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AWARD-WINNING BOOK! Do you wish you could do something unique with your curriculum? Do you want to inspire your students and help them experiment and think without boundaries, but aren't sure where to start? If you want to create a unique and fantastic environment for your students, the award-winning book Think Unique is for you. Creativity and innovative thinking are too often seen as not essential or icing on the cake. That's simply not true! Creativity is a way of thinking and processing information. It is a way to expand your student's thinking capabilities and develop their love of learning. Moreover, turning your classroom into an innovative environment means creating an exciting and fun learning space. And we all know that children learn best when they are having fun. Creating the right learning environment for your students is important. With Think Unique, you can take your classroom to the next level and turn it into the most creative and inspiring learning community ever! Think Unique combines the creative thinking and innovation process that drive start-ups and organisations' success with the principles of Project-Based Learning. By adopting this approach, you bring the methodologies used by the best innovators and thought leaders of our time to your classroom. With this book, you will: Develop your students' 21st-century skills Provide them with a voice Build up their confidence as excellent problem solvers Open their world to infinite possibilities! Think Unique provides you with an innovative framework you can use for any subject, including STEM, Math & Literacy. It is your step-by-step guide to making learning more engaging, more relevant, and more creative. You will find strategies that you can put into practice right away. You'll learn how to inspire your students, plan engaging lessons, develop your students' 21st-century skills, and create your most unique curriculum ever. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just getting started, Think Unique will help you develop a creative curriculum for your students and put it into action. ""In such a dramatically changing world, our children will need to be creators and problem-solvers. Ortal Green has responded beautifully to this need with a practical and inspiring exploration of Project-Based Learning. This is the book for every teacher who cares about the future."" Tony Ryan, International Best-Selling Author, learning futurist and Education consultant. ""Ortal Green's book gives teachers the chance to succeed when implementing a project-based learning approach by providing essential theory, scaffolding and relevant examples. Think Unique guides the teacher in ways that encourages innovation in thinking and design. As much as anything else, Think Unique is a practical book that will give teachers confidence in cultivating creative thinking using a project-based approach."" Phil Roberts M. Dispute Resol'n; M.Ed; B.Ed; Dip Tch; LTCL(T); MACE Principal Mount Sinai College Ortal Green is a thought leader who has implemented Design Thinking methodologies in schools. Her award-winning book breaks down the main principles of project-based learning and explains the why, the what, and the how behind this approach using real-life classroom examples.

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In such a dramatically changing world, our children will need to be creators and problem-solvers. Ortal Green has responded beautifully to this need with a practical and inspiring exploration of Project-Based Learning. This is the book for every teacher who cares about the future. Tony Ryan International Best-Selling Author, learning futurist and Education consultant Glittering Minds is brilliant not only as a concept but it tries - and succeeds - to provide children and educators with an environment to feel secure in exploring their surroundings, something that arguably is being lost once kids enter the primary school system and are subjected to standardized systems or learning, often triggering anxiety and fear of failure that will follow them for the rest of their lives. Problem-solving in the ever-increasing complexity of our lives is becoming fast the most sought-after trait. Glittering Minds guide you on that journey with lots of practical examples and great scientific background presented in an easily digestible fashion. Alp Altun Regional Chief Transformation Officer, Asia-Pacific at Allianz It's not just shifted my students' thinking; it shifted my thinking as well and the way I look to design project-based inquiry experiences in the future. I am really excited by the change that it had in such a small space in time with our students already. Hayden Callahan, project-based inquiry leader

""In such a dramatically changing world, our children will need to be creators and problem-solvers. Ortal Green has responded beautifully to this need with a practical and inspiring exploration of Project-Based Learning. This is the book for every teacher who cares about the future."" Tony Ryan, International Best-Selling Author, learning futurist and Education consultant ""Ortal Green's book gives teachers the chance to succeed when implementing a project-based learning approach by providing essential theory, scaffolding and relevant examples. Think Unique guides the teacher in ways that encourages innovation in thinking and design. As much as anything else, Think Unique is a practical book that will give teachers confidence in cultivating creative thinking using a project-based approach."" Phil Roberts M. Dispute Resol'n; M.Ed; B.Ed; Dip Tch; LTCL(T); MACE, Principal Mount Sinai College ""Think Unique is a remarkably written book for educators who desire to bring out the very best in their students. Ortal has clearly demonstrated her brilliance by providing an in-depth understanding of ""creativity"" and ""project-based learning"". As a school principal, I can use the techniques and tools written in Think Unique to provide professional development for my teachers on keeping their students engaged and maximizing students' creativity for higher order thinking! Mrs. Green gives readers specific steps to understanding the ""Five Stages of the Creative Process"" and how to effectively facilitate project based learning. Personally, I found the tools and exercises for developing creative thinking most useful not only for students but adults as well. Ortal's combination of action research, professional experiences, knowledge of the ""whole-child"" along with her esteem writing abilities makes this book a fantastic read for educators and those who seek to improve creative thinking in students."" Naim Sanders, Assistant Superintendent, Adjunct professor, keynote speaker and an author ""In Think Unique, Ortal Green takes us on a journey to better understand how to unleash our imagination, and our creativity in pursuit of optimal learning. She then takes us through a step by step process to engage our students' imaginative and creative processes in project based learning. Chapter summaries and reflective questions throughout help deepen the learning she presents. A brilliant book - for educators, students and parents alike!"" Dr Peter Gamwell, Author, International Speaker and Consultant: Adjunct Professor - University of Ottawa

In such a dramatically changing world, our children will need to be creators and problem-solvers. Ortal Green has responded beautifully to this need with a practical and inspiring exploration of Project-Based Learning. This is the book for every teacher who cares about the future. Tony Ryan International Best-Selling Author, learning futurist and Education consultant Ortal Green's book gives teachers the chance to succeed when implementing a project-based learning approach by providing essential theory, scaffolding and relevant examples. Think Unique guides the teacher in ways that encourages innovation in thinking and design. As much as anything else, Think Unique is a practical book that will give teachers confidence in cultivating creative thinking using a project-based approach. Phil Roberts M. Dispute Resol'n; M.Ed; B.Ed; Dip Tch; LTCL(T); MACE Principal Mount Sinai College Glittering Minds is brilliant not only as a concept but it tries - and succeeds - to provide children and educators with an environment to feel secure in exploring their surroundings, something that arguably is being lost once kids enter the primary school system and are subjected to standardized systems or learning, often triggering anxiety and fear of failure that will follow them for the rest of their lives. Problem-solving in the ever-increasing complexity of our lives is becoming fast the most sought-after trait. Glittering Minds guide you on that journey with lots of practical examples and great scientific background presented in an easily digestible fashion. Alp Altun Regional Chief Transformation Officer, Asia-Pacific at Allianz It's not just shifted my students' thinking; it shifted my thinking as well and the way I look to design project-based inquiry experiences in the future. I am really excited by the change that it had in such a small space in time with our students already. Hayden Callahan, project-based inquiry leader

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Ortal is a passionate educator with a mission to empower teachers to create tomorrow's innovators in their classrooms.She started her career as a computer scientist and worked for top global hi-tech companies such as IBM and Mercury for several years. Working at the forefront of this cutting-edge industry helped her understand the impact of technology on the future of work.Additionally, as Ortal watched her three sons' journeys through primary school, she realised they were not being prepared for this future.While Ortal saw the movement towards STEM as going in the right direction, important skills such as creative thinking and the development of an innovative mindset, to name a few, were being left out. Having a strong technological background and being a Design Thinking practitioner, she was able to see that there was a need and a way to bridge this gap.Therefore, Ortal co-founded Glittering Minds and created a programme for primary schools, PBL and Beyond. This programme provides the needed paradigm shift in primary-level education by introducing Design Thinking as the new pedagogy.Ortal has been a teacher educator for a few years now. She feels privileged to have the opportunity to guide, support, and empower teachers to create a deeper, authentic, innovative, student-centred educational setting in their classrooms. It brings her happiness to see firsthand how participation in PBL and Beyond transforms both teachers' and students' ways of thinking and creates a learning environment that meets the twenty-first-century needs.

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