Thinking Outside the Book - Responsive Learning

$20.00

Presenter: Sheila Mulbry & Nicole Shannon, Round Rock ISD
Core Area: Creativity & Instructional Strategies
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary
Hours: 1

Do you want your gifted students to deepen their responses to the text they read? One of the most fulfilling moments in a teacher’s day is when the light comes on, a sign that the students are making a deep connection with the material being taught. Teaching students to think outside the book is one of the ways you can empower your students to experience those “aha” moments.

Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.

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SKU TAGT-150 Categories Creativity & Instructional Strategies, Gifted, Instructional Strategies, Nicole Shannon & Sheila Mulbry, TAGT Tags Creativity and Instructional Strategies, Gifted, giftedness, GT, OAGC Differentiation, ODE competency a, ODE competency b, ODE competency c

Description

Thinking Outside the Book is an ideal course for educators looking for resources to guide students toward creating unique and complex assignments. You’ll learn to lead them to have a deeper response to quality literature, which will ultimately help their love and respect for reading.

In this one-hour course you will learn to incorporate a variety of media to differentiate responses and push your students toward thinking and creating outside the book.

Trainers Sheila Mulbry and Nicole Shannon share their personal best-practices on:

Using mysteries in literature
Developing puzzle fiction projects
Creating personal response papers
Identifying themes and vocabulary in literature
Writing mini-research reports

And more!

Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.

This course is aligned with 2016 ODE Teacher Competencies a, b, c, e, f, g and NAGC Teacher Preparation Standards 2.2, 3.3, 3.4, 5.1.

Presenter Bio

Nicole Shannon, M.Ed. has over 19 years of experience in gifted education. She currently serves as the Advanced Academics Specialist for Hutto ISD. Prior to joining her current district, Nicole served as the Coordinator of Gifted/Advanced Academic Services for Round Rock ISD for five years. She was a gifted specialist in Round Rock ISD for 10 years before taking this position. She has presented at the district, local, and state level to preservice and in-service teachers, counselors, administrators, and parents on a variety of topics in gifted education throughout her years in this field. Prior to moving to Round Rock, Nicole served as a teacher, curriculum coordinator, and school principal at private schools in Honolulu, HI, San Diego, CA, and Virginia Beach, VA. Nicole graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Applied Learning and Development from the University of Texas at Austin and completed her M.Ed. in Teacher Leadership with a specialization in Gifted/Talented at Lamar University in Beaumont, TX.

Sheila Mulbry currently serves as Gifted Coordinator with Lockhart ISD. She is a constant advocate for
gifted students and their special needs and has presented staff development on gifted education for the
past 20 years at local, state, and national conventions. She obtained BA degrees in Humanities (‘83) and
Elementary Education (‘90) and holds ESL and Gifted Endorsements from the State. Awards include
TAGT’s 2019 Educator of the Gifted. Sheila is currently serving as TAGT’s Board of Directors, K-12
Representative.

Additional information

Core Area	Creativity & Instructional Strategies
Hours	1 Hour
Organization	TAGT
Grade Level	Elementary, Secondary
Presenter	Nicole Shannon & Sheila Mulbry
Course Content	Gifted, Instructional Strategies

2742 reviews for Thinking Outside the Book

Rated 5 out of 5

Gabriella – UNITED ISD (verified owner) – June 22, 2021

Very informative and beneficial.
Rated 5 out of 5

Chet – DAYTON CITY (verified owner) – June 22, 2021

A little long.
Rated 5 out of 5

Leyda – BELTON ISD (verified owner) – June 23, 2021

Very good information on using technology with books’ responses.
Rated 3 out of 5

Heidi – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) – June 23, 2021

I’m so glad it talked about the importance of student choice, but there really wasn’t anything new.
Rated 3 out of 5

Lori – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) – June 23, 2021

I like the topic of guiding instruction beyond the text and got a couple of ideas of projects to supplement my units.
Rated 5 out of 5

Amber – WYLIE ISD (verified owner) – June 23, 2021

Super quick and concise. Loads of good tips and info.
Rated 5 out of 5

Geri – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) – June 23, 2021

Loved the ideas presented
Rated 5 out of 5

Sara – FAIRBANKS LOCAL (verified owner) – June 24, 2021

Great ideas for thinking outside the book and websites to try out as well.
Rated 4 out of 5

Priscila – UNITED ISD (verified owner) – June 24, 2021

I liked it
Rated 3 out of 5

Emily – Private Pay (verified owner) – June 27, 2021

This course is not bad and would be useful as an introduction to teachers who either received no formal education training at a college or university, teachers who received their education a long time ago, or as a refresher.