Description
- The importance of pre-assessing students before accelerating them
- How to take a literature circle experience and make it meaningful
- The benefits of teaching Bloom’s Taxonomy in literature
- Ways in which depth and complexity can be developed in book studies
- The importance of “non-standard problem solving” for gifted students
Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.
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.
ERIK – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course, with great ideas!
Jami – PIQUA CITY (verified owner) –
It was okay
Anetra – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
This was extremely informative.
Marco – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
Great insight on how to use books with TAG students and the importance of using different Math problems to develop creativity and entice deeper thinking skills.
Maria – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It was very helpful
Jonathan – BOLING ISD (verified owner) –
Good
Esther – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative. Thank you.
Jessica – River View Local Schools (verified owner) –
This course kept me engaged. I enjoyed it!
Juan – SAN DIEGO ISD (verified owner) –
The presenters are very informative and knowledgeable. They are extremely detailed in their explanation of the activities and the results attained from the students
Heaven – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
I love the ideas presented here, however I’m not sure that I can apply this well to my classroom. The amount of time required to implement these outside the box activities would be challenging given the time restraints of my classroom. I am going to try and add some of these in on occasion though because I do think that these are great tools to enhance learning of TAG students.