BEST SITES ABOUT GIFTED EDUCATION IN GENERAL These include information about national and state organizations who support gifted education and their efforts to influence legislation, help parents in raising gifted children, and provide teachers with research and resources to facilitate the best possible education for gifted learners in America's classrooms. National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) NAGC offers an outstanding magazine, Parenting for High Potential, as a benefit of annual membership dues. NAGC members are also eligible for discounts on selected NAGC books. There is an excellent NAGC book on the social and emotional needs of gifted children. Virginia
Association for the Gifted (VAG) This year's state conference will be in Williamsburg Oct. 22-24. There is a special registration for Saturday, Oct. 24 only, with sessions targeted specifically to parents of gifted children on that day. Registration information is available on the web site. Hoagies Gifted Education Page - Recognized by the NAGC as one of the best resources for parents of gifted children This site offers resources and ideas for parents, teachers, and students. Content includes web links, publications, upcoming conferences, and other information all about issues related to gifted education. The site also connects you to mailing lists and blogs.
Click here for SPECIAL PROGRAMS - Saturday and Summer Enrichment for Gifted Learners Includes programs hosted by the University of Virginia, The College of William and Mary, Ferrum College, and The Center for Talented Youth at Johns Hopkins University BLOGS "Unwrapping the Gifted" - Tamara Fisher Tamara Fisher is a K-12 gifted education specialist for a school district located on an Indian reservation in northwestern Montana and President of the Montana Association of Gifted and Talented Education. With Karen Isaacson, she is also co-author of Intelligent Life in the Classroom: Smart Kids and Their Teachers. Her hobbies include drawing, hiking, four-wheeling, and building houses. (She lives in a house she built herself.) In this blog, Fisher discusses news and developments in the gifted education community and offers advice for teachers on working with gifted students.http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/unwrapping_the_gifted/2010/08/a_tale_of_two_trees.html |