Gifted+and+Talented+Resources

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 * SITES FOR KIDS: **
 *  www.adifferentplace.org/index.html ****<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">- **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">A collection of activities and resources for kids, teachers and parents

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The Journey: A Handbook for Parents of Children who are Gifted and Talented: <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **education.alberta.ca/media/448831/journey.pdf** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Hoagies Gifted Page: <span style="color: #003366; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">**www.hoagiesgifted.org** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Gifted Canada: <span style="color: #003366; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">**www3.bc.sympatico.ca/giftedcanada/develop.html** <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(Note: This site has not been updated recently.)
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Nova Scotia Department of Education - Student Services Division: <span style="color: #003366; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">**studentservices.ednet.ns.ca** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Nova Scotia Department of Education //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Gifted Education and Talent Development //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Document: <span style="color: #003366; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **studentservices.ednet.ns.ca/sites/default/file/Gifted Education and Talent Development.pdf** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">British Columbia Ministry of Education's //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Gifted Education - A Resource Guide for Teachers: //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">**www.bced.gov.bc.ca/specialed/gifted** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Cultural Underrepresentation in Gifted Education: <span style="color: #003366; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">**www.cultureintheclassroom.webs.com/EDEL%20103/Ford%202010.pdf** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">National Association for Gifted Children (US): <span style="color: #003366; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **www.nagc.org** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">SENGifted - Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted: <span style="color: #003366; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **www.sengifted.org** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Gifted Children, Oversensitivity and Depression: **<span style="color: #003366; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> www.hoagiesgifted.org/dabrowskis_theory_existential_depression_feb09.pdf ** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">A Nation Deceived - In Defense of Acceleration: <span style="color: #003366; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">**www.accelerationinstitute.org/Nation_Deceived** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Cluster Grouping: <span style="color: #003366; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">**www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content2/cluster_grouping.html**
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 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">TWITTER ACCOUNTS AND HASHTAGS ** [[image:http://mshiller.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=200&h=50 width="200" height="50" caption="Twitter" link="@http://www.twitter.com/"]]
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 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> @HoagiesGifted - Carolyn K - **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">"Everything you ever wanted to know about gifted kids & gifted education"
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> @GTChatMod - Gifted/Talented Chat Moderator - **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">"Official Twitter account of Global #gtchat Powered by #TAGT. Join us Fridays at Noon and 7PM EDT (US) for #gifted and #talented chat."
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> @NAGCGifted - NAGC - **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> "NAGC supports the needs of high-potential learners"
 * <span style="color: #4099ff; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> @SENG_Gifted ****<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">- SENG - **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">"Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG) empowers families and communities to guide gifted and talented individuals to reach their goals..."
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> @GiftedHF - Gifted Homeschoolers - **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">"Gifted Homeschoolers Forum supports families of gifted homeschoolers around the world through education, advocacy & community."
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> @GTConsultant - Laurie Westphal - **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">"Author of Differentiating Instruction with Menus Series (@PrufrockPress), once a Science & GT teacher, now Consultant/Presenter who wants to make a difference!"
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> @LJConrad - Lisa Conrad - **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">"Moderator: Global #gtchat Powered by TAGT Blogger: GPS Advocate for #gifted/ #2e Children Presenter: #TAGT, PAGE, WCGTC"
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> @suscheib - Susan Scheibel - **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">"Parent, academic, and advocate for high ability learners and individuals. We are the change we wish to see in the world! Let us all celebrate excellence!"
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> @donnayford - Donna Y. Ford - **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">"Professor, Vanderbilt University. Scholarship focuses on under-representation of Black and Hispanic students in gifted education, & closing the achievement gap."


 * //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Hashtags to search: //**
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> #Gifted - **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> all things related to giftedness
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> #GTChat - **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">a weekly chat for teachers, parents, and all those who are interested in gifted/talented issues
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> #GiftedEd - **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">a hashtag used specifically for gifted education
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> #GiftedEducation - **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">less frequently used tag for gifted education
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">#2e **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">is a hashtag occasionally used to denote "twice exceptional" - children with gifts + learning disabilities/autism/ADHD or other diagnosis. You may find more specific tweets by doing a combined search such as **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> #Gifted and **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">**#ADHD**, **#autism**, **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> #Aspergers **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">, **#LD**, **#dyslexia**,**#dysgraphia**, etc.)