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.
Susan – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent
Ayanna – DUNCANVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Great information with useful tools and presented in an engaging way
Tammy – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I learned a lot of technology tools that I would like to use!
Cristie – NORTHSIDE ISD – SAN ANTONIO – REGION 20 (verified owner) –
Everything the title says it is.
Guadalupe – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed learning about these different tools. I didn’t know about many of them and now that we are away from our classrooms we can use many of these tools.
Teresa – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
This provided some interesting tools I’d never heard of.
Gregoria – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course will be helpful to a teacher that is a beginner with technology usage.
Gretchen – BENJAMIN LOGAN LOCAL (verified owner) –
There are a lot of great resources mentioned in this course.
Valerie – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I always enjoy this PD. He is fast and straight to the point. I love to learn new online tools.
ANTONIA – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent. A lot of new ideas that teachers can use.