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.
Maria – ANTHONY ISD (verified owner) –
Good information
Maricela – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
informative
Celia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great information
Teresa – YSLETA ISD (verified owner) –
Very enlighting
Kaylyn – DELAWARE CITY (verified owner) –
Many of these resources were ones that I have heard of before or would present privacy issues within our district if we had our students create accounts with the websites.
Maricela – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Very educational
Grelsm – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative.
Gilberto – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great website ideas
Maribel – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Good course and very interesting with many options.
Mary – SAN DIEGO ISD (verified owner) –
This was very informative and I will be using some of the tools that were mentioned in the presentation.