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.
Theresa – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
So many amazing resources! Can’t wait to explore.
Alma – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Great information of tech tools we could use in our classrooms.
Adriana – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –
Really enjoyed this course. Very informative.
Celeste – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
yes
Jacqueline – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
Many great apps
Gracie – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
lots of good ideas
Laura – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great presentation but outdated for 2020.
Amanda – MCKINNEY ISD (verified owner) –
I like how quickly and succinct each overview of each app was.
Selina – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I really liked this course it gave me options on different applications and tools that I can daily use in my classroom.
Vanessa – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
I would have liked the presentation to have discussed fewer apps and more websites. I would have appreciated a more in-depth view of those sites with recommendations on how to apply them to my class.