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      • Advocacy Resources
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    • G/T groups across the state
  • Stay Informed
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      • From the President
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      • Gifted in Perspective
      • Guest Blogs
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      • Tools to Use Today
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Stanford History Education Group

4/2/2018

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This month’s featured resource comes as a result of a question posed to the WISGIFT listserv about advanced learning in the teaching of history. (Thank you to WISGIFT listserv subscriber Andrea Lorenz for this resource!)

Stanford’s History Education Group provides field-tested materials for teaching students to be critical consumers of history. Resources include:
  • Reading Like a Historian curriculum, engaging students with essential historical questions and primary source documents.
  • History Assessments of Thinking, over 80 assessments that measure students' historical thinking rather than recall of facts.
  • Civic Online Reasoning assessments, gauging students’ ability to judge the credibility of the information that floods their smartphones, tablets, and computer screens.

A toolkit of powerful tools for extending learning and creating informed and critical-thinking adult citizens.

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Creating Opportunities through Relationships (COR) learning modules

3/1/2018

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Strong relationships between teachers and students have been shown to be a powerful tool to foster student engagement and learning and ensure that ALL learners have equal access to learning opportunities in the classroom.

This set of five online learning modules (based on the research of some very smart people!) helps teachers pay close attention to the different factors influencing their relationships, which in turn will help them form stronger and more positive connections with students. Each module includes video presentations, reflective questions, and interactive components.

Teachers can use the modules independently or as a team. Requires FREE registration to access learning modules. Visit: http://www.corclassrooms.org/

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Speak Out, Listen Up! Tools for using student perspectives and local data for school improvement - Heidi Erstad, WATG Board Member

2/1/2018

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This year’s WATG Conference will feature sessions around engaging student voice. This IES document offers guideline for using three tools that educators can use to gather and analyze local data to listen to students on school-related topics or problems:
  • Analyzing Surveys with Kids involves students in analyzing and interpreting survey results and producing suggestions for school improvement.
  • Inside-Outside Fishbowl organizes a focus group in which students and educators trade roles as speakers and listeners during a facilitated discussion and jointly develop an action plan.
  • Students Studying Students’ Stories guides a digital storytelling process in which students produce and analyze videotaped interviews of other students and then host forums with educators to suggest improvements.

Download a copy of this document here

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Respondo!

1/1/2018

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Another Ian Byrd super tool! Use the drop-down menus to mix & match SCAMPER skills, thinking skills, literary elements, literature, and products to stretch students’ thinking with creative literature response tasks.
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Want to explore? Visit http://byrdseed.com/respondo/
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Understood

12/1/2017

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Some students with gifts and talents struggle with learning and attention issues. The Understood.org site was designed for parents, but can also be used by educators to better help understand and navigate learner issues such as attention, organization, time management, social skills, motor skills, and more.

Resources in “Your Parent Toolkit” include, for example, the fascinating “Through Your Child’s Eyes”: simulations and videos to experience firsthand what it’s like to complete tasks when you have trouble focusing or experience other learning / attention obstacles; the practical Tech Finder identifies expert-selected assistive technology targeted toward helping learners manage a range of issues.

Interested? See https://www.understood.org
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nRich Educational Consulting Resources: Go deep, create interest, differentiate!

11/1/2017

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Richard Cash, a 2017 WATG Conference keynoter, shares the following free resources for classroom teachers seeking to stretch the learning of students:
  • 10 Tips for Creating Projects that Promote Depth,
  • Ideas to Ignite your Students' Interests,
  • 10 Elements of a Differentiated Classroom Survey

Interested? See http://www.nrich.consulting/resources.html
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The Pedagogy Postcard Series

10/1/2017

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A series of short posts about specific elements of teaching practice that British educator Tom Sherrington “think[s] are effective and make life interesting.” These small snippets are good reminders of those solid teaching practices that may have slipped out of our repertoire, e.g. dialogic questions, personal projects, expert knowledge.

Interested? See https://teacherhead.com/2014/05/11/the-pedagogy-postcard-series-all-in-one-place/
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MIT BLOSSOMS: Math and Science Video Lessons for High School Classes

9/11/2017

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MIT’s BLOSSOMS video library has over 100 math and science lessons designed by diverse master teachers from around the world, available at no cost to schools. Each 50-minute interactive lesson mixes video instruction with problem solving and critical thinking activities. Teacher’s guide, handouts and add’l resources provided. Lessons are searchable by CCSS and Next Generation standards. Topic clusters include lessons for Astronomy, Botany, Chemistry Mole, DNA, Environmental Sustainability, Evolution, Newtonian Physics, and Probability, among others.

Interested? See https://blossoms.mit.edu
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Teaching Channel Back to School Starter Packs

8/11/2017

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Teaching Channel Back to School Starter Packs    
The Teaching Channel is a GREAT resource for seeing effective teaching and learning in action. To help teachers prepare for the start of school, the Teaching Channel has also developed downloadable checklists organized by grade band to help both new and veteran teachers get off to a good start with Classroom Setup, Lesson and Unit Planning, Class Culture, and Self-Care.
Visit https://www.teachingchannel.org/back-to-school-teacher-resources

Note that you’ll need to register for a free Teaching Channel account to access this resource.

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Thomas Tallis School Habits of Mind for Creativity

6/7/2017

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The Thomas Tallis school in London has developed and published a set of school/teacher-friendly materials to guide instruction and assessment based on the OECD’s document: Progression in Student Creativity in School. This document identified 5 creativity habits of mind: Inquisitive, Collaborative, Persistent, Disciplined, and Imaginative.
 
The Tallis school’s  habits page features posters explaining each habit of mind, a pedagogy wheel, and an assessment wheel to help students reflect on progress in developing their Habits of Mind. The pedagogy toolkit is a particularly rich source for teachers on how to engage students in each habit.
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