Free Workshop
Led by Carrie Lobman, Gwen Lowenheim and Jiunwen Wang, PhD
Online
Friday, October 25 from 12:00-1:30 MST
Looking to make your classroom more inclusive, collaborative, and fun? Improv can do just that—while keeping it rigorous and engaging!
Join us for a hands-on workshop where you’ll discover how improvisation can transform your teaching, spark creativity, and build a vibrant learning community. Using improv’s core principles like “Yes, And…” and “Make the ensemble look good,” you’ll learn how to create dynamic, responsive classrooms that foster deeper connections, curiosity, and **making discoveries** alongside your students.
Walk away with fresh tools and global examples to bring new energy to your lessons and support your students in taking meaningful, collaborative risks. Let’s co-create, perform, and explore new ways to teach and learn together!
Carrie Lobman, PhD – Dr. Lobman is an educational researcher, trainer, and teacher educator whose research explores the value of improvisation and play for learning and development. She is a nationally recognized advocate for play and creativity for the education of people of all ages. She is a consultant to educational programs internationally, most recently in Dhaka and Sao Paolo. In 2011 she joined the Board of Directors of the national All Stars Project, where she serves as a consultant to its Institute for the Study of Play. She currently serves as the pro-bono director of pedagogy for the East Side Institute. Her publications include: Unscripted Learning: Using Improvisational Activities Across the K-8 Curriculum (Teachers College Press) with Matt Lundquist; and Play and Performance (University Press of America) with Barbara O’Neill.
Gwen Lowenheim, MSEd
Gwen Lowenheim is the Founder and Coordinator of International Conversation Groups & its Facilitator Training Program at Pace University where she also supervises a Civic Engagement component for both programs. Gwen is a Writing & TESOL instructor, Organizational & Project Based Coach, Teacher Trainer and co- founder of “Yes, and…” Higher Education Network.
Gwen trains and supervises educators and social entrepreneurs around the world in a social therapeutic, performance-based learning approach that brings creativity and innovation into classrooms, organizations and community-based programs. Her programs introduce theatrical improvisation, philosophical exploration, remix and group play in developing collaborative teams, leadership development, language learning and stress management.
Jiunwen Wang, PhD
June is a Senior Lecturer at the Singapore University of Social Sciences, where she adds a dash of creativity to leadership development module in the Human Resource Management Programme. Her research dives into the wonderful world of improv and its magical effects on individuals. Right now, she’s designing a fresh leadership course that blends improv into the classroom, bringing spontaneity and flexibility to future leaders. She has also published teaching activities utilizing improv and artistic methods, including a thought piece on a flourishing classroom.
In her artistic adventures, June is also exploring Playback Theatre, where stories come alive on stage, and in her spare time, you’ll find her singing her heart out with the Singapore Symphony Chorus!
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