Highlights on Gifted Sites

I spent some time tonight visiting the websites I have listed so I could share with you some of the highlights of what they currently have posted. For anyone who is an advocate for gifted children, I encourage you to check out these sites as they all contain great articles and resources. I would go even further to say that the strategies and pedagogy offered by experts in the field of gifted are enormously helpful to all learners. As the cliche goes, "good teaching is just good teaching". For all four sites, simply click the link on the right and it will take you there.

Most states have an organization that focuses on gifted education. I have highlighted Arizona and California as I have attended, presented at, and gained a wealth of information from the state conferences of these two organizations. Arizona's AAGT website is really nicely organized with clearly laid out separate pages of information and resources specific to parents, students, and educators. California's CAG site currently has a thought provoking article titled "What About 'Race to the Top' for our Kids who are Already at the Top?"

SENG (Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted) focuses more on the affective than the curricular needs of gifted children. On their site at the moment for kids is a film contest with the theme "What it is Like to be a Gifted Kid". Rules and how to enter are listed. Also posted is the opportunity to nominate educators for the SENG Honor Roll based on their passion and commitment to help gifted students.

The NAGC (National Association for Gifted Children) has released the "State of States In Gifted Education Report 2008-2009". This report gives state reporting results on areas of gifted education from teacher credentialing, to student identification, to programs and services. Another valuable section is their "Legislative Action Network" where educators and parents can turn their advocacy into political action.

The articles and resources on these sites are updated often so I hope you will visit them regularly. Also, if you have a great resource you would like me to share on here, please leave me a comment about it!