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.
Esmeralda – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
Wow! I learned about a lot of new tools I had no idea existed!
Tanya – NEW BREMEN LOCAL (verified owner) –
Great quick run through of lots of great apps and websites.
Madeline – FLOUR BLUFF ISD (verified owner) –
Great app ideas!
Leonila – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very useful ideas and websites
Carlos – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It was an excellent resources for potential tech apps for my students.
Dalia – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
I loved all the great websites and brief synopsis of them. Extremely simple yet just as helpful.
Gwendelen – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
This course is 6 years outdated. Many of the tech tools are no longer available or have changed greatly.
Janet – Pilot (verified owner) –
Great ideas! I can’t wait to try some of them out.
Linda – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
various tech tools provide, some were somewhat interesting
Janna – WYLIE ISD (verified owner) –
Wowe!