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2008 PAGE Conference
The 2008 PAGE conference will be held April 17-19, 2008 at the Hilton Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA . To obtain information on the conference and access hotel information, please visit the PAGE Web site at www.penngifted.org.
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)
FREE makes it easier to find teaching and learning resources from the federal government. Originally conceived in 1997 by a federal working group and redesigned in November 2006, this website contains more than 1,500 federally supported classroom teaching and learning resources in a variety of educational subjects (i.e, art, music, math, science, language arts, history, health, physical education, etc.) from dozens of federal agencies. New sites are added regularly. Visit FREE at http://free.ed.gov/
Johns Hopkins University’s Center or Talented Youth Has Launched a New Website for Students Keen on Math and Science
Middle and high school students with a passion for math and science can connect with peers around the world to learn about and discuss everything from global warming to cold fusion through a new Web site called Cogito.org.
Cogito.org, which was spearheaded by the Johns Hopkins University's Center for Talented Youth with feedback from bright students, is a totally free resource for students. Key features, all developed by the site's editors with an eye toward nurturing talent in exceptional thinkers, include:
- interviews with experts,
- experts as online topic leaders
- profiles of young scientists,
- science news, and
- directories of math and science web resources, programs, competitions, and other academic opportunities.
The Center for Talented Youth and its partners expect the site to be a math and science home for bright kids online and help produce a generation of young people whose math and science skills will enable them to become leaders in their fields.
The Center’s partners in developing Cogito.org include other leading centers serving gifted students, based at Carnegie Mellon, Duke and Northwestern universities; the universities of Denver and Iowa; the Center for Excellence in Education; the Davidson Institute for Talent Development; and Science Service. The development of this site was funded by the John Templeton Foundation.
To access the site go to www.cogito.org
Questions can be posted at: cogitocty@jhu.edu
To obtain additional information contact:
Charles Beckman
Director, Communications
Johns Hopkins University - Center for Talented Youth (CTY)
McAuley Hall
5801 Smith Ave, Ste 400
Baltimore, MD 21209
Phone: (410) 735-6009
Fax: (410) 735-6200
E-mail: charles.beckman@jhu.edu
Visit us on the web at: www.cty.jhu.edu
Announcing a New Publication - "Understanding and Challenging the Gifted"
PAGE (Pennsylvania Association for Gifted Education) has collaborated with PSEA, the Pennsylvania State Education Association, to create a booklet for teachers titled "Understanding and Challenging the Gifted." This short but informative booklet is aimed at regular education teachers and discusses how gifted learners are different and offers strategies for meeting their needs in various settings. The booklet is available FREE via the Pennsylvania Association for Gifted Education (PAGE) website. It is also available at the Pennsylvania State Education Association web site. Feel free to download multiple copies for your own use and to give out to teachers and administrators in your district. Also, please check out PAGE's website for many other recent updates.
Gifted and Talented NCATE Standards
The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) helps to establish high quality teacher, specialist, and administrator preparation through a process of professional accreditation of schools, colleges and departments of education.The Council of Exception Children -The Association for Gifted (CEC-TAG) and National Association for Gifted Education (NAGC) have approved a set of standards for the field of gifted education that will influence the direction of teacher preparation programs nationwide. Annotated research citations accompany each standard. There is a short version and a long version with the research citations.
Purdue University Study on Bullying and Gifted Students
"A Purdue University study on bullying and gifted students found that 67% of very bright eighth-graders report they'd been harassed at some point during their first nine years of school." To read the complete article by ConsumerAffairs.com (4/10), click here.Clarion State University Offers Course for Educators of Gifted and Talented Students
SPED 435: Instructional Development and Strategies for the Gifted and Talented (6 credits). This course develops the capacity of the educator to plan, develop, and deliver programs and services that will help gifted students realize their individual and collective potential. I can customize the course content for individual schools, departments, grade level teachers, etc. It will be a very "hands-on" type of course in which teachers will be able to custom develop strategies and enrichment activities specific to their curriculum, units, and lesson plans, so they come out of the course with practical ready-made activities to use in their classrooms. It will include instruction in all areas of gifted service provision, including acceleration, enrichment, curriculum compacting, etc. in order to provide a wide range and a variety of options for teachers to use to enhance their instructional activities for their students who are gifted. This will also serve to enhance their instruction for all of their students (they can all benefit from these types of activities), as well as make them a better teacher.For further information on the gifted education course at Clarion University contact Dr. Lisa Turner at: lturner@clarion.edu. or visit their website at http://www.clarion.edu/.
KeyArts Magnet, Charter, and Academies Center for Gifted Children
The KeyArts Magnet, Charter, and Academies Center for Gifted Children, part of the Keystone Arts Education Network, vides access to information in support of talented and gifted education initiatives for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.See and hear gifted students in classtalk about their experiences andhear from teachersabout their programs through a series of Magnet, Charter and Academic Academy video clips from sitesaround the State. Also visit the public forum - message board to discuss issues relating to Gifted Learner Education. For more information, go to: http://www.keyarts.ws/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,79/
Pennsylvania's Keystone Arts Education Network
Pennsylvania’s Keystone Arts Education Network is designed to provide resources to dance, humanities, music, theatre and visual arts educators across the Commonwealth. Resources and content for this site have been developed by Arts and Humanities educators. The site also houses six topic-driven forums managed by fellow educators. These forums are designed for topic-driven discussions among educators. To learn more about the Keystone Arts Education Network visit: http://www.keyarts.ws/index.phpBe sure to check out the Professional Development page for a list of educational opportunities being offered to high ability and gifted education communities. New listings are added on a regular basis!
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