Agenda+Apr+13

Here is the PowerPoint from the workshop: [|Tech Tools Round Rock 041312 Specialists rev.pdf] Several of you asked for the section of the PowerPoint related to the keys of giftedness. Here are just those slides: [|Keys to Giftedness PPT.pptx]

Below are the links we'll be using in the April 13, 2012 GT Specialists 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.

Productivity Tools
 * Dropbox
 * Cloud product
 * Creates folder on each device and on web to save "stuff" (files, pictures, presentations, video, etc.)
 * Updates whenever wifi is available
 * Allows you to access the folders from any device or the web
 * Free for first 2.25 GB of storage (can get up to 16GB through referrals)
 * You can make folders public or share folders - you have complete control over sharing
 * [Disclosure - if you use the link above to signup for your own free account, we both get 500MB additional space free]
 * Evernote
 * Cloud product
 * Notetaking application that can be loaded and access from multiple devices
 * Take text notes, audio notes, clib web sites, photos, etc.
 * Saves notes in various "notebooks" you set up
 * Free
 * You can share pieces and parts for collaboration
 * Searchable
 * Several additional products are available with the same idea
 * Evernote Peek creates flashcard type activities on iPad
 * Splashtop
 * Allows you to remote into any computer that you set up on the account (with wifi access)
 * Whiteboard app turns an iPad into an interactive whiteboard
 * Whiteboard app is about $20

Primary Pad
 * Collaborative word processing
 * No registration required but must get the URL exactly correct to join the room.

Bubbl.us
 * Create a mindmap of the characteristics of gifted kids

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.

Gliffy
 * Click on "Try it Now for Free"
 * Choose the Floor Plan template and play with it
 * An alternate choice with an Office Space template is Cacoo

Tagxedo
 * Search for the first chapter (or other excerpt) from a book.
 * Copy the text in the address bar. (Highlight, then Ctrl-C)
 * Paste the text in Tagxedo box. (Ctrl-V)
 * Play with the layouts.
 * Compare your results with your neighbor's.

Screencast-O-Matic.com
 * Try it out!
 * iPad Apps
 * ScreenChomp
 * free
 * no "gallery"
 * share via email, Facebook, Twitter, or copy link
 * ShowMe
 * free
 * search posted "ShowMe's" by topic and subject area (in app or online)
 * "Like" presentations to bookmark
 * share via email, Facebook, Twitter, or copy link
 * post to friends within ShowMe or publicly in ShowMe

Content Resources
 * Check out one of the resources that is closest to what you teach/support
 * Khan Academy - most notable for math, but other topics included
 * Mathtrain.tv - middle school math (learn more about how Mathtrain started in a podcast)
 * Wolfram Alpha - math and comparative information (search engine)
 * Flipped Learning - secondary science
 * Great Books for Gifted Kids Wiki - Educator created wiki to collaborate on great books for gifted kids

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

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