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. Miguel – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –

    I liked the ideas of activities that allow students to be creative in class which will bolster collaboration and discussions and this leads to critical thinking.

  2. Clarissa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    This course was great!

  3. Mimi – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –

    The presentation was good and the presenter had great ideas for the classroom.

  4. Meagan – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –

    It was interesting and different from other GT trainings I’ve attended.

  5. Sandra – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    Great!!

  6. Jaclyn – LA GRANGE ISD (verified owner) –

    A lot of it was things I’ve gotten in other professional development. So, sound ideas, just not fresh.

  7. Brenda – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    Is a great course that provide you with great techniques to improve the learning experience on the students.

  8. Karina – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    This course provided creative strategies that will challenge students to build on critical thinking skills.

  9. Mindy – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –

    It had a lot of activities that can be used in the classroom and was very interesting.

  10. Alyssa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    Very informative

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