PPT-1 Animation Nation: Engaging Gifted Learners With Technology

Animation Nation Engaging Gifted Learners With Technology Follow Along with The Presentation By Scanning the QR CODE Animation Nation Engaging Gifted Learners With Technology By Kia Stephens. Presented by . Rebecca Lopez M.A., . Ed.S. .. SPED Coordinator – Twice Exceptional. Cherry Creek School District. rlopez25@cherrycreekschools.org. A Note on Communication from My . H. eart to Yours…. These are students that have a dual diagnosis. One can easily mask the other. Most are identified for their . disability.. Famous and Twice Exceptional. Place the following people under one of the following categories:. Laurie Burgos. Bilingual Program Instructional Coordinator. Racine Unified School District. October 10, 2013. Enduring Understandings . G. ifted . and . talented students come from all backgrounds.. Students’ native languages and cultures are assets and resources.. By: Margaret Garrett, Alicia Payne, and Chris . Rhinehart. Hispanic Gifted . Students. Introduction. For over 25 years, blame has been extended to gifted programs for favoring children from advantaged backgrounds. Minority groups or gifted learners are highly underrepresented in gifted programs in the United States. Statistics report that this underrepresentation may vary for 30% to 70%. The average is common at around 50%. (Ford & Thomas, 1997). Gifted students exist in all levels of society, every culture, and every ethnic group (Frasier, Garcia, Passow, 1995). In order to include underrepresented minority groups in gifted programs, it is mandatory to establish “equal footing” for all students no matter what their race, culture, or socioeconomic status is . learners . By: Emily Marler. What does it mean to be twice-exceptional?. There is no federal definition for a twice-exceptional learner. . How could this cause a problem?. Basically, twice-exceptional learners are children with disabilities and giftedness. . Children:. A Special Variety. Justine Cauley, Miranda Manley, and Mark Berg . Based on a Presentation By:. Julie Williams. Who are the Gifted?. Someone who shows, or . has the potential . for showing, an exceptional level of performance in one or more areas of expression:. -about . Academic . Acceleration, by Ann . Shoplik. , Ph.D., . ann-shoplik@uiowa.edu. Acceleration is the best-researched. , yet most under-utilized educational option available for gifted students.  In spite of the robust research base on acceleration, schools do not use it routinely. The main fear is the social-emotional impact of acceleration on students.  Other reasons for hesitation in using this intervention include a lack of familiarity on the part of educators, assuming that doing nothing is better than taking the "risk" of accelerating, worries about pushing children, and concerns about educational gaps.  A new report, . with special . gifts/talents. Presented . by:. Kimberly Glasgow-Charles. 05/2013. Objectives . By the end of this presentation students should be able to:. Define the term giftedness. Identify the three main types of giftedness. Presentation by: Casey . Loshe. Katherine Pea. Abby Schwendeman. Myths and Misconceptions. People who are gifted are in a sense “superhuman.”. People with special gifts or talents tend to be mentally unstable and somehow “weird.”. Animation Nation: Engaging . Gifted Learners With Technology . Follow Along with The Presentation By Scanning the QR CODE. Animation Nation: . Engaging. Gifted Learners With . Technology. By: Kia Stephens. gifted in nonverbal reasoning?. Ability in spatial and abstract thinking. Ability to solve problems using shapes. and figures. Items on these subtests of the Cognitive Abilities Test involve neither words nor numbers.. The Impact of Technology on Social Interactions of Gifted Introverts. Changes in education system due to modern technology. Introverted students experience different impact than extroverted students. Identifying gifted and talented students in Design and Technology Adrian Twissell MA 2010 A Twissell 2010 Identification of gifted and talented students Aims Background to the study- definitions & models What is Animation?. . . Animation is the process of creating the illusion of movement by displaying a sequence of images, drawings, or frames that change slightly from one to the next. The above bouncing ball animation consists of these six frames,...