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

Claudia – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) – June 18, 2020

I really enjoyed the course especially modeled the strategies.
Rated 5 out of 5

Vanessa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) – June 18, 2020

Very informative, to the point, and fun outside of the box activities that you can explore in your classroom.
Rated 4 out of 5

Kelsey – MCKINNEY ISD (verified owner) – June 22, 2020

Moved a little slowly, but the information was good and useful.
Rated 5 out of 5

Juivya – SPRING ISD (verified owner) – June 25, 2020

I liked that it was a recording of a presentation. It made it feel more like a class I was participating in.
Rated 5 out of 5

Irasema – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) – June 25, 2020

I really enjoyed this course. All the strategies and activities are useful and easy to apply in the classroom. They will help me promote critically thinking.
Rated 4 out of 5

Susan – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) – June 25, 2020

I liked that it gave ideas to actually use in the classroom.
Rated 5 out of 5

Maria – UNITED ISD (verified owner) – June 27, 2020

I enjoyed learning about all the different strategies. I enjoyed the examples he gave and the audiences participation.
Rated 5 out of 5

Jose – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) – June 28, 2020

I found the course very informative and full of activities that are easy to use in the classroom. Taking the course on line also allowed me to move through the information at my own pace and to follow my own schedule.
Rated 5 out of 5

Nancy – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) – June 30, 2020

Great learning opportunity
Rated 5 out of 5

Andrew – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) – June 30, 2020

Good information. Topics broken down into short, easy to digest clips.