This workshop addresses the social and emotional needs of gifted students.  Participants will learn about the characteristics of gifted students that influence their social and emotional needs, examine the characteristics and qualities of educational environments that impact social and emotional strengths and needs of gifted students, and investigate strategies that may be used to empower gifted learners to effectively deal with challenges attributed to their social and emotional characteristics.

Promote critical thinking and differentiated instruction to support a strong classroom culture celebrating discovery and creativity.  Guide your students through experiences tailored to their interests in digital field trips and support their development of skills through makerspaces.  Showcase their talents and build a platform for student presentation and publication while utilizing the latest apps to enhance your instruction to deliver content and connect with your student audience.  Units covered in this course: Unit 1- Virtual field trips-Geocaching, Virtual Tours, Digiwalks, Unit 2- Makerspaces- online and in-person, Unit 3- Building a Culture of Creation, and Unit 4- Time is Tiktoking- Apps to get your teaching to go viral. 

In this 6-hour gifted and talented update, teachers will explore ways to differentiate and increase rigor of their content through strategies and activities. Teachers will plan how they will use the strategies in their own content areas that are also grade appropriate for the gifted students they teach.

**This workshop will be delivered ASYNCHRONOUSLY via Google Classroom. Participants will go through the coursework on their own time. All coursework will be due on August 31, 2023 by 11:59 pm.