"Creativity is a human skill, and the advancement of civilization depends on it. The basics required for creativity include a deep knowledge base in a subject and a willingness to play with the ideas in new ways" (Brookhart (2010) What is the difference between creativity and creation? Can we teach creativity? Or do we simply provide opportunities to create? Brookhart (2010) defines creativity in the classroom as "putting things together in new ways (either conceptually or artistically), observing things others might miss, constructing something novel, using unusual or unconventional imagery that nevertheless works to make an interesting point" (p. 124), and suggests creativity "is when you put things together so that others will have an "aha!" moment" (p. 125) - these two definitions are somewhat in antithesis to each other or at the least, not necessarily mutually exclusive. Educators provide plenty of opportunities to create and to be...