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.
Traci – CLEAR CREEK ISD (verified owner) –
Appropriate and useful resources.
Diana – Pilot (verified owner) –
This presentation contained a wealth of information on how to use technology in making meaningful lessons for students
Carlos – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
I thought this course was very useful and interesting.
Judith – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course provides great technology ideas that can be integrated in the classroom.
Brittany – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting with some new information and a lot of tools!
Kristina – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
This was a good class that quickly reviews different tech tools to use in the classroom.
Yahnira – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
The presenter provided a variety of resources. It was very beneficial how she presented them with actual classroom experience.
Mirna – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Great technology resources we use in class.
Jimmy – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
My low score is not indicative of the quality of the presenter. Ms. McNair did a fine job of delivering an abundance of info in the time she had and many of these could be useful. The big issue here is that this presentation seemed to be from around 2016, and that doesn’t feel conducive to showing the most current innovative technologies for the classroom. Possibly need to pull or update some of the courses in this library.
Michael – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
I feel like this is a good refresher in a lot of tech tools that I have already seen. However, there are some new tools that I have not heard of before that could be implemented into my classroom.