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.
Seth – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
Good course…lots of helpful tools.
Rosalinda – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed it.
Margarita – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great apps and programs but would definitely need more training on them.
Ashlea – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
There were a lot of great tech tools that could be used in a variety of classrooms.
Silvia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Emma – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
EXCELLENT presented- well-organized- excellent tools to start using in the classroom
Cecily – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
It isn’t quite what I was looking but it has useful sites. I do wish it actually showed examples of each site instead of just the logo of the site.
Emily – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I like how the information was organized and presented.
Gabriela – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Good information shared about tools that can be use in the classroom by students and teachers to facilitate student learning.
Heather – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
This course provided lots of new resources that I cannot wait to try in the classroom.