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“How Cardboard Can Spark Creativity” with guest moderator, Krissy Venosdale
Many thanks to Krissy Venosdale @Venspired for moderating our recent chat on “How Cardboard Can Spark Creativity” while our moderator was at a conference. Below, please find links to resources on finding and using cardboard for the classroom, homeschool, and home.
Global #gtchat Powered by the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented is a weekly chat on Twitter. Join us Fridays at 7E/6C/5M/4P in the U.S., Midnight in the UK and Saturdays 13.00 NZDT/11.00 AEDT to discuss current topics in the gifted community and meet experts in the field. Transcripts of our weekly chats can be found at Storify. Our Facebook Page provides information on the chat and news & information regarding the gifted community. Also, checkout our Pinterest Page and Playlist on YouTube.
About the author: Lisa Conrad is the Moderator of Global #gtchat Powered by TAGT and Social Media Manager of the Global #gtchat Community. She is a longtime advocate for gifted children and also blogs at Gifted Parenting Support. Lisa can be contacted at: gtchatmod@gmail.com
Links:
Link to Venspired Cardboard Poster
“It’s Not About the Space… All Learning”
Caine’s Arcade 2: From a Movie to a Movement (YouTube 8:20)
Imagination Foundation: Global Cardboard Challenge 2015
Cardboard Construction (Prezi)
Paper Crafty: 12 Cardboard Artists Think Outside the Box
Trashformation: Furniture & Shelter from Recycled Cardboard (YouTube 7:55)
Flexible Folding Chair (YouTube 1:36)
Graphic courtesy of Lisa Conrad.
Photo courtesy of Flickr CC BY 2.0
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The Maker Movement and Gifted Ed: The Perfect Combination!
Many thanks to Krissy Venosdale @Venspired for filling in as moderator at last week’s chat. Krissy is a member of the #gtchat Advisory Board and the Innovation Coordinator at The Kinkaid School in Houston, TX. Her passion is undeniably the Maker Movement. You can read more at her blog.
Below please find links to the incredible resources shared during this chat by Krissy and chat participants.
Global #gtchat Powered by the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented is a weekly chat on Twitter. Join us Fridays at 7E/6C/5M/4P in the U.S., Midnight in the UK and Saturdays 11 AM NZST/9 AM AEST to discuss current topics in the gifted community and meet experts in the field. Transcripts of our weekly chats can be found at Storify. Our Facebook Page provides information on the chat and news & information regarding the gifted community. Also, checkout our Pinterest Page and Playlist on YouTube.
About the author: Lisa Conrad is the Moderator of Global #gtchat Powered by TAGT and Social Media Manager of the Global #gtchat Community. She is a longtime advocate for gifted children and also blogs at Gifted Parenting Support. Lisa can be contacted at: gtchatmod@gmail.com
Links:
Making Matters! How the Maker Movement Is Transforming Education
Live Binder Maker Space Tools Project
Kim’s MakerEd/Makerspace Livebinder
Live Binder Maker Faire Materials
Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom (Amazon)
The Invent to Learn Guide to Fun (Amazon)
Inspiration for Starting a Makerspace
Sensational Books for Maker Education
Create an Engineering Mystery Bag Challenge for Kids
Exploratorium: The Tinkering Studio Sketchpad
How to Add a Makerspace to Your Classroom
Make Your Own Ant-Man Suit! – Homemade How-to! (YouTube)
Constructing Modern Knowledge 2015
21 Everyday Objects You Can Hack From a Bacon Sandwich to a Pencil to Your Cat
Sketch Play (pdf)
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Best Online Resources for Gifted Information
Crowdsourcing has long been thought of as one of the strengths of the Internet and specifically social media communities. This week on #gtchat, we asked our participants to tell us what information they most often seek online regarding gifted issues and where to find the best resources. We also wanted to know how important a sense of community was to those who weekly join us at #gtchat. Self-election was considered acceptable and encouraged. Their links are listed below. The transcript for this chat may be found at Storify.
Global #gtchat Powered by the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented and sponsored by GiftedandTalented.com is a weekly chat on Twitter. Join us Fridays at 7E/6C/5M/4P in the U.S., Midnight in the UK and Saturdays 11 AM NZST/9 AM AEST to discuss current topics in the gifted community and meet experts in the field. Transcripts of our weekly chats can be found at Storify. Our Facebook Page provides information on the chat and news & information regarding the gifted community. Also, checkout our new Pinterest Page and Playlist on YouTube.
About the author: Lisa Conrad is the Moderator of Global #gtchat Powered by TAGT and Social Media Manager of the Global #gtchat Community. She is a longtime advocate for gifted children and also blogs at Gifted Parenting Support. Lisa can be contacted at: gtchatmod@gmail.com
Links:
Facebook Groups and Pages:
Gifted Parenting Support Page***
Hoagies’ Gifted Education Page
Global #gtchat Powered by TAGT Page
Gifted Homeschoolers Forum Page
Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented Page
Mr. Gelston’s One Room Schoolhouse Page
Favorite Blogs:
Gifted Homeschoolers Blog List
Creating Curriculum for Gifted Children
Incredible Journey of Giftedness
Personas, Profiles and Portraits
Lisa Van Gemert (aka Gifted Guru)**
Marianne Kuzujanakis … oh how I see
Publishers of Gifted Books/Curriculum:
TAGT Legacy Award 2015 Nominees
Best Online Courses:
Mr. Gelston’s One Room Schoolhouse
William and Mary Center for Gifted Education Navigators
Online Learning: 3 Approaches for Gifted/2E
General:
About.com Parenting Gifted Children
Cybraryman’s Evaluating Information Page
National Association for Gifted Children
GiftedandTalented.com Expert Picks*
Adventures of Hahn Academy Online Gifted Resources
Graphic courtesy of Lisa Conrad
* #gtchat Sponsor
** #gtchat Advisor
*** Moderator’s professional page
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Can Personalized Education Be Achieved in Public Schools?
Photo: Courtesy of MorgueFile
In our inaugural chat on a Sunday, we discussed whether or not personalized education could ever be achieved in public schools. Questions considered included what exactly personalized education was, barriers to it being implemented, the role of the teacher and technology, and what could be learned from homeschoolers. A full transcript can be found here.
Due to the time change, many more participants from the UK and EU were able to join the chat. It was decided that going forward we will be holding at least one chat a month on Sunday.
Links:
Hybrid Learning’s Promise for Personalized Education
The Promise of Personalized Learning
Personalized Learning, Big Data and Schools fromEdutopia
A Personalized Future for Education
Personalized Education Plan (w/samples for gifted students)
Personalized Learning: 5 Future Technology Predictions from IBM (video)
Personalized Education and the Role of Genius Hour in the Classroom
Creating Adaptive, Personalized, Effective & Addictive Education System for the Next
The Next Big Thing: Personalized Education (April 2009) from Howard Gardner
GHF Online from @GiftedHF
Personalized Learning (history – Wikipedia)
Assessing the Early Impact of School of One
How New York City is Using Technology to Teach Math One-on-One
The Best Way for Each Student to Learn (Vimeo)
Don’t Expect Schools of the Future to Be Here Tomorrow
From Cybraryman “Personalized Education Plans”
Creating Personalized Education Opportunities
“More Than Outside the Box” by Krissy Venosdale
“The 21st Century Classroom” (YouTube)
TEDx video “Revolutionizing Education with Personalized Learning”
Global #gtchat Powered by TAGT 