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.
Larry – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
I liked learning about all of the sites and tech tools. It is so much information but I definitely going to be proficient for at least 4 or 5 of this tools. I am sure my notes will be a great resource for next year.
Ana – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
I really like this course because it was a huge source of very interesting information that we can use.
Irma – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Lots of great insight of different platforms and ways to implement them in the classroom.
Jaimee – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
This course was excellent. There were several resources presented that I had not yet been introduced to and am excited to try.
Nasreen – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
Great information. Excited to try this in the classroom
Katy – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great, quick information
Charlotte – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course was good, but a lot of the tech is outdated and there are way more items available.
Donna – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
To the point!!!
Jeannette – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed listening to the different available technology resources we as teachers have to use in the classroom.
Elizabeth – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
Quick, to the point and created with teachers in mind. Great resources.