EXPO and TAGT Mini-Parent Conference in NW Houston, January 28 2012
Notes from the EXPO and Parent Mini Conference on January 28, 2012 Lone Star College – University Park This conference was presented by the Houston Area Cooperative on the Gifted and Talented, The Southeast Cooperative for Gifted and Talented, Lone Star College – University Park and Education in Action and the Texas Association for the [...]
Summer professional development projects
I’ve been thinking about my summer professional development projects since I recently visited Clif’sNotes. At the end of the every school year while I’m clearing off my desk, taking down my bulletin boards (and this year preparing to move to a new classroom), I think about the projects I could do over the summer to [...]
Top Ten Myths in Gifted Education Video
This is worth watching for parents and educators alike. Ten Myths of Gifted Education
Great Quote!
“Most teachers waste their time by asking questions which are intended to discover what a pupil does not know whereas the true art of questioning has for its purpose to discover what the pupil knows or is capable of knowing.” ~ Albert Einstein
When was the last time you thought about your educational philosophy?
Recently, I was asked to prepare my educational philosophy for an application. The last time I wrote down my educational philosophy was during my undergraduate degree program. Since then, I’ve focused on the education of the gifted child and taught five years. Yep, things had changed; my knowledge and experience in the classroom required me [...]
“Does that make me gifted?”
The question came up during a twitter conversation I had with @shareski lately. Which started me thinking about this entry because it is also a question I get frequently in casual conversations with other educators, family and friends. What motivates someone to ask that question? One theory I have is that my friends, family and [...]
Notes from the TAGT Conference ’09
I’m posting my TxGifted Conference Notes from this past weekend (December 3& 4, 2009). Of course I bought some new books. Six books I received either as a freebie or for working in a friend’s booth while she did a presentation. Thanks Laurie! New books in the GT Library at my school: The Best Ever [...]
Gifts and talents; coaching and the classroom
This is a differentiated model designed by Francoyne Gagne in 1991 that I found at caught my interested this morning. Personally, I’ve always had an issue with the terms: gifted and talented or GT so I like this model. I’ve always thought that gifted and talented referred to two entirely different things that must be [...]
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