Advanced+Learners

Presentation materials from today: [|http://][|tinyurl.com/STSD-ADV-LEARN]
__**Prompts of Depth and Complexity**__: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McEldMETSnw __**Icons for Depth & Complexity**__: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2Itlw6asqY&list=PLx94Xkq2U5o4qeKnLhiv8Kz8ycJqTfI-u&index= __**Great RAFT ideas**__: https://daretodifferentiate.wikispaces.com/R.A.F.T.+Assignments

__**ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:**__
 * National Association for Teaching Gifted in General Classroom: **[]

Updated **wiki site for Pennsylvania Gifted Teachers**: //__http://iu19giftednetwork.wikispaces.com/GIEP+Writing__//

**National Association for Gifted Children** //__http://www.nagc.org/__//
 * PAGE - Pennsylvania Association for Gifted Education** This is the homepage of the Pennsylvania Association for Gifted Education and their listserv. Events and legal updates are posted here, and the listserv allows you to listen in on what parents are discussing across the state. //__[]__//

Specific to publications//__: http://www.giftedpage.org/publications-2/__//

Database of ideas, **resources for teaching bright students**: //__[|http://www.davidsongifted.org/db][|/]__//

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 * Handbook of General Education Strategies for High Achievers (**Anne Arundel Public Schools, Maryland):

**Hoagies' Gifted Website Hoagies' Gifted Website** has numerous resources for educators of the gifted and parents. Definitions, glossaries, links to programming, assessment and legal information are all here. //__[]__//

__ **Video Examples**: __ // Learning Menus: //// [|https][|://][|www.teachingchannel.org/videos/differentiating-instruction-strategy?fd=1] // // Fist to Five //// : [|https://][|www.teachingchannel.org/videos/getting-instant-student-feedback?fd=1] // // Guided Reading Groups //// : [|https://][|www.teachingchannel.org/videos/teaching-guided-reading-groups?fd=1] // http://study.com/articles/Universities_with_the_Best_Free_Online_Courses.html MIT – many video lectures, materials, exams, assignments Carnegie Mellon Open Learning Initiative – fewer courses than MIT, but built in formative assessment.

[|http://www.sengifted.org[[http://www.sengifted.org/|/]]]: ** SENG **was formed to bring attention to the unique emotional needs of gifted children. It provided adults with guidance, information, resources, and a forum to communicate about raising and educating these children. [|http://www.smgww.org]: **The SIFMA Foundation's Stock Market Game**™ (SMG) gives students the chance to invest a hypothetical $100,000 in an on-line portfolio. They think they're playing a game. You know they're learning economic and financial concepts they'll use for the rest of their lives. [] : **AGLOA provides a series of Academic Games** competitions throughout the nation resulting in a national championship tournament in late April each year. Students who excel academically have a chance to compete and be rewarded for their accomplishments. Academic Games tournaments challenge students to use higher order thinking skills in the subjects of Language Arts, English, History and Mathematics. Players receive recognition and awards in the same way that sports champions are honored.