St.+Laurence

=St. Laurence Catholic School= Sugar Land, TX

December 20, 2011
This professional development focuses on Creativity and Instructional Strategies (CIS) to meet the needs of gifted students. It meets the TAGT's professional development standards for CIS and TEA's standards for Curriculum.

Links and documents to access during training

 * PrimaryPad
 * [|FPSP Questions.docx]
 * [|Weighted Criteria.xls]
 * [|Morphological Matrix.doc]
 * TED Talks
 * Tagxedo - word cloud generator
 * Screencast-o-Matic - screen recorder (no download required)



Resources Discussed

 * Online Stopwatch (web)
 * //Integrating Thinking// by Dr. Bertie Kingore (book)
 * PrimaryPad (web) - real-time collaborative word processing or Pirate Pad (web)
 * Online mindmapping tools:
 * Bubbl.us
 * Mindmeister
 * Mind42 (requires activation email)
 * Mindomo (requires activation email)
 * Games
 * Rush Hour by ThinkFun (can play online)
 * Set by Set Enterprises (can play online)
 * Quiddler by Set Enterprises (can play online)
 * Smart Mouth by ThinkFun
 * Muggins Math
 * Equate by Conceptual Math Media
 * RSAnimate (web)
 * Zamzar (web) - files converter, particularly good for YouTube videos
 * Mathrain.tv (web) - student made math video tutorials
 * Joyce Van Tassel-Baska -
 * [|Curriculum Samples]-
 * [|Template for Creating Differentiated Curriculum]

Handout
Here's the handout we used on December 20th: [|CIS 122011.pdf] [|St. Laurence Catholic School]