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.
Christina – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Lots of really cool tech ideas to implement immediately in the classroom.
Cindy – ANTHONY ISD (verified owner) –
Great apps and online resources.
Anne – Laurel Springs School (verified owner) –
Excellent overview of web resources for teachers and students!
Max – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
It is a great course that highlights different interactive online resources that can be implemented in our classrooms.
Carrie – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Great description of many tools. I like that there were ways to use specifically for my GT kiddos but can also be used for all stduents.
Beatriz – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
A great course to learn about different tech. tools we can use.
Rosa – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Insightful to different tools useful in a lesson
Lourdes – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It was really great. A lot of useful information.
Jocelyn – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
It has a lot of ideas to choose from that might meet the needs of your students.
Sara – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Informative