Agenda+Apr+12

Below are the links we'll be using in the April 12, 2012 workshop. Each should open in a new window so you won't have to keep finding this page again.

Today's Meet
 * Question: What are gifted kids' intellectual and academic needs?

Poll Everywhere
 * Register for an educator account.
 * Create a poll based on something you're currently teaching.

Primary Pad
 * One person in the group starts the page.
 * That person paste the URL in Today's Meet.
 * Everyone else navigates to the page by copy and pasting the URL into your address window.
 * Individually take notes in the document.
 * As a group, categorize the notes.

Wikispaces
 * The Students' History
 * Listen to the November Learning podcast: Building Legacay Within a Textbook (Garth Holman & Michael Pennington)
 * Respond to questions in Today's Meeting during the podcast
 * Link to the teachers' blog
 * Great Books for Gifted Kids Wiki
 * Educator created wiki to collaborate on great books for gifted kids

Bubbl.us
 * Create a mindmap of the characteristics of gifted kids
 * Other options
 * Mindmeister.com (@http://www.mindmeister.com/)
 * Mind42.com (requires activation email) (@http://mind42.com/)
 * Mindomo.com (requires activation email) (@http://www.mindomo.com/)

Exploratree
 * Find a graphic organizer to compare two things.
 * Find a graphic organizer for multiple perspectives.
 * Find a graphic organizer for SCAMPER.
 * Find a graphic organizer to use with your students next week.
 * Edit or create a graphic organizer.

Diagramming Free Play
 * Creately.com( http://creately.com)
 * Gliffy.com ( @http://www.gliffy.com/)
 * Cacoo.com ( @https://cacoo.com/)

Multimedia Timelines
 * You can read more about them in thisarticle.
 * Tiki-Toki (requires registration - 1 timeline is free)
 * XTimeline (requires registration - completely free)
 * TimeGlider (requires registration - 3 timelines free) - really cool //New York Times// timeline generator (no reg required)
 * Time Toast (requires registration to create - free)
 * TimeRime (requires registration to create - free)
 * Dipity (requires registration - free)
 * Choose an application and search for timelines related to what you're currently teaching.
 * Register and create a short timeline. (Could be a topic about which you're studying or a history of you)

Tagxedo
 * Search for an article on differentiation.
 * Copy the URL in the address bar. (Highlight, then Ctrl-C)
 * Paste the URL in Tagxedo box. (Ctrl-V)
 * Play with the layouts.
 * Compare your results with your neighbor's.

Screencast-O-Matic.com
 * Try it out!

Blogs to Follow
 * Byrdseed Gifted ([|http://www.byrdseed.com][|/]) by Ian Byrd
 * Unwrapping the Gifted ([|http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/unwrapping_the_gifted][|/]) by Tamara Fisher
 * Gifted Exchange ([|http://giftedexchange.blogspot.com][|/]) by Laura Vanderkam
 * Ingeniosus ([|http://][|www.ingeniosus.net/blog]) by Deborah Mersino

Twitter
 * #gtchat - global conversation about gifted education, 6 pm CST (US) Fridays
 * Check out the handout for suggested folks to follow and articles on Twitter.

For the independent study folks:
 * Weebly - free web site creater
 * TED Talks - incredible source for videos by experts and innovators in a WIDE range of fields
 * RSA Animate - animated sketching that enhanced fascinating lectures
 * Library 2 Play: 23 Things - blog independent study on 23 web 2.0 tools