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.
Megan – ELYRIA CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
Awesome resources!
Jennifer – WYLIE ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and useful!
Erik – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
This course gave me many new ideas!
Dori – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
This has a lot of good resources that you could use in your classroom.
Jennifer – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
Lots of great technology resources to learn about!
Amanda – NORDONIA HILLS CITY (verified owner) –
I loved hearing about a variety of ways to incorporate these tech tools in my class & lessons.
Rosie – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Very helpful
Stacey – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
This course is amazing! It offers a plethora of wonderful ideas, and each one is relevant, short, and to the point!
Cyndi – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
I appreciate the long list of digital tools we can use in the classroom.
Maria – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
I really like how I was exposed to so many applications that I can use to make teaching easier, more exciting, and allow students to want to learn.