Instructional Resources
The following websites have newsletters and information you can access:
1. Byrdseed, look at his Fuzzy Problems page and his information about over-excitability
3. Exquisite Minds: Information about creativity and gifted
4. Differentiation Central: website for Carol Ann Tomlinson’s books
6. Understanding Our Gifted publication
7. Online free university courses: Massive Open Online Courses
8. Online classes for gifted students: Online G3 and Quartz
9. The Gifted Education Research and Resource Institute at Purdue offers several online enrichment options through futurelearn.com. Use this link and scroll down to the bottom to see a free offering for 13-18 year-olds beginning 2/5/20!
10. Resources suggested by Ian Byrd: wodb.ca, openmiddle.com, visualpatterns.org, byrdseed.com/homographs, challonge.com
11. Portable Gifted and Talented: lessons, both free and for purchase
12. iCivics: Free civics lessons and activities
13. Brian Housand: lots of resources about the use of technology
14. Math Contest sponsored by Scholastic
15. Astronomy Resources for kids
16. The Gifted Guide – resources, both free and for purchase
17. Genius Hour – how to integrate independent study with Depth & Complexity
18. 24 Math Game – this link has information about how to integrate 24 card game into math enrichment
The following websites have many resources for teachers and parents:
1. Hoagies
2. National Association for Gifted (NAGC)
3. Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG)
General resources for teachers:
1. brainpop.com
2. 10 of the best virtual field trips
3. Virtual Field Trips every teacher ought to know
4. 20 Online virtual museum field trips
5. Denver Museum of Nature and Science Distance Learning
6. Rubistar – templates to create rubrics
Resources (click to view or download)
Gifted Education Resource Library
Survival Guide for Gifted Kids: Make School More Cool
Creative Thinking Puzzles Part 2
Lind Over-excitability And The Gifted
Links to Information About Curriculum
Links to Resources for Identified Gifted Areas
Small Town Big Talent Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Sept 2019
Elementary School Reading Bookmarks
Middle School Reading Bookmarks
Is There a Gifted Gap Gifted Education in High Poverty Schools
The Epic List of Teacher Resources by Lisa Van Gemert