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.
Fernando – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative!!!
Cynthia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Useful info
Alberto – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative course!!!
Jamie – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative!
Karen – COLUMBIA-BRAZORIA ISD (verified owner) –
I don’t know when this was recorded, but some of the links are gone now and outdated.
Robbyn – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great way to learn about new tech.
Jo Lynn – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Lots of good information for technology help.
ERWIN – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Lots of useful online tools were presented.
German – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
A lot of great ideas and content.
Sharon – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Most of it is good. Some stuff it outdated.