Creation Stations Empower Gifted Students to Think Outside the Box Finding a Little Extra in the Ordinary Labels can be really nasty! Ugly, fat, dumb, weak, slow: these are the types of negative labels students can spend a lifetime trying to overcome. But what about the positive labels like gifted, talented, smart, or funny? Those can [...]
Everything is… Creative Encouraging and Valuing Creativity in Students Did you think I was going to say “Awesome”? If you’ve spent more than five minutes with an elementary age boy in the last year, you already know “Everything is Awesome,” but Nicole Shannon has another message for G/T teachers. Her message is that “Everything is [...]
Exploring the Social and Emotional Needs of Your Gifted Students Ian Byrd is gifted and talented. As a gifted adult, he found himself teaching sixth grade in the same school district in which he was a student. Because he has been at both ends of the spectrum, he offers a unique perspective that is worthy [...]
Dr. Joyce Juntune is a frequent TAGT presenter. Her education, experience and hands-on technique make her an expert who is, not only knowledgeable but, down-to-earth and approachable. Originally from Minnesota, she now proudly calls herself a “Texan”! Dr. Juntune serves a professor of Educational Psychology at Texas A&M. In this 6-hour course, Dr. Juntune provides [...]
(A Review of Timothy Gangwer’s Visual Literacy: Strategies for teaching Gifted English Language Learners) Timothy Gangwer brings ten years of teaching experience in the Houston inner city schools. He co-founded Visual Teaching Alliance in 2000 to reach more teachers and show the benefits of visual teaching. While teaching special education, Mr. Gangwer observed a common [...]
In today’s review, we’ll take a look at Dr. Debbie Troxclair's Perfectionism Revisited. Dr. Troxclair currently teaches in the Department of Counseling and Special Populations at Lamar University. She has been following the research on perfectionism for the past 40 years. Due to this, and her experience as a teacher, Dr. Troxclair provides a knowledgeable [...]
(A Review of Timothy Gangwer’s Whole Brain Visual Thinking) You can bet that this translates to 65% of your students being visual learners. This is a method of education that is generally overlooked. It is unfortunate, especially when the mind processes visual information 60,000 times faster than text. Timothy Gangwer’s definition of Whole Brain Visual [...]
(A review of John DeLandtsheer’s course: The Brain Compatible Classroom) John Delandtsheer began his career in teaching in California before transitioning into administration. As an administrator he spent hours learning, sharing, and implementing strategies in making his classrooms brain compatible. This made his schools some of the top performing in the state. Decades of experience [...]
Creating portfolios is an extremely useful tool for identifying gifted students. It’s important to have someone to give you the guidance that you need to use this valuable resource in your schools. Defining Giftedness Giftedness is defined as individuals with outstanding talent who perform and show the potential for performing at remarkably high levels of [...]
Differentiation is crucial for gifted students. Their advanced cognitive development, combined with their asynchronous development in other domains, requires differentiation to best serve them. It also helps maintain a peaceful learning environment for all your students. It is important to understand that differentiation cannot be assigned to one particular time of the day or week, [...]