Gifted & Curriculum
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Gifted & Curriculum
The Future Classroom...is NOW!
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Relationships: Open Doors
• If you get students to believe that you care about them & want the best for them, then you can teach them anything anyway!
• Gifted & Advanced Students WANT to go DEEP. They want you to ask “Why? How? Prove it”
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Snapshot:Proportions
Concept: 9 = 54 12 x
Apply it: How could we use proportions to measure the Flag Pole in the front of the school - Without touching it?!*Shadow Reckoning
Got it? Find the height of the world’s tallest building, The Burj Khalifa.
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Gifted/Advanced & Cool Tools
• Mathcaching: math webquests to apply the skills
• http://mathbits.com/JrMathBits/
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Alternative Assessments
• Online Testing & practice tests • http://highmail.highlands.k12.fl.us/~
pontiousl/
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Projects
*Rubric
Photostory
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Technology: GPS & “Geocaching”
Using real-world technology with handheld GPS units. Explore longitude & latitude coordinates & how satellites track. Students learn how to ‘mark’ points & ‘find’ points. Application: Field trip to Hammock State Park to explore “geocaching”-a recent worldwide phenomenon of a hobby.
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Technology is Changing Everything
• Help... http:/highmail.highlands.k12.fl.us/~pontiousl/
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Technology: The Future classroom (hint: It’s Now)
BYOD: Bring Your Own Device*Coming to the High School’s in the Fall!
*Middle School’s in the 2nd Term next year!WHY??Answer:
1) Districts will never afford smart devices even though they are virtually required for Common Core
2) There are Apps for just about everything!
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BYOD• Active Response Systems (clickers).
Why spend thousands...• Celly & Socrative AppsGot a Smart phone today?
• Let’s try celly… text @giftedclass to 23559
• m.socrative.com (students) • Virtual room number: 846302“waiting for teacher to start activity…”
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The new SmartBoard...• Download Doceri (whiteboard)• Download Reflector (mirrors all
devices)• Use a tablet/Ipad
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Other Teacher/Student Tools
• Edmodo.com• Moodle.com• Gaggle.net• See Handout for lots of stuff
(free/cheap)Resources
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Common Core & Teachers
• Want the standards? www.commoncore.org
• Want the assessment format & examples by grade? www.parcconline.org
• Florida: www.cpalms.org• www.achievthecore.org
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Common Core Aligns with Syngapore...
• The idea is Vertical Alignment of the standards. Instead of “mile wide, inch deep” learning, we do the opposite
• Pros: students learn only a few concepts but to proficiency
• Cons: Gaps need to be filled
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Examples• Singapore (slides 49,48, 52)• http://parcconline.org/mcf/
mathematics/examples-key-advances-grade-5-grade-6
• http://www.illustrativemathematics.org/standards/k8