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

$90.00

(288 customer reviews)

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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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”. 

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

  1. Balbina – RAUL YZAGUIRRE SCHOOL FOR SUCCESS (verified owner) –

    Yes, it’s helpful to refresh on different strategies.

  2. Jesus – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –

    The course had some very useful strategies that I will be implementing in my classroom.

  3. Angelica – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –

    It is great awareness

  4. Annabell – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –

    This course was extremely beneficial for me and will positively impact students.

  5. Barbara – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    5 stars

  6. Jami – PIQUA CITY (verified owner) –

    It was far too long

  7. Gabriela – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –

    It was a great course. The presenter was very knowledgeable in gifted students needs. He provided strategies that can be used in any classroom and modeled how to use the strategy to help all different learners.

  8. Tammy – Private Pay (verified owner) –

    I like the layout and self paced course.

  9. Leticia – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –

    There was some good ideas on how to help students think critically but not always applicable to all subjects.

  10. Richard – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –

    The course was detailed and informative.

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