Description
Traveling at a rate of a tool per minute, this fast-paced and informative session will help bring your technology toolbox up to speed by categorizing and reviewing resources designed to promote creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, and productivity in you and your gifted students.
In this course you will learn:
- Numerous ways to find online resources that promote creativity and creative thinking
- How to promote collaboration among students through the use of technology
- Ways in which critical thinking can be embedded in all content areas
Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.
Presenter Bio
Brian Housand, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at East Carolina University in the department of Curriculum and Instruction. He completed his doctoral work at the University of Connecticut with an emphasis in both gifted education and instructional technology. Dr. Housand is the current chair of the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) Computers and Technology network, and he writes the “Untangling Technology” column for Teaching for High Potential. Currently, he is exploring ways in which technology can enhance the learning environment and striving to define what it means to be creatively productive in a digital age.
Shannon – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas.
Damaris – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I liked all the different sources.
Maria – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It would be nice to have a bunch of the new current apps or extensions for google
Kelly – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Debra – Private Pay (verified owner) –
Fast paced and informative
Kelly – ARLINGTON CLASSICS ACADEMY (verified owner) –
Lots of good resources.
Tammy – LORENA ISD (verified owner) –
I thought it was very informational.
Shandy – Ridgewood Local Schools (verified owner) –
This course provided a many tech tools that I was not aware existed!
Dinorah – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Lots of tech tools- many geared for older students vs. primary
Brief reviews of each presented in an organized manner
Shay – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
Lots of interesting stuff out there that people don’t know about.