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GIFTED RESOURCES NEWSLETTER
AUGUST 2012 NO 1
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Gifted Resources News
Because people tend to choose gifts for others that they would like to receive themselves, this month I am giving you all a Tuit – not just a plain Tuit, but a Round Tuit!
My husband’s retirement and our move to Rosebud should have meant that there would be so much more time to do all the things I needed to do, plus all the things I would like to do, plus all the things that I intended to do ‘someday’. However my rate of work has decreased and the activities tend to expand to fill all available time. The current Want To Do list includes blog posts, writing an e-book, converting the church school programs and film discussion notes to e-books or similar, updating website, finishing craft projects, quilting, painting, more walks on beach and… and… So I find I am still saying “I will do that when I get A Round Tuit” So now that I have dropped a hint about the gift I would like to receive, maybe someone will give me A Round Tuit and just maybe they will also give me an Energy Level Booster
Gifted Resources News 1 The In Tray 2
Parent Support Groups Gifted Support Network Magnificent Minds VAGTC CHIP Geelong Monash
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Sprite’s Site Fine Focus WCGTC Global Ed Conferences ECHA Interesting Websites Subscription information Disclaimer
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WHAT’S IN THE IN TRAY? These items have been received recently and can be found in the In Tray which is located on the Home page of Gifted Resources Website www.giftedresources.org If you are not able to access the links here please go to the In Tray to access them. If you would like information included in the newsletter and/or the In Tray please send to [email protected]
WCGTC INTERNATIONAL WEEK OF GIFTEDNESS August 2012 WEBSITE
GERRIC PARENTS WORKSHOP 11-12 August 2012 WEBSITE
AUSTRALIAN GIFTED SUPPORT CENTRE CAMP MORISETT NSW 10-12 August 2012 WEBSITE
CEP RURAL LEARNING SUMMIT 17 August 2012 PDF FLYER
CHIP FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP GEELONG INC MATHS WORKSHOP 19 August 2012 PDF FLYER
MAGNIFICENT MINDS Understanding and Educating the Gifted Child 20 August 2012 PDF FLYER
GLOBAL CENTER FOR GIFTED AND TALENTED CHILDREN Global Virtual Meeting for Gifted Education in SECOND LIFE WEBSITE Dr Monica Leavitt (USA) 25 August 2012
VAGTC PARENT SEMINAR 11 September 2012 WEBSITE
THE 13th INTERNATIONAL ECHA CONFERENCE on Giftedness across the Lifespan Munster Germany 12-15 September 2012 WEBSITE
GLOBAL CENTER FOR GIFTED AND TALENTED CHILDREN Global Virtual Meeting for Gifted Education in SECOND LIFE WEBSITE Dr Barry Meatyard (UK) 29 September 2012
AUSTRALIAN GIFTED SUPPORT CENTRE CAMP GEMBROOK, VIC 19-21 October 2012 WEBSITE
GLOBAL CENTER FOR GIFTED AND TALENTED CHILDREN Global Virtual Meeting for Gifted Education in SECOND LIFE WEBSITE Karen Bendelman (USA) 27 October 2012
MENSA AMC CAMP 16-18 November 2012 WEBSITE
TAGT CONFERENCE Building connections 28-30 November 2012 WEBSITE
20th WORLD CONFERENCE ON GIFTED AND TALENTED CHILDREN The Soul of Giftedness Auckland, New Zealand 5 - 9 August 2013 WEBSITE
VAGTC CONFERENCE EmpowerEd for Giftedness 23-24 April 2013 WEBSITE
GIFTED SUPPORT GROUPS
GIFTED SUPPORT NETWORK (Formerly Bayside Young Active Minds - BYAMS) Active network in Melbourne's south eastern region offering the following services to families with gifted children: * "Mini Minds" - activities for preschoolers * "Primary Minds" - activities for primary school aged children and their parents * "Teens & Tweens" - activities for teenagers and their parents each term * Information evenings with expert speakers covering issues relating to the gifted * Daytime and evening social events for parents to share their experience of parenting the gifted child * Comprehensive members’ library * Quarterly newsletter containing professional articles For further information visit www.giftedsupport.org or phone Carolyn (9576 5137) P.O. Box 2808 Cheltenham, 3192 Email address is [email protected] For the full program of Gifted Support Network activities see the excellent calendar of events at http://www.giftedsupport.org
'THE BIG BANG COFFEE CLUB' The Big Bang Coffee Club meets on the first Monday of the month at 9.30am (School and Public Holidays excepted) at: The Coffee Club Shop 49-50 Moonee Ponds Central 14-16 Hall Street Moonee Ponds 3 hours of free undercover parking is available in the Moonee Ponds Central car park Contacts: Sally-Ann Free Tina McCarthy [email protected] [email protected] Mobile 0425 779 829
MAROONDAH GIFTED CHILDREN"S PARENTS' ASSOC. Morning Coffee at MacDonald's, Maroondah Hwy. Croydon Vic. at 10.30 am on the first Wednesday of the month Postal address: c/- 13 Heathwood St Ringwood East Vic 3135 Contact Jennifer Grant Phone 9779 4218 [email protected] Louise Howe Phone 9801 2912 [email protected]
BELGRAVE PARENT SUPPORT GROUP Meetings generally monthly on Mondays Contact Heike Reich Phone (03) 9752 5420 Email [email protected]
CHIP GEELONG CHIP Family Support Group Geelong Contact Maura Donohue email [email protected]
CASTERTON AND DISTRICT AREA Catriona Hill would like to connect with other parents of gifted children in Casterton and District area Contact : Catriona Hill Phone (03)55812529 Mobile 0419008734 Email: [email protected] Web: http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/tallpoppysyndrome/
GIFTED RESOURCE AND INFORMATION GROUP - CASEY/CARDINIA For families with gifted children in Casey/Cardinia Contact Victoria Poulos Phone 0420 286 307 Email [email protected] BADGER – BAIRNSDALE AND DISTRICT GIFTED EDUCATION REFORM Contact Email [email protected]. Phone 0423 708 061
VICTORIA / NEW SOUTH WALES
NSW ASSOCIATION FOR GIFTED & TALENTED CHILDREN ALBURY/WODONGA SUPPORT GROUP Meets bi-monthly in Wodonga, Victoria, and welcomes parents & teachers of gifted children For information contact Secretary, Cathy Baillie (02) 6021 5913 Phone: 02 60215913 Assistant Secretary, Jeannie Bowen (02) 6021 2073 website link http://www.nswagtc.org.au/albury-wodonga The Act Gifted and Talented Local Support Group
Term 3 Coffee and Chat Where: Coffee Shop, National Museum Australia, Lawson Cres, ACTON Peninsula, ACT When: 9.30am – 11.00am Friday 17th August and 14 September 2012 Coffee and chat is open for anyone to attend. Bring your questions or articles to discuss. Elizabeth Singer Convenor June 2012
See the PDF Flyer for the event at http://www.giftedresources.org/gr/files/chipgeelmaths.pdf
MONASH FACT OR FICTION – Tuesday 14 August 2012
As part of Science Week Monash Science Centre is running Fact or Fiction an 80 minute show where the audience watch clips of classic sci-fi hits before individually voting, with hand held devices, on whether the technology featured is actual science fact or pure science fiction. Once the audience voting has been locked in, scientists from the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation will critique the science featured in the film and provide the answer. Fact or Fiction has been designed to be highly entertaining and educational and attract kids that aren’t necessarily interested in science by providing them with a big dose of pop-culture. Science areas that are explored include Teleporting, Time Travel, Invisibility, Immortality, Light Sabres, Intelligent Metals, Terraforming Climates and Telekinesis. Age suitability is 8 years and above. In its only Melbourne shows for 2012, three sessions of Fact or Fiction will be held on Tuesday 14 August at Monash Biomedical Imaging Facility Auditorium, Monash University. 10.00am and 1.00pm – Shows available to primary and high schools 7.00pm – Evening performance available to the general public Admission to Fact or Fiction by gold coin donation and bookings are essential. Please call 03 9905 1370 or email [email protected]. http://www.home-ed.vic.edu.au/2012/07/03/fact-or-fiction-at-monash-science-centre/
Written submissions in support of the review of Monash Science Centre Hello Friends of the Monash Science Centre The Monash Science Centre is undergoing a university-based review over the next couple of months to identify our place within the University and our future directions. We have submitted a self review document, and will be reviewed by an external committee in early September 2012. Written submissions of support are welcome from interested members of the community and users of the Centre. Submissions should be emailed to [email protected] For more information, please visit: http://www.monash.edu.au/news/notices/show/monash-science-centre-review http://sciencecentre.monash.edu/news/docs/final-self-review-doc.doc Thank you for your support. Kind regards, Staff of the Monash Science Centre Kim Aitken and Megan Hough Monash Science Centre Building 74, Monash University Ph: +61 3 9905 1370 Fax: +61 3 9905 1312 Email: [email protected] Website: sciencecentre.monash.edu.au
SPRITE’S SITE Last month the Twitter Birds have been holding events in the Un-Olympics Bower on Sprite’s Site http://www.giftedresources.org/jo/blog/?p=3499 http://www.giftedresources.org/jo/blog/?p=3509 http://www.giftedresources.org/jo/blog/?p=3512 http://www.giftedresources.org/jo/blog/?p=3515 http://www.giftedresources.org/jo/blog/?p=3521 http://www.giftedresources.org/jo/blog/?p=3533 The Tweet family is trying to find the right flock for their gifted Tweetlets http://www.giftedresources.org/jo/blog/?p=3543 http://www.giftedresources.org/jo/blog/?p=3553 And we talked about Advocacy http://www.giftedresources.org/jo/blog/?p=3538 Critical Thinking and Twitter Global gtchat http://www.giftedresources.org/jo/blog/?p=3559
Serendipity Fine Focus Webinar with Lisa Conrad Friday 10 August 2012 On 9 August 2012 at 23:00 GMT/UTC (Afternoon/Evening USA) or Friday August 10 9.00am Melbourne time – in the usual BlackboardCollaborate room. Lisa Conrad, the moderator of Global #gtchat on Twitter will be discussing #gtchat on the Fine Focus webinar. All are welcome to attend this free webinar. For details see Jo Hart’s E-verything blog at http://johart1.edublogs.org/
The World Council for Gifted and Talented Children and the International Week of the Gifted August 2012/ International Year of Giftedness and Creativity 2013- How will YOU CELEBRATE? For full details see Leslie Graves’ blog at http://innreach.wordpress.com/2012/07/29/the-world-council-for-gifted-and-talented-children-and-the-international-week-of-the-gifted-2012-international-year-of-giftedness-and-creativity-2013/
GLOBAL EDUCATION CONFERENCES Three great world-wide virtual conferences coming up in the next few months. Each is free to attend, and each has an emphasis on encouraging participation and presentations--even if you've never done so before. They are part of my Web 2.0 Labs projects, designed to provide spaces for
great conversations around education. Everyone is encouraged to participate--you can present, attend, and/or volunteer to help!
Learning 2.0 (http://www.learning20.com)
August 20 - 24, 2012 Just announced! This conference has a short lead time (right around the corner!), but this is so that it can be part of Connected Educator Month, a month-long set of terrific activities to help educators connect with each other.
Learning 2.0 is a unique chance to participate in a global conversation on rethinking teaching and learning in the age of the Internet. Subject strands include changes in the classroom (social media, 1:1 computing, "flipped classrooms," digital literacy, maker spaces, gaming, open educational resources, digital textbooks), in student learning (individualized learning, student-directed learning, "hacking" education, personal success plans, ePortfolios, and building a digital presence), in teacher personal and professional growth (lead learning, personal learning
networks, peer / open / self-directed PD), in schools (virtual and online schooling, mobile learning, blended learning, MOOCs, immersive environments, learning spaces, entrepreneurship, school leadership, big data, assessment models), and in pedagogy (from teaching to learning, social learning, social / educational networking, passion-based learning, learning how to learn, brain-based learning). A full strand list is available HERE.
The conference will also include an all-day virtual unconference (SocialEdCon online!) as well as a special educational start-up "pitchfire" event. The conference general information page is HERE and call for presentation proposals and instructions for Learning 2.0 can be found HERE.
Library 2.012 (http://www.library2012.com) October 3 - 5, 2012 In its second year, the Library 2.012 conference is a unique chance to participate in a global conversation on the current and future state of libraries. Held over the course of two days (three
actual calendar days when including all time zones), there will likely be over 150 presentations.
Subject strands include physical and virtual learning spaces, evolving professional roles in today's world, organizing and creating information, changing delivery methods, user-centered access, and mobile and geo-social information environments. A full strand list is available HERE. Huge thank
to the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at San José State University, the founding
conference sponsor! The conference general information page is HERE and call for presentation proposals and instructions for Library 2.012 can be found HERE.
The Global Education Conference (http://www.globaleducationconference.com)
November 12 - 16, 2012 Celebrating it's third year, and co-chaired by the amazing Lucy Gray, this five-day, 24 hour per day incredible event brings together educators and students from around the world to discuss globally-connected education, projects, and activities. It is designed to significantly increase opportunities for building education-related connections around the globe while supporting cultural awareness and recognition of diversity. Last year’s conference featured 340 general sessions and
18 keynote addresses from all over the world with over 10,000 participant logins. This year the conference is being run in conjunction with the iEARN worldwide international conference and we're anticipating some 20 - 30,000 attendees. The conference general information page is HERE and call for presentation proposals and instructions for Learning 2.0 can be found HERE.
Organizations interested in becoming sponsors of the conferences listed above, or of any of the Web 2.0 Labs projects, should email me at [email protected] directly. See you online!
Steve
Steve Hargadon http://www.stevehargadon.com
Visit The Global Education Conference Network at: http://www.globaleducationconference.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network
ECHA Conference Symposium: Social Media and Gifted Education
Blog post July 19, 2012 by giftedphoenix
The 13th International Conference of the European Council for High Ability (ECHA) is taking place
from September 12-15 2012 in Munster, Germany.
One of the sessions is a Symposium on Social Media and Gifted
Education. It is scheduled for Thursday 13 September from 14.15 to 15.45 local time, which
corresponds to these times elsewhere in the world.
The overarching Symposium Abstract says:
‘We will explore:
the extent to which social media have been applied to gifted education;
the benefits and the risks that social media can bring, whether for learners, parents, educators
or policy-makers; and
how this field is likely to develop over the next few years.
We will discuss what further collaborative action gifted educators in Europe and beyond might take
to capitalise on the potential for social media to build and maintain valuable connections between
gifted learners and educators, for the benefit of all involved. Our treatment will be located within
research on gifted education and social media respectively, but we will be focused primarily on the
development and support of effective practice’.
There are six participants, five of them offering presentations
Peter Csermely
Tim Dracup, (Convenor)
Joan Freeman (Discussant)
Roya Klingner
Javier Touron
Albert Ziegler
Given the focus of the Symposium, it seemed especially important to build in a social media
dimension, to illustrate the value added to a traditional conference setting.
So we have agreed that there will be a Twitter session during the final hour of the Symposium.
This will involve:
A link to a special session of Global #gtchat powered by the Texas Association for the Gifted
and Talented.
A special #echa hashtag for this session, which we also hope to use to livetweet from the
ECHA conference as a whole (the session will therefore form part of the Conference feed).
A Twitterwall inside the Symposium, enabling those in the room to project their Tweets to
other participants, and those participating at a distance to interact with those in the room.
The abstracts of the five presentations are set out below. As presentations are prepared and
published, I will provide links to them from here.
Depending on the progress we make, it may be possible to engage in social media-driven
discussion of the issues raised ahead of the Symposium. We can then use those contributions to
help frame part of the Symposium proceedings.
http://www.echa2012.info/
Melbourne time Thu 10:15 PM Thu 11:45 PM
SOME INTERESTING WEBSITES GERRIC COGE 2013 Applications now open http://gerric.arts.unsw.edu.au/for-teachers/coge/ GERRIC Parent weekend http://gerric.arts.unsw.edu.au/for-parents/parent-courses/ WCGTC Facebook Page http://www.facebook.com/#!/wcgtc?notif_t=fbpage_fan_invite
An Australian Emu visits England https://eportfolio.csu.edu.au/pebblepad/viewasset.aspx?oid=625152&type=blog Iditarod - Learning is about the journey http://venspired.com/?p=3103 Equality lie is stifling our kids http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/opinion/columnists/rosemary-mcleod/7264877/Equality-lie-is-stifling-our-kids Global classroom project Global classroom http://theglobalclassroomproject.wordpress.com/ Global hello http://aglobalhello.wikispaces.com/ Authentic voices http://authentic-voices.wikispaces.com/home Global lunch table http://thegloballunchtable.wikispaces.com/ Cybraryman scrapbooking page http://cybraryman.com/scrapbooking.html Cybraryman Skype page http://cybraryman.com/skype.html Cybraryman Flat Stanley page http://cybraryman.com/primaryed.html#FlatStanley Gifted Phoenix Twitter Round up 9 http://giftedphoenix.wordpress.com/2012/07/14/gifted-phoenix-twitter-round-up-volume-9/ Pecha Kucha about Serendipity webinars http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtljDGZKjUE&feature=youtu.be Scared? http://venspired.com/?p=3142 Stephanie Tolan Schools are to creativity http://welcometothedeepend.com/2012/07/15/schools-are-to-creativity/
ECHA Conference 12-15 September 2012 Munster Germany http://giftedphoenix.wordpress.com/2012/07/19/echa-conference-symposium-social-media-and-gifted-education/
Sharon Barnes Coping with trauma http://www.academyofcreativeliving.com/Coping-with-Trauma.html
Mary St George on New Zealand TV program Straight Talk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2l9qNHPKu8&feature=share SENG Conference Overview http://www.altmv.com/2012/07/seng-2012-conference-overview/ Extenuating circumstances aside http://cherishthescientist.net/2012/07/26/extenuating-circumstances-aside/ Integrating Technology for Active Lifelong Learning http://www.integrating-technology.org/ Serendipity webinars http://johart1.edublogs.org/2012/07/28/two-edublogs-webinar-overviews-fb-privacy-google-power-search/ Life with Intensity blogspot http://lifewithintensity.blogspot.com.au/ WCGTC http://www.world-gifted.org/news Jen Merrill’s new book If this is a gift, can I send it back? http://laughingatchaos.com/2012/08/01/this-is-a-gift/ http://www.amazon.com/This-Gift-Can-Send-Back/dp/0615648789/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1343960784&sr=8-6&keywords=jen+merrill
Teacher Reboot Camp http://teacherbootcamp.edublogs.org/ Simutech http://www.simutechsystems.com/ Farewell, Margaret Mahy http://worldgifted2013.blogspot.co.nz/2012/08/farewell-margaret-mahy.html SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION You may be receiving this newsletter because someone has forwarded their copy to you. If you would like to receive your own copy please subscribe from our newsletter website at http://www.giftedresources.org/web/newsletter.html If you have been given a printout copy and would like to subscribe to the newsletter but are not able to receive email attachments you can read this newsletter online at http://www.giftedresources.org/web/newsletter.html You may also access back issues of the newsletter (from January 2005), unsubscribe or change your subscription options, from this address. If you have news of events, conferences, lectures, workshops, children's programmes, etc. that you would like included in our newsletter please email [email protected]
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