Gifted and Talented Virtual Training 2020

Due to these unprecedented times, we will be opting to virtual training for Sessions 1 and 2 for teachers that will be going through the 30 hours Gifted and Talented training Fall' 2020. As Covid-19 continues to affect our country, state and valley resulting in many of us having to change our ways of teaching and educating our students.  Teachers will proceed educating our students  through– online in-person virtual learning, return to school in-person with teacher/classroom and some even opting to Learning Pods-home schooling. Similarly, colleges and universities are altering early plans and opting for online fall semester.  We are not alone, many school districts are experiencing the same situation, but we will try our best to educate our participants and continue to provide online virtual training for Gifted and Talented teachers.  Our participants will be using Google Meet and Google Classroom experiencing virtual interactions, group chats and interactive activities. 

                                         

Virtual Learning  Fall' 2020

                                                        

                                                        Halloween Quiver

Both Gifted & Talented students and Day 4 participants created spooky 3D Augmented Reality Jack-o-lanterns for Halloween.  This template required everyone to create a black and white drawing, and then bing-- scan it with the Quiver App and their drawing came to life! A great way to instill writing by having students write a spooky story about their Jack-o-Lantern.

Happy Halloween everyone!

Day 4 - October 29, 2016 Training - La Joya, Texas

The topic for Day 4 is Differentiating Curriculum for Gifted & Talented  Students.  Participants had a great time creating foldables and trying their hand at "Bubble Art" and "Shaving Cream Art"

Colorful Bubbles made with dishwashing liquid and food coloring!

Exploding Boxes

International Dot Day - September 15, 2016

We celebrated creativity in our GT Classroom on Dot Day! It was our first time.  I had never heard of Dot Day until this year.  International Dot Day is a global celebration of creativity, courage and collaboration. It began when teacher Terry Shay introduced his classroom to Peter H. Reynolds’ book The Dot on September 15, 2009.

In preparation for Dot Day, I downloaded a Quiver Dot Day Coloring page ( free)  and gave it to  my students to color several days prior, although they didn’t know that it would have an exciting purpose on Dot Day!  They knew we would be celebrating Dot Day and this was just part of day’s special activities. 

On Dot Day my students gained access to BookFLIX through our local library’s web service to “watch the story” – The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds.

The story is also available in Spanish – which was great for my Dual language students!

It can also be found on YouTube – however, I liked the animations on BookFLIX better. The Dot is a testable book on Accelerated Reading which is another added bonus.

As a culminating activity I introduced my students to the Quiver App. They launched it and scanned their coloring pages with it.  Within moments they were amazed to see their artistic creation come to life!  Quiver is a 3D Augmented Reality app.  Student collaborated and communicated their excitement by sharing their 3D Dots with one another and tried out the various features of the app.  The app rotates the sphere it creates, spins it like a time clock and create bubbles that can be popped among other things.

 It was truly a day that brought out the students’ creative and collaborative skills through the use of technology integration. We are already looking forward to Fire Prevention week because Quiver.com offers a free Fire Truck page with an extendable ladder, siren, and water hose.

       

3 X 3 Selfie Grids

Get your phones out teachers and take some selfies! We hope you have fun!

This Selfie grid makes a great Back to Scool activity for students!  Use iPads, tablets or BYOD.  It's a great way for students to get acquainted with people and places around the school.  It'll be important to send out an email to the staff before-hand to let them know the gifted students will be out and about.  Be sure to talk to the GT students about the acceptable behavior for this activity.

Use this grid to make your own Selfie Grid that can be customized to the subject or topic you are teaching.  Students can work with a partner or take selfies at home!  See the student samples below! They did a great job and had fun!

Welcome!