Items of Interest for Teachers
Byrdseed Gifted
An article entitled Six Traits of Quality Pre-Assessments
Gifted and Talented Education Quiz
Take this quiz created at the University of Connecticut to find out how much you know about the gifted. See if you can beat my score. I got three wrong.
Unwrapping the Gifted Blog by Tamara Fisher at Education Week
"Gifted children come to us equipped with a multitude of advanced capabilities and potentials, but - just like me with my new camera - they don't necessarily naturally and immediately know how to harness all of their capacity. The bells and whistles are there, but the skills to harness them and use them effectively often are not."
Underachieving Gifted Children
"There is perhaps no situation more frustrating for parents or teachers than living or working with children who do not perform as well academically as their potential indicates they can."
Introduction to Scratch Computer Programming Video
A quick introduction to Scratch and some of the ways people use it.
Confratute
A really fun gifted education conference at UConn in Storrs, CT. A great way to get ideas for differentiation, curriculum compacting and enrichment. As a bonus, they make their own ice cream from their own cows and you can eat as much as you want if you take the food plan:-)
An article entitled Six Traits of Quality Pre-Assessments
Gifted and Talented Education Quiz
Take this quiz created at the University of Connecticut to find out how much you know about the gifted. See if you can beat my score. I got three wrong.
Unwrapping the Gifted Blog by Tamara Fisher at Education Week
"Gifted children come to us equipped with a multitude of advanced capabilities and potentials, but - just like me with my new camera - they don't necessarily naturally and immediately know how to harness all of their capacity. The bells and whistles are there, but the skills to harness them and use them effectively often are not."
Underachieving Gifted Children
"There is perhaps no situation more frustrating for parents or teachers than living or working with children who do not perform as well academically as their potential indicates they can."
Introduction to Scratch Computer Programming Video
A quick introduction to Scratch and some of the ways people use it.
Confratute
A really fun gifted education conference at UConn in Storrs, CT. A great way to get ideas for differentiation, curriculum compacting and enrichment. As a bonus, they make their own ice cream from their own cows and you can eat as much as you want if you take the food plan:-)