Round+Rock

=Round Rock ISD= Round Rock, TX

October 8, 2011
This workshop focuses on the use of technology tools to meet the needs of gifted students. The workshop is designed as a 6 hour update.

Today's Meet
 * Question: What are gifted kids' intellectual and academic needs?

Poll Everywhere
 * Register for an educator account.
 * Create a poll based on something you're currently teaching.

Will You Type With Me
 * One person in the group starts the page ("RRISD1" or "RRISD2" based on your group number)
 * Everyone else navigates to the page [] (your number goes in the blank)
 * Individually take notes in the document
 * As a group, categorize the notes

Great Books for Gifted Kids Wiki
 * Option 1
 * Choose a book with an existing page.
 * Add to the page.
 * Option 2
 * Choose a listed book without an existing page.
 * Create a page based on the template described on the home page.

Bubbl.us
 * Create a mindmap of the tools we've used so far

Mindmapping Free Play
 * Mindmeister.com (@http://www.mindmeister.com/)
 * Mind42.com (requires activation email) (@http://mind42.com/)
 * Mindomo.com (requires activation email) (@http://www.mindomo.com/)

Exploratree
 * Find a graphic organizer to compare two things.
 * Find a graphic organizer for multiple perspectives.
 * Find a graphic organizer for SCAMPER.
 * Find a graphic organizer to use with your students next week.
 * Edit or create a graphic organizer.

Diagramming Free Play
 * Creately.com( http://creately.com)
 * Gliffy.com ( @http://www.gliffy.com/)
 * Cacoo.com ( @https://cacoo.com/)

Dipity
 * Search for timelines related to what you're currently teaching.
 * Register and create a short timeline. (Could be a topic about which you're studying or a history of you)

Tagxedo
 * Search for an article on differentiation.
 * Copy the URL in the address bar. (Highlight, then Ctrl-C)
 * Paste the URL in Tagxedo box. (Ctrl-V)
 * Play with the layouts.
 * Compare your results with your neighbor's.

Screencast-O-Matic.com
 * Try it out!

Blogs to Follow
 * Byrdseed Gifted ([|http://www.byrdseed.com][|/]) by Ian Byrd
 * Unwrapping the Gifted ([|http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/unwrapping_the_gifted][|/]) by Tamara Fisher
 * Gifted Exchange ([|http://giftedexchange.blogspot.com][|/]) by Laura Vanderkam
 * Ingeniosus ([|http://][|www.ingeniosus.net/blog]) by Deborah Mersino

For the independent study folks:
 * Weebly - free web site creater
 * TED Talks - incredible source for videos by experts and innovators in a WIDE range of fields
 * RSA Animate - animated sketching that enhanced fascinating lectures
 * Library 2 Play: 23 Things - blog independent study on 23 web 2.0 tools

=Handouts=

PowerPoint for the Workshop - [|Tech Tools Round Rock PPT.pdf]

Keys to Giftedness - [|Keys to Giftedness.doc]

Tech Tools List - [|Tech Tools Round Rock HO.pdf] please note the link to Twitter in the handout is wrong. it should be [|www.twitter.com]

Articles (please be cautious about sharing these due to copyright):
 * Assessing Information: The Internet - A Highway by Marge Hoctor in Gifted Child Today - [|CIS GT and internet 7.pdf]
 * Six Uses of the Internet to Develop Students' Gifts and Talents by Del Siegle, Ph.D. in Gifted Child Today - [|CIS internet to develop gt 8.pdf]
 * The Merging of Literacy and Technology in the 21st Century: A Bonus for Gifted Education by Del Siegle, Ph.D. in Gifted Child Today - [|CIS literacy and technology 4.pdf]
 * Technology and the Gifted: Focus, Facets, and the Future by Stephanie A Nugent in Gifted Child Today - [|DC technology and the gifted 8.pdf]