Roots of Learning » gifted education http://www.rootsoflearning.com An educational resource for parents seeking to prepare their children for tomorrow's world Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:19:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 US History Lessons in the Age of New Media http://www.rootsoflearning.com/2010/03/05/us-history-lessons-in-the-age-of-new-media/ http://www.rootsoflearning.com/2010/03/05/us-history-lessons-in-the-age-of-new-media/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:45:57 +0000 admin http://www.rootsoflearning.com/?p=428 Engaging the student, utilizing knowledge of various senses, taking advantage of free online tools, my son’s fourth grade social studies teacher did all these things when she showed the kids the following in class today:

]]> http://www.rootsoflearning.com/2010/03/05/us-history-lessons-in-the-age-of-new-media/feed/ 0 What is “Gifted”? http://www.rootsoflearning.com/2009/02/27/what-is-gifted/ http://www.rootsoflearning.com/2009/02/27/what-is-gifted/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:16:52 +0000 admin http://www.rootsoflearning.com/?p=144 Parents and teachers have differing thoughts on the definition of a ‘gifted’ student.  Is it a successful student? An early reader? An outlier? A “nerd”? Is every student gifted? Is a gifted student necessarily a divergent thinker or a great writer? Are there commonalities among all ‘gifted’ children?

Certainly, we all have gifts, and in some ways it is very destructive to the self esteem to divvy kids up according to abilities. On the other hand, if you are a parent of a child whose learning needs lie outside the ‘regular’ classroom, you know that individual learning needs on the ‘upper’ end of the ability spectrum are as important to meet as those at the ‘lower’ end of that spectrum.

What is ‘gifted’ to you? Do you think the label is helpful or divisive?

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