Maybe it’s because my own gifted daughter will be attending middle school next year that these articles caught my attention. I thought I would share them with the rest of you who may be parents of gifted children who are in middle school or will be soon. In “Middle Matters: Guiding Gifted Girls Through the … Read more
A few years ago, some of my fellow teachers and I started exchanging the link to this video because we thought it would be a great inspiration to our students. So many gifted students get used to putting in minimal effort – because much of the time that is all that was required to do … Read more
Here is another video, though it is in a different vein than yesterday’s post. “Honk if You Love Someone” is a short (around 5 minutes) video produced by Sophia Pink. On YouTube it is simply described as “One man’s quest to make a city smile.” Massoud Adibpour is the subject of the film. He is … Read more
More and more research seems to be showing that performance in school can be enhanced by physical activity. These two sites, Brain Breaks and Deskercises, will give you some great resources for short exercises that can easily be done during the school day. Some of these are purely physical, and some require some mental exertions. … Read more
“We were created for significance and one of the most dangerous things that can happen to us as individuals, as organizations and as communities – is to get the feeling that we don’t matter.” ~ Angela Maiers Angela Maiers, who is an author, speaker, writer, and teacher, gave an inspiring speech at TEDxDesMoines in 2011 … Read more
The topic of gaming and its usage in the classroom has been popping up more and more in the last year or so. Jane McGonigal, who is an expert in this area (check out this link to see her extensive experience and list of “unlocked” achievements), gives some good reasons that we should not dismiss … Read more