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.
Gloria – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –
Fantastic collection of options to make teachers’ lives easier in the ever-changing tech world!
Patricia – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative with lots of future apps that I will incorporate into my classroom.
Bertha Lee – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Amazing course
ADA – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Very informational. Provides many tools that can be extremely useful in the classroom or just educational for teachers. Mostly overviews of tech tools, doesn’t go in depth.
Blanca – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed it because now I have more tools to choose from.
Danna – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
It was interesting to see all the different resources out there that I was unaware existed.
Adrianne – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative. I learned about programs that I did not know exist. I would recommend this course.
Christine – MCKINNEY ISD (verified owner) –
Thank you for walking us through each of these apps and giving us the most useful ways to implement them. The suggestions were very helpful
Kristen – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
This course has some awesome resources that can be utilized by teachers in many different ways.
Tamara – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
I loved the quick overview and the ability to consider the different tools and what would work best with your own students.