Let’s make it a year of understanding!
I take part in the #gtchat conversations on Twitter as often as I can. Deborah Mersino at Ingeniosus is doing a wonderful job bringing up and orchestrating topics that affect gifted children and their parents worldwide. It was here that I realized that gifted educators and parents of gifted children fight the same social, cultural [...]
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 [...]
Real life lessons still the best teacher
I’m am fascinated with what children know and do in other countries. One incident left a lasting impression on me regarding two girls about 10-12 years old. Several of us jumped into the dingy to go ashore after anchoring for the evening in a beautiful little harbor south of Angra des Reis in Brazil. We [...]
WMD’s
All you educators will enjoy this site and its sense of humor. Weapons of Math Destruction Comics This comic has particular links to the state of gifted education in the US. Imagine, you as an adult, sitting in a workshop where the instructor is slowing down the delivery of information to a snail’s pace so [...]
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