2012.02.04+Resources

Strategies for effectively meeting the needs of gifted students - RESOURCES

 * 1) Links shared by #ElemChat organisers
 * 2) Links shared by #ElemChat participants
 * 3) Questions for directing discussion
 * 4) Other Links

Links shared by #ElemChat organisers

 * 5 strategies for Supporting Gifted Student via @ascd http://ascd.typepad.com/blog/2011/10/strategies-for-supporting-gifted-students.html
 * Teaching the Gifted and Talented: 33 Gr8 Websites via @cybrarian77 http://mediaspecialistsguide.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaching-gifted-and-talented-33.html
 * Edublogs Serendipity Webinar from @JoHart Gifted & Talented Students http://johart1.edublogs.org/2012/01/11/edublogs-serendipity-webinar-overview-gifted-talented-students/
 * Unwrapping the Gifted blog - Tamara Fisher http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/unwrapping_the_gifted/
 * Edutopia : How to Support Gifted Students in Your Classroom http://www.edutopia.org/blog/gifted-students-strategies-ben-johnson
 * Successful strategies for teaching gifted learners http://www.davidsongifted.org/db/Articles_id_10075.aspx
 * Gifted Phoenix blog - @Gifted Phoenix Tim Dracup http://giftedphoenix.wordpress.com/
 * Contacting parents of gifted kids, Gas Station W/o Pumps http://gasstationwithoutpumps.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/contacting-home-schooling-parents-and-parents-of-gifted-kids/
 * #gtchat – Fridays at noon and 7 p.m. EST, gifted and talented educators, administrators, parents, and students discuss G&T programs.
 * Venspired Learning @KTVee http://venspired.com/
 * Re-Gifted: The Prickly Politics of the Academically Able @nancyflanagan http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teacher_in_a_strange_land/2011/12/re-gifted_the_prickly_politics_of_the_academically_able.html
 * Developing Gifted and Talented Provision in Your Department @creativeedu http://www.creativeeducation.co.uk/blog/index.php/2011/10/developing-gifted-and-talented-provision-in-your-department
 * Language Journeys @Elle_Gifted http://languagejourneys.blogspot.com/
 * Byrdseed Gifted Classroom @ByrdseedGifted http://www.byrdseed.com/
 * venspired learning http://venspired.com/ @KTVEE
 * Helping Gifted Learners Soar - Susan Rakow via @PeterMDeWitt (need to register to read) http://tinyurl.com/6phtd8a #elemchat
 * Austega’s Gifted Services Resources and Annotated Links http://austega.com/gifted/ (Australian Gifted Education)
 * http://www.nagc.org/ The National Association for Gifted Children
 * Differentiation Instruction for Gifted Students http://www.csus.edu/indiv/j/jelinekd/ACT/Differentiation/DifferentiationLiteratureReview.pdf
 * The Future of Gifted Education (by @cybraryman1) http://www.geraldaungst.com/blog/2010/08/the-future-of-gifted-education/



Links shared by #ElemChat participants

 * Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted http://www.sengifted.org/
 * Introverts vs extroverts via Are Your Students Thinking? http://think-forty-two.blogspot.com/2012/01/introverts-vs-extroverts.html
 * Teachers use technology to keep pupils engaged http://www.albertalocalnews.com/ponokanews/community/Teachers_use_technology_to_keep_pupils_engaged_138491424.html
 * Global virtual meeting for Gifted Education in secondlife! http://www.begabungszentrum-bayern.de/global-virtual-meeting-for-gifted-education-in-secondlife/
 * Layered Curriculum http://help4teachers.com/
 * @Cybraryman1's Twice Exceptional Children http://cybraryman.com/2e.html
 * Gifted 2.0: An Exploration of Web 2.0 Tools & Their Place in the Gifted Classroom http://languagejourneys.blogspot.com/2011/06/gifted-20-exploration-of-web-20-tools.html
 * @CybraryMan1's Creativity Page http://cybraryman.com/creativity.html
 * @Cybraryman1's Differentiated Instruction page http://cybraryman.com/differentiated.html
 * Finding Common Ground Blog: Truth, Beauty and Goodness: an Interview with Dr. Howard Gardner http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/finding_common_ground/2011/08/truth_beauty_and_goodness_an_interview_with_dr_howard_gardner.html
 * Gifted Development Center http://www.gifteddevelopment.com/
 * @Cybraryman1's Multiple Intelligences page http://cybraryman.com/multipleintel.html
 * The Schoolwide Enrichment Model-Executive Summary http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/sem/semexec.html
 * Differentiation Literature Review http://www.csus.edu/indiv/j/jelinekd/ACT/Differentiation/DifferentiationLiteratureReview.pdf
 * @Cybraryman1's Self-Directed learning http://cybraryman.com/selfdirectedlearning.html
 * Resources for Parents, Teachers and Gifted, Talented, Creative and Promising Mathematics Studentshttp://www.nku.edu/~mathed/gifted.html
 * Gifted Parenting Support http://giftedparentingsupport.blogspot.com/
 * National Association for Gifted Children http://www.nagc.org/
 * What to Look for in a Good Gifted Program http://giftedkids.about.com/od/educationoptions/a/criteria.htm
 * Bright Lights - The Gifted Challenge Centre Program in Vancouver http://www.teachinggifted.blogspot.com/
 * Gifted Child (YouTube) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_WH7ovM_OI
 * Hoagies' Gifted Education Page http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/



Questions for directing discussion

 * Q1: Red rag: Gifted students are already able. Shouldn’t we focus more on weak students?
 * Q2: What criteria do you use to identify gifted students?
 * Q3: Does giftedness always translate into academic performance?
 * Q4: How do you move from giving gifted students “busywork” to stimulating, enriching experiences?
 * Q5: What are the classroom management issues associated with needs of gifted students?
 * Q6: Should teachers differentiate “up” (eg. next level math) or “sideways” for talented learners?
 * Q7: Do gifted students demand gifted teachers?
 * Q8: How do we help “twice gifted” students who are academically gifted but perhaps socially challenged?
 * Q9: When are students “tested” for giftedness in your system?



Other Links

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