Poster Session
Differentiation through Choice: Giving Students the Freedom to Learn Tisha Admire Duncan, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC
Are you doing all the work in your classroom? Are you telling students where, what, and how to write? Are they truly learning information or are they regurgitating it for a test? Let’s put the power back in their hands! Join the presenter to discuss how to design, develop, and create learning contracts with students of all ages. When we give students the ability to choose, we give them the ability to make decisions and think for themselves. Audience: Classroom Teachers K-12, Coordinators, Parents Room: 605
The Sustainable Design Project
Kathryn Picanco, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA The Sustainable Design Project is an interdisciplinary project utilized in the state of Washington to encourage innovative ways to create solutions to authentic problems for a more sustainable future. The project’s framework easily facilitates the process of place-based learning to detect and solve a community issue related to the environment or equitable society. Students participating in the project identify and work with community partners to reach a successful conclusion. This service oriented approach to place-based learning is meaningful and relevant to K-12 general and gifted education classrooms. Audience: Classroom Teachers K-12, Consultants, Coordinators Room: 107
Help! My 1st Grader Reads at a 5th Grade Level!
Joe B. Helbling, Cindy M. Massicotte, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT Finding literature that is challenging yet age-appropriate for young talented readers is a common dilemma for teachers and parents. In addition to quantitative measures of text complexity, qualitative factors and the ways in which students interact with text are critical considerations to ensure appropriate match between student and text. Participants walk away with tools, such as free online resources and booklists, as well as research-based
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strategies for selecting appropriately challenging literature and engaging students in higher-level thinking and discussions. Audience: Classroom Teachers K-5, Parents Room: 206
reSEARCH Ahoy! A Treasure Hunt for the Ultimate Booty (Knowledge)!
Brian C. Housand, Elizabeth A. Fogarty, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC Without a treasure map, students may steer off course when surfing the Internet landing them not at a treasure chest of useful information, but tangled in a “net” of disreputable sites yielding only fools’ gold. Students need a compass points for successful Internet searching and resource evaluation. Internet collaboration allows gifted students to share the results of their research with authentic audiences. A defensible method for teaching students how to search and evaluate sources of information, as well as how to share acquired information is the focus of this session. Audience: Classroom Teachers K-12, Consultants, Coordinators, Parents, Researchers Room: 607
Journey Books, Portfolios and E-folios: Using Authentic Assessment in a Meaningful Way Ellen Honeck, Institute for the Development of Gifted Education, Denver, CO
Journey books, portfolios, and digital portfolios are exciting and meaningful assessment tools that document the growth of a child using pictures, samples of work, and more. These tools provide students the opportunity to reflect on work, document growth, and recognize challenges. Teachers utilize these assessment techniques to develop an in-depth understanding of, and identify areas of growth and challenges for the student. When these assessment techniques are utilized, parents are able to see the depth and insight into the learning as well as the documented skill level for the student. Discover the joy and amazement of utilizing these Authentic Assessment techniques.
Saturday
Recorded Session
Audience: Administrators, Classroom Teachers K-8, Coordinators Room: 708
59th Annual Convention
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November 15-18, 2012 | Denver, Colorado
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