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Amazing Resources-

Just found this one from our friends in New Zealand: a blog page dedicated to various blogs about gifted education and differentiated instruction...fantastic! Have fun with this one! http://ultranet.giftededucation.org.nz/WebSpace/443/ 

New great link that I found that goes to many other links, check out the science and technology tab. I had the pleasure of meeting Kathy Schrock at the March 2012 CUE conference and she is a dynamic, energetic and highly inquisitive individual. http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/

California Association for the Gifted has many resources, such as legislative updates, adn position papers and information about upcoming conferences. It has information about professional groups and activities in your particular region of California.  www.cagifted.org

Hoagies gifted has a wealth of information and resources for teachers, parents and students. It literally has hundreds of articles and links. My personal favorite is the kids section, links.  It takes them to books, games, optical illusions, science links, homework help and competitions. www.hoagiesgifted.org/​  

How about books featuring gifted characters for gifted kids? Look no further than Bertie Kingore's site. http://www.bertiekingore.com/gtchildreninlit.htm

Are parents asking for good books on raising gifted children? http://giftedkids.about.com/od/wheretofindhelp/tp/parenting_books.htm

A gift from Australia. This is a fantastic site that I found a few years ago. It has many topics of interest to teachers and parents alike. http://austega.com/gifted/

Could my child be gifted and have a learning disability? Then, here are some sites you will enjoy exploring: 
http://www.ldonline.org/indepth/gifted

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/gifted-education/resource/5911.html

http://www.resourceroom.net/gtld/

http://borntoexplore.org/gifted.htm

What can I use for professional development with my teachers? This is more than you will ever need. This site has one PDF document after another regarding aspects to working with gifted students. Many Thanks to our hardworking colleagues in Australia for creating these.
http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/school_education/publications_resources/profiles/gifted_education_professional_development_package.htm  

Where can I find out about Dimensions of Learning? http://www.kurwongbss.eq.edu.au/thinking/Dimensions/dimensions.htm

What is this about visual-spatial learners? http://www.gifteddevelopment.com/Visual_Spatial_Learner/articles.htm

Where can I find information about gifted program requirements in California? http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/gt/gt/ 

Do you have any information about ability grouping? http://gcq.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/51/4/330

What is telescoping? compacting? acceleration? http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/specialed/gifted/  

Many articles and resources related to gifted education can be found here. Including integrating technology into your gifted education curriculum.  http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/edspec.html 

Need technology tutorials? http://www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/teachwtech/ 

Want to see the new digital Bloom's taxonomy? Make sure you click on the elluminate PDF as well. http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloom's+Digital+Taxonomy 

Want more training on working with gifted students? www.alleducationschools.com/secondary-education/gifted-education-teacher/


Want to translate any website into Chinese? Spanish? Vietnamese? Korean? Go to the Google home page and look to the left where it says image, next to that is maps, go further right and choose "more", go to the bottom of that list that says "even more". Look under the heading "Communicate..." and choose "Translate". Copy and paste in the URL (web address) that you want translated. Choose the language "from" and "to" that you want and hit translate. That website should momentarily appear in that langauge...simply amazing!

Great Potential Press and SENG

Our friend, James Webb, founded this next organization, SENG. Supporting the Emotional Needs of the gifted. This link has many wonderful articles on being gifted and the issues that the gifted face. http://www.sengifted.org/articles_index.shtml 
Please "LIKE" Great Potential Press on Facebook to get current information, articles and links to other sites about gifted education. James Webb is the president of Great Potential Press, one of the lead publishers of literature on giftedness and an outstanding resource for those wanting to know more about the features and facets of being gifted. 

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More recommended websites

Check out my new friend Mark Wagner's  wiki for more amazing tips regarding the use of technology. http://edtechlife.com/ 


Looking for ways to enhance vocabulary skills? Root, prefix, suffix. http://www.southampton.liunet.edu/academic/pau/course/webesl.htm


Videos of famous poetry. http://www.teachersdomain.org/special/pe08-ex/

Teachers, looking for a unit on a particular book? Look no further than Web English Teacher.  http://www.webenglishteacher.com/childlit.html 

Karen Rogers on Gifted Underachievers  www.scgifted.org/Underachievement.ppt


Free online resources here to challenge gifted kids  www.hoagiesgifted.org/online%20bargain%20basement%20returns.ppt  

Lastly, check out my weebly site at:  http://emcsdgate.weebly.com 
I've collected manyterrific websites for both parents and teachers alike for information about giftedness, and professional development resources. I have power point presentations from my teacher trainings and from conferences I've presnted at. A Blog is coming soon.

Have great resources that you would like us to know about?
Email me at:  ccravens@emcsd.org
Please let me know if any of these links are broken, I will work to find the updated sites.


Chantal Cravens, PAGE President

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"Imagination is more important than knowledge" - Albert Einstein