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.
Pamela – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
very informative and useful
Randy – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Informative on different tech tools you can use in the classroom
michele – HUGHES SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
god tech ideas
Nerissa – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
This was a very interesting course. I learned a lot about technology to use in my classroom that I didn’t know about.
Sherri – DUNCANVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This is a wealth of information and researches to get to more information. I was impressed at the list!
Hailey – RANKIN ISD (verified owner) –
Great!
Jesus – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great course.
Lisa – ROYAL ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative; however, there were times I felt like he was “showing us something” or walking us through something and all we could see what a slide show. I wondered if he was also sharing a screen or I should have been able to see him somehow.
Oralia – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
It provides very useful online resource ideas for the classroom
Aaron – WYLIE ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative!