2010-2011 Cohort

Dodgen & Campbell

MONDAY
Introduction
What do I need to know? / TUESDAY
Characteristics
What does a gifted child look like? / WEDNESDAY
Identification
What is giftedness? / THURSDAY
History
How did the past shape today?
Opening Activity: Introductions (name tags), Icebreakers (lesson), 6-word memory
Orientation: Course overview (orientation, contract, evaluation) and textbooks (sign out)
Foundations Pre-test
Auditory Activity: Case studies of two gifted students & movie clip (gifted strategies)
Collaborative Activity: A Left-Handed Analogy/Gifted analogies (groups)
Previewing Activity: Myths and Truths Anticipation Guide, PPT, “Competing with Myths about the Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Students” (Jigsaw)
Technology Integration: www.ikeepbookmarks.com; http://delicious.com/
http://giftedendorsementclass.wikispaces.com/
Blackboard training (will be updated)
Critical Reading and Cubing Activity: “A Developmental, Evolutionary Perspective” by Feldman- packet (PPT)
Overview- Annotated Bibliography Instructions: APA format and due dates (1 annotated bibliography must address culturally diverse students with gifts and talent due Wed. 7/14, Mon. 7/19, 7/21)
Research Based on Pre-test: Tiered Historical Background and Concepts of Giftedness (present on assigned days)
Online/HW: Read Chapter 10 in VanTassel-Baska book. Complete the menu tier assignment.
Review APA and online resources
Gather essential information for Paperwork for Certification (TBD) / Opening Activity: Gifted Quotes Scramble
Introduction: Pre-test (online); “What Have We Learned About Gifted Children?” (Reference-Blackboard); PPT (Discussion)
Evaluating an Annotated Bib: Use the rubric to evaluate
Critical Reading Activity: “Who Are the Gifted?” &” Why Should the Public Support Gifted” packet
Collaborative Activities:
1. Categorize “What are some general characteristics?” in the packet
2. Think/Pair/Share “Behaviors Seen in Gifted and Talented Children”
3. Chart completion of “Characteristics of Various Areas of Giftedness” (group)
·  Movie clips
Critical Reading and Kinesthetic Activity: “Profiles of the Gifted and Talented” by Betts online (divide into 6 groups)
Bett’s Body Biography: flexible grouping
Summarizing Activity: Body Biography sharing
Research for Presentation: Finalize Tiered Historical Background and Concepts of Giftedness and presentations
Online/HW: Read Chapters 2 and 11 in VanTassel-Baska book and complete choice board.
Annotated Bib #1 due Wed. / Warm-Up: Education “Trials and Tribulations of Being Gifted” (p. 24 in packet)
DUE: Annotated Bibliography #1
Opening Activity: Notable Failures- PPT
Previewing Activity: Gifted Eligibility Anticipation Guide; Georgia DOE – PPT
Critical Reading and Discussion:
1. Georgia DOE Rule for Gifted Eligibility, Options A and B
2. “Talent Development in Gifted Education” (movie clip)
3. Renzulli’s Creativity and Motivation Scales
· “The Three-Ring Conception of Giftedness” by Renzuilli (in packet)- song, sociogram
4.  4 PPT practice, WEE Shine (Including students who have linguistically diverse backgrounds i.e. use non-verbal test)
Technology Integration: Introduce and browse Greece, NY website selecting one strategy useful in your classroom
Online/HW: 1,528 Little Geniuses by Goleman reading – read the article in your packet and use an organizer of choice from Greece, NY website / Opening Activity: Share organizer of choice on Goleman article
Research Presentation: Binet, Guilford, Feldhusen
Historical Perspective: Problem-based Learning Time Capsule Activity; *“Beyond General Giftedness: New Ways to Identify and Educate Gifted, and Precocious Youth” by Feldhusen- (in packet) gathering information from each decade, planning museum
Online/HW: “Talented Children and Adults: Their Development in Education” by Piirto – shape summary
Annotated Bibliography #2- due Monday
MONDAY
History
How did the past shape today? / TUESDAY
Learning Styles
How can I differentiate? / WEDNESDAY
Creativity
What if? / THURSDAY-
Closure
Opening Activity: Movie Clip
DUE: Annotated Bibliography #2
Historical Perspective: Problem-based Learning Time Capsule Activity; Museum; self-reflection; participation pie
Critical Reading Shared Inquiry/Socratic Questioning: “The Death of Giftedness: Gifted Education Without Gifted Children” by Borland (in packet); Shared Inquiry/Socratic PPT
Research Presentations: Piirto, Debate
Critical Thinking in Education Evolution:
“The Taxonomy of Cognitive Objectives and the Theory of Structural Cognitive Modifiability” (in packet)
·  carousel brainstorming
PPT
Online/HW: Read “A Revision of Bloom’s Taxonomy” by Krathwohl (in packet) Compare and contrast the original to the revision. / Opening Activity: There’s all Kinds of Thinking
RADAR Simulation
Critical Reading and Most Important Word Activity: Chapter 3 Personality and Learning Styles in Van Tassel-Baska book
Research Presentations: Gagne
Introduction of Learning Styles/Differentiation: Learning styles in your classroom and inventories; Learning Styles Think-Tac-Toe
Table Talk- Differentiated Lesson Development Discussion: How can we adjust a lesson? How are we going to use it? How do we meet the needs of all learners including students of diverse cultural background?
Critical Reading Activity: Read and complete “Teaching Style Inventory” and Piechowski’s “Overexcitability Questionnaire,” PPT
“Dabrowkski’s Theory of Positive Disintegration: Some implications for teachers of Gifted Students” (QAR)
Online/HW: Chapter 21 Creativity and the Gifted in Van Tassel-Baska book- learning contract
Annotated Bibliography #3 / Opening Activity: Dabrowski’s Overexcitabilities RAFT
DUE: Annotated Bibliography #3
Warm Up: Movie clip; Frayer Creativity
Critical Reading Activity: Read “The Gifted Individual” (Hot Seat)
Visual Activity: What does Creativity Look Like? (Movie Clip)
Reading Reinforcement: “Intellectual Estuaries: Connecting Learning and Creativity in Programs of Advanced Learners” 6 Thinking Hats
Kinesthetic Activity: Creativity Learning Centers/Stations
JigSaw (summary):
“Culturally Diverse Students Who are Gifted” by Baldwin
“Education Gifted children from Low Socioeconomic Backgrounds: Creating Visions of a Hopeful Future” by Hebert “Talented Teenagers” by Csikszentmihalyi
Online/HW: Review for Foundation Test; / *Be sure to sign your attendance form.
Opening Activity: Picture Card Activity- My experience in Module 1… or My vision of working with gifted children…
Gifted Students’ Bill of Rights
Review the Strategies Used: Sneak Peek to Module 2
Critical Reading and Writing: Philosophy components 1 and 2
Cheetah: Metaphorical Expression
Standards Attainment Form: Self-Evaluation on Standards 1-3
Course Evaluation
Foundation Exam