Networking+Meetings

= **2012-2013** = =**Date Saver **=  =10-8-2012 Regional In-service Meeting = = =



- =12-11-2012 Penn State University, The Behrend College Engineering Outreach Center 9:00 - 11:45 AM = ==

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=Links to share=

Udacity TedEd media type="custom" key="21713558" Diagnosing a Zombie: Brain and Behavior - Tim Verstynen & Bradley Voytek media type="custom" key="21713590"
 * Introducing TED-Ed: Lessons Worth Sharing **

-- 2-4-2013 9:00 - 11:45 AM





Articles to Reference



Resources


 * PAGE Pennsylvania Association for Gifted Education **

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 * Hands-On Learning in the Virtual World "Learning & Leading with Technology" February 2013 **

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 * 4-23-2013 9:00 - 11:45 AM **


 * Resources **


 * PA Career Guide **
 * Researching Giftedness **
 * Gifted and Talented-Technology Teaching: Live Chat **
 * Gifted/Talented Students Education: Technology **
 * Getting Them There College Readiness **

District and school leaders plan for educational opportunities, and corresponding teacher education, that respond to the learning needs of all their students. However, not all schools and districts offer services for high-ability students, or have leaders and teachers with backgrounds in gifted and talented education. Because of the increasing number of requests for information for administrators about high-ability and high-potential learners, NAGC convened a task force of administrators to develop concise videos, fact sheets, and supporting documents -- tools that district leaders can use as briefing materials and as the starting point to advocate for and implement services for gifted students.
 * NAGC- ** Administrator Toolbox

The Materials In The Toolbox Address:


 * the rationale for gifted education services
 * the critical elements of gifted education programming
 * accountability for gifted student learning, and
 * the connection between gifted education and other district and school initiatives such as 21st century skills and Response to Intervention

We invite you to explore and view the 5 to 7-minute videos (//click on the toolbox icon// ) as well as download and share the fact sheets and other materials with principals, teachers, superintendents, and other leaders in the district. Click here for the [|Quick Guide], all the fact sheets in a single .pdf document.

= BRAIN POWER: From Neurons to Networks =

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 * Assessing the Evidence for the One Thing You Never Get Taught in School How to Learn **

LearnZillion is a learning platform that combines video lessons, assessments, and progress reporting. Each lesson highlights a Common Core standard, starting with math in grades 3-9.
 * LearnZillion.com **

They called it HOMAGO. Hanging Out. Messing Around. Geeking Out. media type="youtube" key="WjR1dEz-G0g" width="560" height="315"

What is the research base?
The philosophy of YOUmedia’s design is based on research by leading thinkers in the field. Central to the design and programming is what Professor Mizuko Ito and colleagues learned from interviewing and observing more than 700 youth. From those interviews, they identified three stages of learning that kids progress through with digital media. They called it **HOMAGO**. Hanging Out. Messing Around. Geeking Out. 5-21-2013 - Academic Games
 * They “hang out” with friends in social spaces such as Facebook.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-size: 12px;">They “mess around” or tinker with digital media, making simple videos, playing online games, or posting pictures in Flickr.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-size: 12px;">They “geek out” in online groups that facilitate exploration of their core interests.

= **2011-2012 Archived Meetings** =