Building Critical Thinking Skills and Infusing Creativity and Creative Thinking Skills into the Gifted and Talented Classroom (6-Hour)

$90.00

Rated 4.65 out of 5 based on 288 customer ratings

Presenter: Bob Iseminger, Pieces of Learning
Core Area: Differentiated Curriculum
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary
Hours: 6

What good is a tool if we do not teach a child how to use it? If information is a tool, critical thinking skills are the key to making that information useful for our students. In this course, you will learn how technology in the 21st century has changed the way G/T students interact with information and how it helps them build critical thinking skills in the classroom and beyond.

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SKU POL-248 Categories Bob Iseminger, Creativity & Instructional Strategies, Gifted, Instructional Strategies, Pieces of Learning Tags Creativity and Instructional Strategies, elementary, Gifted, GT, OAGC HOTS, ODE competency a, ODE competency b, secondary

Description

The current cohort of high school students are the first in history to grow up as digital natives. That means they are the first generation to be surrounded by digital media since birth. At a time when information is more available than ever, critical thinking and creativity are at a low in our student populations. In Building Critical Thinking Skills and Infusing Creativity and Creative Thinking Skills into the Gifted and Talented Classroom, Bob Iseminger tackles these tough challenges with practical application for your G/T classroom.

In this 6-hour course, you will learn:

The definition of critical thinking
The many types of learning supported by the brain
Lower and higher level questioning The auditory/sequential and visual/spatial processes of the brain
Strategies for developing creative thinking

This course is aligned with 2016 ODE Teacher Competencies a, b, c, f, g and NAGC Teacher Preparation Standards 3.1, 5.1, 5.2.

Presenter Bio

Bob Iseminger has over 25 years of experience in public education as a classroom teacher, math resource teacher, and coordinator of a gifted education magnet center. He has worked in both urban and suburban settings at the elementary and middle school levels, and in a consulting capacity with high school students. Mr. Iseminger currently serves as a staff development consultant for school districts nationwide in addition to presenting at state gifted conferences. He is the co-author of several books including “Cultivating Classroom Conversations” and “Choice and Challenge: Engaging Anchor Activities for the Differentiated Classroom”.

Additional information

Core Area	Creativity & Instructional Strategies
Hours	6 Hours
Organization	Pieces of Learning
Grade Level	Elementary, Secondary
Presenter	Bob Iseminger
Course Content	Gifted, Instructional Strategies

288 reviews for Building Critical Thinking Skills and Infusing Creativity and Creative Thinking Skills into the Gifted and Talented Classroom (6-Hour)

Rated 5 out of 5

Diane – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) – May 27, 2021

I appreciate the ideas and strategies presented.
Rated 5 out of 5

Mark – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) – May 27, 2021

Overall, a great resource with varying useful discussion points.
Rated 4 out of 5

Ryan – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) – May 28, 2021

It gave me some ideas
Rated 4 out of 5

Margarita – UNITED ISD (verified owner) – June 2, 2021

Awesome strategies for gifted students.
Rated 5 out of 5

Amy – GOOSE CREEK CISD (verified owner) – June 2, 2021

It was a great course! I learned a lot about helping gifted students learn to think creatively and critically.
Rated 5 out of 5

Diana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) – June 3, 2021

The presenter provides a great ideas to use in the classroom with GT students that may also work in a regular setting.
Rated 4 out of 5

Sharon – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) – June 4, 2021

There are many good ideas presented in this course. These ideas are easily implemented in the classroom.
Rated 5 out of 5

Elisabeth – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) – June 7, 2021

I really thought this course gave fabulous ideas that are easy to apply in the classroom!
Rated 5 out of 5

Lance – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) – June 9, 2021

I enjoyed all of the different ideas in this course as they are very applicable to my classroom and several of the suggestions I have not used before. I plan to implement many of these in my classroom.
Rated 3 out of 5

Gina – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) – June 11, 2021

Continuity is hard to maintain with these videos because I miss out on much of the activity footage.