Hi Everyone Well done on a wonderful effort to attend the meeting at such a busy time of year. Many great examples were shared and your positive input to the discussions made the session worthwhile for everyone. What follows are some of materials, resources, ideas and links we discussed. Let me know if I left anything [...]
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GIFT Network Meeting Term 3
Thanks to all of you who made it last night. There was a great mix of familiar and new faces. As promised here’s some “stuff”. Please comment or email me if I have forgotten something. I will be printing off some attendance certificates (for Term 2 participants too) and will send them to your schools. I [...]
GIFT Network Update
Thanks to everyone who was able to make the meeting this week. I thought I would place some extra information about the Maker Model in this post for those of you who would like some more informtion. The first link is just an electronic copy of the checklist provided. MAKER MODEL CHECKLIST FOR COURSE – [...]
GIFT Box Review
Thanks for those of you who managed to attend the review last week. I am collating your comments and thoughts and shall post a summary shortly. I will also provide this feedback to principals as well as forwarding your participation certificates. In the meantime I have provided an explanation and links to the various Christmas [...]
Kinross Blooming
In this post I have included some of the resources I shared during the PD session. Don’t forget that some of the files are also available on your school network or in the resources folder I have left in the staffroom. Thankyou again for the enthusiasm during the session. You made me feel at ease. [...]
Merry Christmas
Thanks for the opportunity to speak at today’s staff meeting. Here are the links to the resources I mentioned. This is the link for a writing lesson using bought Christmas Cards as the prompt.http://www.successlink.org/GTI/lesson_unit-viewer.asp?lid=3013 A nice activity which links art with maths. Students have a ‘budget’ with which to purchase materials to make [...]
CBP PD 1st Feb, 2008
I really enjoyed the session. As I mentioned all of the information and links are mentioned throughout this blog. You will have to scan through to find them. It should be easy enough, but let me know if I mentioned something at the session that you think I should post on here. The link is for [...]
Support for Parents
At the network meeting we discussed the need to provide parents with assistance and support. Parenting gifted children is not easy and there are many resources to tap into. In particular I talked about GATCA. Here’s the link. It is also interesting from a teaching point of view. http://www.gatcawa.org/
GIFT Network Meeting 30-10-07
Thanks for your attendance at today’s meeting. As promised here is the information I promised I would post. Blooms Taxonomy Information. The first link provides great prompts for question and task ideas at the various levels. http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/researchskills/dalton.htm The following link takes you to the site which has many complete units of study on a variety [...]
Exploring Number Systems
Comparing Number Systems WorksheetAt previous PD sessions I have shared some activities I suggested about looking at different Number systems with students. I think this is a great topic to explore. So much of our time during Maths lessons is spent on place value and number work. For bright students who get it, this can be [...]
