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Country, State, Province, other:: United States

school/district/affiliation to gifted ed: gt teacher, general education teacher, other

A little about me:: I'm a director of the face to face portion of our local charter school that serves predominately gifted children. We are working under the assumption that the traditional way of schooling children is terribly out of date for adequately preparing our children for their futures. I live for education and being a change-agent for the lives of my students! I also love terriers! ;-)

Website (if you have one):: http://gingerl.podomatic.com/

Blog (if you have one):: The majority of my blogging work has been done at http://classroom20.ning.com/, if you want to see some odd rantings! For the most part, however, I'm more of an interactive participant in these networks, talking with others rather than simply speaking out to the air via a blog.

What age of student/person do you have an interest in mostly?: ages 8-18, but I run the gamut for gifted children

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Real People Don't Have Time for Social Media

Traveling back and forth between conferences and also talking to people new to social media, one of the biggest fears I'm hearing about jumping into a 2.0 world is that there's simply not enough time in their lives to learn and participate. This tells me 2 things: people DO understand that to learn from social media, you need to invest time. Additionally, our time is a precious commodity (which we all have to guard jealously). With this in mind, I'm sharing an article that I just read called "… Continue

Posted on April 19th, 2008 at 10:03am — No Comments (Add)

KGTC Region 5 conference

Yesterday my students and I were asked to be the opening keynote presenters for the Kansas Association for the Gifted Talented and Creative (KGTC) Region 5 conference at Wichita State University, hosted and coordinated by Charlie Mahoney and Marjorie Landwehr-Brown. The theme was 21st Century Learning and Global Education/Connections. While I like to think that Turning Point Learning Center… Continue

Posted on April 5th, 2008 at 6:20am — 1 Comment (Add)

Del Siegle presented some of the big issues in Gifted Ed in the US today. #1 He's had a little baby…

Del Siegle presented some of the big issues in Gifted Ed in the US today. #1 He's had a little baby recently and that is, of course, a big deal! Which is more important? Advocacy or Policy? (they work hand-in-hand) NAGC is working with a marketing consultancy to continue the advocacy campaign to change the public's attitude toward gifted kids and gifted education. These kids deserve, as every other kid does, the ability to learn something new every day. NAGC is creating a press "rapid respon… Continue

Posted on March 3rd, 2008 at 8:22am — No Comments (Add)

Finding Answers to parents' BIG Questions (at the NAGC website)

Notes from preso by Robin Schader regarding the NAGC website resources. The presentation was held March 2, 2008, so if you find these links broken later, contact me and I'll do what I can to find them for you! A good place to start is the new NAGC website. What are the big questions? 1) How do I know if my child is gifted (and what about testing?) 2) What IS gifted? 3) Now what do I do and where do I learn more? Let's break it down and make i… Continue

Posted on March 2nd, 2008 at 10:16am — No Comments (Add)

NAGC Affiliate Conference, Day 1

While I title this as "day 1" we actually had a partial day yesterday afternoon, evening as a meet and greet. I plan to share some of the tidbits of information as we go throughout the day. The first presentation is by Shelagh Gallagher: Gifted Education in High School, A Report from the Secondary Task Force. The discussion is about what is and what is NOT going on in HS for high-ability students. The most interesting piece of info so far is that the… Continue

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At 5:00pm on May 18th, 2008, Donna said…: Thanks for your message to all members, Ginger!

This is a great site particularly for gifted educators so, being a parent, I have been more involved in other forums with active parent members. Things are changing, though, as I am looking into homeschooling my son. Paradoxically, I think this site will provide much more info valuable to me, as I prepare myself to become a home educator!

A homeschooler friend is inviting me to be involved in starting a homeschool co-op for gifted children. I don't see why we can't go virtual on that concept. (Exciting?) Much to explore into this possibility! Or is there one already that you know we can just join?

All the best with the year-end tasks,
Donna

At 7:43pm on April 11th, 2008, Christine W. Garrett said…: Thanks! I am excited to communicate with you all!

At 10:42am on April 11th, 2008, Michelle Eckstein said…: HI Ginger, I just received my NAGC convention booklet and see that you are presenting a board institute on Gifted Students and 21st Century learning. It looks great and I'm hoping to attend.
Michelle

At 9:43am on March 29th, 2008, Linda said…: Thank you! I look forward to taking part in any discussions and posting questions. My real interest, is the social and emotional aspect of gifted children. I have several former students that I've kept in touch with over the past years. It has been enlightning following their lives as they matured into young adults and where there lives have taken them. There have a number of commonalities between them, and as I talk with my young students now, they pattern seems to have shifted only slightly.
Peace, Linda

At 12:55am on March 24th, 2008, Ellen Crider said…: Hi,
Nice to meet you.

At 7:42am on March 16th, 2008, Binismom said…: LOL. I *am* altered. How else could I homeschool;)
Your site is very interesting. I appreciate you taking the time to create it asa forum of discussion for some pretty tricky issues.
Binismom

At 11:36am on March 9th, 2008, Arwen said…: Thanks for the welcome. I am glad you enjoyed my blogs. I am looking forward to participating in your community and meeting lots of gifted parents.

At 6:19am on March 3rd, 2008, Pete Schell said…: Thanks, Ginger!

At 9:20pm on March 2nd, 2008, Soultravelers3 said…: Thanks for the warm welcome!

At 10:47pm on March 1st, 2008, Christa Chipman said…: Thanks Ginger. I'm new to social networking. I feel like I'm in the modern version of "Logan's Run!" Remember that? A blast from the past! There's a whole new world that I never knew existed! It's fun to explore!