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.
George – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent Course, helps with reading and summarizations .
Queenie – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
One of the presenters showed various techniques on how to get the students to think creatively. I especially like the one where they were required to learned the bloom and create only higher level thinking questions for their classmates to answer.
Juan Carlos – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
yay
Susana – FABENS ISD (verified owner) –
informational
Mary – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I liked the specific examples of resources that the presenters used.
Marisa – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
It was a good course for upper elementary teachers, but I teach first grade.
christine – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
It is interesting, some great ideas for gaining more depth.
Lorena – FABENS ISD (verified owner) –
Creative ideas
Elizabeth – GAHANNA-JEFFERSON CITY (verified owner) –
Good ideas but a lot didn’t apply to me.
Luis – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great presentation!