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.
Josue – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course.
Angela – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great info
Zenia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It provided very exciting ways to implement technology in the classroom!!!
Stephanie – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
This staff development introduces many online portal applications. It also allowed me to analyze how lessons should be meaningful and if teacher seem bored teaching, they students are too!
Araceli – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the material presented in this course. It was at a nice pace and full of useful websites.
Amanda – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
I really liked all of the technology ideas within this training! So many great resources.
Cynthia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great!
Sara – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I really felt this presentation was very organized and presenter was very passionate about what she was presented. She had used so many resources for her students and knows very well what she was presenting about. I learned about so many resources I had not heard of.
Christina – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I think this session was great! I learned new tools I can implement in the classroom right away. I am very excited!
Lindsay – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
This course provided a thorough list of useful technology.