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

Cristina – ALICE ISD (verified owner) – December 16, 2022

Very good course with lots of information.
Rated 5 out of 5

Jane – BENJAMIN LOGAN LOCAL (verified owner) – December 17, 2022

Great information!
Rated 4 out of 5

Shelly – River View Local Schools (verified owner) – December 19, 2022

Informative
Rated 5 out of 5

Chelsea – Private Pay (verified owner) – December 30, 2022

Convenient, informative, useful. I was granted access to the course just a short while after sign up. The content was engaging and introduced several helpful strategies. Certificate was available for download immediately upon completion of the course.
Rated 5 out of 5

Gilbert – ALICE ISD (verified owner) – January 2, 2023

It was good
Rated 4 out of 5

Kenneth – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) – January 3, 2023

Provided some excellent details behind a few common instructional strategies.
Rated 5 out of 5

Monica – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) – January 4, 2023

Great ideas that are easy to incorporate in the classroom.
Rated 5 out of 5

Ariel – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) – January 4, 2023

I learned a lot of techniques and skills that I can use in the classroom to implement more critical thinking activities.
Rated 5 out of 5

Alyssa – DELAWARE CITY (verified owner) – January 4, 2023

This course was packed with ideas that were applicable to my classroom. I can use these tools with my gifted students and with my gen. ed. kids. This was well worth the time it took.
Rated 5 out of 5

Gennie – ALICE ISD (verified owner) – January 6, 2023

I think the course was very educational.