Your Name and Title: Kathy Ray, Gifted Facilitator K-12, President of AHA Learners
Organization/ School Name: Advocates for High Ability Learners Organization, Lansing Special Education,
Co-Presenter Name(s):
Area of the World from Which You Will Present: Kansas
Language in Which You Will Present: English
Target Audience(s): Educators, parents
Short Session Description (one line): Optimizing learning through the use of social networking, web tools, and problem-based learning
Full Session Description (as long as you would like):
Students become engaged builders of a new knowledge base and become active, lifelong learners using their own learning styles when allowed the freedom. They build their knowledge on varying backgrounds and experiences. Children have a broader range of capabilities than they have been permitted to show in regular classrooms with the traditional text-based focus. Project-based learning addresses these because students must use all modalities in the process of researching and solving a problem, communicating the solutions, and achieving at a higher level than traditionally structured learning. Technology today optimizes the ability to collaborate whether you are the person facilitating the learning or the learner. Technology opens a whole new world of possibilities and growth.
Participants will leave with a better understanding of putting problem-based learning and technology to work with learners as well as some concrete examples they can use successfully immediately.
Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:
http://globaleducation.ning.com
http://www.bachelorofscience.com/96-essential-sites-blogs-for-gifted-homeschoolers
http://www.giftedkidsnetwork.com/blog
http://resources.prufrock.com/GiftedChildInformationBlog/tabid/57/Default.aspx
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