#ohiogtchat

The #ohiogtchat is a chat that held bi-monthly on Twitter sponsored by the Teacher Division of Ohio Association for Gifted Children. The chat started in 2014. The purpose of the #ohiogtchat is to bring parents, teachers, administrators, and advocates of gifted children together. The chat is on Sundays at 8pm ET, and is moderated by Jeff Shoemaker (@jeff_shoemaker) and Heather Cachat (@HeatherCachat). You can find all the information on this chat on the #ohiogtchat website. Below you will find updates on what is going on for the chat.

January 8th #ohiogtchat

Posted by Jeffrey Shoemaker Dec. 20, 2016

Our first chat of 2017 will be on Jan. 8, 2017 at 9pm ET. Our topic will be Summer Camps, Summer Activities Catherine Rogliano from SIG (@SIGifted) will be our guest. In this chat, we will be discussing what SIG has to offer as summer camps, why teachers should encourage parents to send their children to summer camps, and why it is important to for parents to invest money and time into gifted summer camps.

You can find the questions for this chat below:

Discuss what SIG has to offer as a summer camp and enrichment program. What are the requirements and where can parents get information?
Why should teachers encourage parents to send their children to summer camps or enrichment programs?
Why is it important for parents to invest money and time into gifted summer camps or enrichment programs?
What are some long- and short-term benefits for gifted students partaking in summer activities like camp or enrichment programs?
What are some resources you would suggest to parents and teachers to help them get their children prepared to go to summer camps or enrichment programs?

Dec. 18 #ohiogtchat

Posted by Jeffrey Shoemaker Dec. 16, 2016

The last chat of 2016 will be on Sunday December 18th 2016 at 9pm ET. Our topic is Differentiation: Once a term only used in gifted and special ed circles, now differentiation has become a hot topic among general education teachers. Administrators look to see how teachers are differentiating in their classrooms. Is today's idea of differentiation still what we considered years ago? What have been the ramifications of generalizing this technique?

You can find the chat questions below:

How has the view of differentiation changed over the decade in education?
What are some issues/concerns you have, or you have heard from regular education and gifted education teachers, about implementing differentiation in the classroom?
What are some expectations that administrators place on educators to make sure differentiation takes place across all learning levels of children?
What are the consequences of generalizing differentiation across all learning levels of children?
How do educators contribute to the positive or negative views on differentiation in the regular and gifted education classrooms?

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