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.
Michael – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
There were too many already known websites that most people use already. The amount of updates with fees or names of websites bothered me also.
Monica – VAN WERT CITY (verified owner) –
Lots of great resources and explanations on how to use it in the classroom.
Kimberly – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
Wonderful resources that I’m anxious to start exploring!
Kirstin – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
good
Cathleen – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
Great websites
theresa – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
I thought the information provided about tech tools was both educational and informative. I would like to use some of these in my classroom.
Sawyer – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
I love the crash course
Huichung – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD – SAN ANTONIO DISTRICT (verified owner) –
informative.
Santos – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) –
It has a lot of very useful websites.
Olivia – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
It is a good source of resources.