Description
In days past, employers were impressed by graduates who had impressive stores of knowledge. But as the Internet and search engines have leveled the playing field, students need to focus on another set of skills. Do you know the top skills employers will be seeking from your students? Andi McNair has made it easy to make meaningful use of technology to teach your gifted students marketable lifelong skills.
In this course, you will learn to:
- Focus on the skills employers want from grads
- Use technology in innovative ways
- Avoid common time-wasting uses of technology
- Use apps and websites that engage gifted minds
Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.
This course is aligned with 2016 ODE Teacher Competencies a, b, c, f, g and NAGC Teacher Preparation Standards 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 5.2.
Presenter Bio
Andi McNair currently teaches Gifted and Talented students at a small rural school at Bosqueville ISD in Texas. She has been a teacher for over a decade, teaching 4th/5th grade math before moving into gifted education. As a parent of gifted children, she is a strong advocate for gifted education. She regularly speaks at TAGT (Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented) and other conferences, particularly sharing her passion for innovative education. Andi is married to her high school sweetheart. They have three children and live in Waco, TX.
Shaila – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Great and informative training
Brenda – MCKINNEY ISD (verified owner) –
good
Marly – WORTHINGTON CITY (verified owner) –
Lots of rapid fire suggestions which was great! If one of the resources wasn’t really going to work for me, I only had to wait a minute or two before she was introducing other ideas. I like how practical these resources are.
Veronica – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
A lot of technology options that you can choose from to use at your own pace.
Elizabeth – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very good ideas to implement in the classroom.
Shay – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
This was great!
Don – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
Lots of good ideas to use in the classroom. As kids and the world in general is becoming much more technology driven, these are good things to use.
ANTONIA – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent presentation. Gave me ideas I can implement in the classroom.
Cindy – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
The sites provided were excellent.
Jennifer – Pilot (verified owner) –
Ideas that can be immediately implemented into the classroom.