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 4 out of 5

Barbara – UNITED ISD (verified owner) – July 29, 2021

It provides good critical thinking strategies.
Rated 5 out of 5

Christina – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) – July 31, 2021

Organized well.
Rated 5 out of 5

Rose – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) – July 31, 2021

It was an amazing course that provided great insight and ideas to incorporate into the classroom.
Rated 5 out of 5

Karla – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) – July 31, 2021

Very well presented. Includes just the right amount of useful information and gave excellent ideas and proper examples of how to incorporate them into our class.
Rated 2 out of 5

Kelly – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) – July 31, 2021

Lots of information already heard. Also, the course was just a lot of lecture, and not much activity. It was hard to really learn anything new this way.
Rated 4 out of 5

Dianette – UNITED ISD (verified owner) – August 2, 2021

It was a great course with lots of useful information.
Rated 5 out of 5

Maribeth – BELTON ISD (verified owner) – August 4, 2021

This was a great course that had many strategies I plan to implement in my classroom.
Rated 5 out of 5

Caitlin – MIAMI TRACE LOCAL (verified owner) – August 13, 2021

I enjoyed that this course gave many examples of how to relate the activities specifically to a math classroom.
Rated 5 out of 5

stephanie – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) – August 19, 2021

wonderful course. all elements apply to my TTESS teacher goals for this school year. will use most of the material I learned. The presenter was an engaging speaker.
Rated 4 out of 5

Krista – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) – August 20, 2021

I got some really good ideas.