexible and let the students take the lead!

Use a variety of teaching strategies with your students. Learn more about six powerful strategies at www.teachtci.com

Play-doh and poster paint! Use them when getting pupils to create interpretations, great fun and often gets pupils really thinking about interpretations.

Issue missions

Be creative yourself. Play, discover, get inspired by others (Twitter/blogs). Keep lessons varied.

Explore alternate assessment methods – try peer assessment or self assessment – meta-cognitive skills are paramount for lifelong learners

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Read deeply, watch videos frequently, discover what others are doing. THEN, do something different. Learn the principles, change the methods.

be a person and stay engaged with the questions / topics driving the course

Use theater games! This makes lessons interactive and gets students off their feet. They are able to learn the curric. in a physical way!

Create a culture of thinking in your class. Introduce thinking routines from http://bit.ly/5ONNe7

Never stop being creative yourself - and share what you have made out of class in class - pupils will love what you have done and be inspired in my experience!

Pay attention to your students' expressions. Be like a good actor. Keep them rapt & engaged. Stop when you lose them and regroup.

Know your subject well and never stop wanting to know more - you will then have plenty of stories and interesting ideas to draw on.

Add variety to your classes and encourage interaction.

When planning-imagine you are the learner-Is the lesson something you'd enjoy?
Try and plan a lesson that would stimulate your learning.

Do a Creative Partnerships project. (UK)

Think outside the box or in it or with it. Try new methods. Do something different. If it fails, then try something else. @TweetRightBrain

Think - what would I want to do if I were the pupil? Sit, listen and fill in a worksheet or get up, explore and make something myself?

Be open to new ideas. Give it a try, and then adapt it to fit your own personal teaching style. And have fun!!!

Check out the Creative Tallis website for pedagogical background to creative learning, project examples and list of cool Web 2.0 tools

Mix knowledge from different domains. Cross-pollinate ideas. Use metaphor in your descriptions. Re-make learning and publish to a wider audience online

collaborate with creative colleagues...try to apply successful creative ideas in a very different subject to your subject area

allow the students some freedom to play with thier ideas and see where they take them rather than always heading towards your learning objective

Nurture a collaborative relationship with peers in the IT or IT Support roles at the district level.

Stop using the worksheets for the textbooks or searching on-line for the next lesson. Instead, put yourself in the children's shoes and think creatively.

Remember to engage them in all the skills of Bloom's taxonomy

Practise, practise thinking outside the box!!!

Read my self-help article for some ideas, if you like!!!

"Art of being creative"

Listen to the radio online and record chunks of programs *you*really enjoyed.

Get on YouTube and other video channels and find current video material to use in class -- even better in a lab. Many possible activities ensue.

Hold debates on topical news stories. Put students into teams and get them to present arguments for & against a motion. Peer assess presentations

Read blogs by people who are creative, see PTRC or twitter for ideas of who to read.

Good book to get you thinking about how you present to your students: Presentation Zen.

Keep your ideas flowing by using Twitter or other Social Media tools to share ideas with great people

Read good literature and not only teaching books! Try using podcasts (using like podium).

BBC Classclips
Watch short video clip with no sound and write what the commentary could be. Swap and peer assess watching same clip with sound on.

...ask questions like who is the person tyaking the pic, whats behind them or to the side of the pic, what will it be like there in 10 years?

Use a quality picture to engage pupils as they enter your room to raise discussion linked to your subject...

Watch and listen to inspiring speeches on TED.com. This has given me lots of ideas to use in the classroom.

Read WIRED magazine!