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GT Websites + Developmental + Visual Spatial Learners + Twice Exceptional + Acceleration + Underachieving + GT Programs in Jeffco + Identification + Highly Gifted + Curriculum + Teaching + GT Books + Private/Charter/Option GT Schools + Homeschooling + Competitions and Games + Internet Courses + Mentoring + Summer + Gender Issues + State/US Gifted Policy + More Resources + Just for Fun: Cool Learning Sites

GT Web Sites

Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted
Hoagies Web site
GT World! Meeting Place for Families and Friends of Gifted and Talented
AAGC - American Assn for Gifted Children
The Council for Exceptional Children
A G/T Networking and Information Organization
The National Foundation for Gifted and Creative Children
Dr. Bertie Kingore's Web site

Developmental (return to top)

10 Things I Wish I’d Known About Learning Disabilities
Gifted Kids at Risk
Giftedness: The View From Within
Nurturing Social-Emotional Development of Gifted Children
How Parents Can Support Gifted Children
Giftedness as Asynchronous Development
Helping Gifted Students with Stress

Visual Spatial Learners (return to top)

GDC Effective Techniques Article
Hoagies: Visual-Spatial
The Writing Problems of Visual Thinkers

Additional Resources:

Right-Brained Children in a Left-Brained World by Jeffrey Freed
In the Mind's Eye : Visual Thinkers...  by Thomas West
Strategies for the visual spatial learner

Twice Exceptional (return to top)

Twice Exceptional Newsletter
Gifted But Learning Disabled: A Puzzling Paradox
Uniquely Gifted
Dual Exceptionalities
ADHD and Children Who Are Gifted
Hoagies: Twice Exceptional
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Dyslexia: The Gift. Information and Resources for Dyslexia
LD Online: Learning Disabilities Information & Resources
An Anomaly:  Parenting a Twice-Exceptional Girl

Additional Resources:

Highly Gifted Children Volume XII Number 2
SwopNet.com -- Talented and Gifted Learning Disabilities Bibliography

Acceleration (return to top)

GT Parent Resources: Encouraging Kids to Excel (PDF)
Should Gifted Students Be Grade-Advanced?
Meeting the Needs of Able Learners through Flexible Pacing
Acceleration

Underachievement (return to top)

Encouraging Achievement
Underachieving Gifted Students
Dealing with the Stereotype of Underachievement
Providing Curriculum Alternatives to Motivate Gifted Students

Additional Resources:

SwopNet.com -- Talented and Gifted Underachievement Bibliography

Identification (return to top)

Understanding Tests and Measurements
What Parents Should Know
Assessing Gifted Children
GT Assessment Tests
Assessing Gifted Children (2)
GT-World Testing FAQ

Highly Gifted (return to top)

Who are the Highly Gifted?
Highly Gifted
Is It a Cheetah? by Stephanie Tolan
The Davidson Institute: Dedicated To Serving Profoundly Gifted Young People.
Highly Gifted Children in Full Inclusion Classrooms

Gender Issues (return to top)

SwopNet.com -- Talented and Gifted Gender Issues Bibliography
Women and Talent:: creative expression

GT Programs in Jeffco (return to top)

Jeffco Schools GT
Excel Academy Charter (Arvada)

Curriculum (return to top)

Meeting the Needs of Able Learners through Flexible Pacing
Challenging Gifted Students in the Regular Classroom
Discovering Mathematical Talent
Differentiating Curriculum for Gifted Students
Cluster Grouping of Gifted Students
The Miseducation of Our Gifted Children
Curriculum Compacting
Research Should Inform Practice

Teaching (return to top)

SwopNet.com -- Talented and Gifted Teaching Bibliography
Teach with Movies...A tool for parents and teachers
ALEKS: A Fully Automated Math Tutor

Private/Charter/Option (non-Jeffco-public) GT Schools (return to top)
JAGC isn’t endorsing any school, just noting that they are there

Academy for Advanced and Creative Learning, Colo.Springs
Aspen Academy, Greenwood Village, priv (preK-8)
Aurora Quest Academy, Aurora, opt (K-8)
Brideun School for Exceptional Children
Beacon Country Day School, Denver, priv (preK-8)
Broomfield Academy, Broomfield, priv (preK-6)
Challenge School, Cherry Creek, char (K-8) email
Connections Academy (Denver public charter school)
Colorado Virtual Academy (Adams County)
Cory Elementary, Denver, (highly gifted, K-5)
Hulstrom Option School, Adams 12, opt (K-8)
Humanex Academy, Englewood, priv (twice exceptional )
Kunsmiller Creative Arts Academy, Denver, Magnet (K-12)
Logan School, Denver, priv (age 4-14)
Mackintosh Academy, Littleton, priv (pre-8)
Merrill Middle, Denver, (6-8)
Peak to Peak, Boulder, char (K-12)
Polaris at Ebert Elementary, Denver, (hg, K-5)
Ricks Center for Gifted Children, Denver, priv (pre-8)
Stargate School, Adams 12, char (K-8)
Summit Middle School, Boulder, char (6-8)
Westgate Community School, Northglenn, priv (gt, K-8)
 

Mentoring (return to top)

Mentor Relationships and Gifted Learners
International Telementor Program

Summer (return to top)

RoboWeekends
Tech Camps
Summer (Talent Search) Opportunities
Rocky Mountain Talent Search
 

Homeschooling (return to top)

Education Next's Article on Homeschooling
Home Schooling the Gifted (Hollingworth)
Gifted Children:Homeschooling

Competitions and Games (return to top)

Academic Games Tournament
Academic Triathlon
American Computer Science League Competition
Continental Mathematics League
Destination Imagination
Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
Knowledge Masters
MathCounts
Mathematical Olympiads
National Engineering Design Challenge
National Federation of Press Women High School Communications Contest
National Geography Bee
National Geography Challenge
National High School Oratorical Competition
National History Day Contest
National Junior Classical League
National Mathematics League Competitions
National Peace Essay Contest
National Spelling Bee
Paul A. Witty Outstanding Literature Award
Physics Bowl
Science Olympiad
NASA Student Involvement Program
Stock Market Game
United States Academic Decathlon
USA Computing Olympiad
Word Masters Challenge

Internet Courses/Distance Learning (return to top)

Education Program for Gifted Youth
Virtual School for the Gifted
Welcome to Charismagics Incorporated - Education

State/US Gifted Education Policy (return to top)

Colorado State GT policy site
Gifted Resources Legal Page
U.S. Department of Education (ED) Home Page
General US School Performance

More Gifted & Talented Resources (return to top)

Video/Audio Tapes from conferences
Gifted Resources Publications Page
Roeper Review - A Journal on Gifted Education
Autonomous Learning Publications & Specialists
The Critical Thinking Community
Gifted Children Monthly
Publications from the Center for Talented Youth - Johns Hopkins University
Prufrock Press--The Leading Publisher for the Education of the Gifted
Libraries Unlimited and Teacher Ideas Press
 

GT Books (return to top)

Bibliographies of the Highly Gifted
The Academic Acceleration of Gifted Children (Education and Psychology of the Gifted
SwopNet.com: Talented and Gifted Social/Emotional Bibliography
SwopNet.com: Talented and Gifted Parenting Bibliography
SwopNet.com: Talented and Gifted Counseling Bibliography
Growing Up Gifted : Developing the Potential of Children at Home and at School by Barabara Clark
 

More Books:

Re-Forming Gifted Education:Matching the Program to the Child by Karen Rogers, Ph.D.
Stand Up for Your Gifted Child by Joan Franklin Smutny
Teaching the Gifted Child in the Regular Classroom (Winebrenner)
Teaching the Young Gifted Child in the Regular Classroom (Smutny, Walker, & Meckstroth)
Guiding the Gifted Child (Webb, Meckstroth, & Tolan)
Children Above 180 IQ (Hollingworth)
Exceptionally Gifted Children (Gross)
Growing Up Gifted (Clark) (This is a basic intro. textbook)
Education of the Gifted & Talented (Davis & Rimm) (This is a basic intro textbook)
Counseling the Gifted & Talented (Silverman)
Uniquely Gifted (Kiesa Kay - Avocus Publishing) - On twice exceptional

JUST FOR FUN: Cool learning sites (return to top)

Wings Over the Rockies Museum
Denver Firefighters Museum
Mitzel Museum of Judaica
Minot Public Schools: Educational Bookmarks
Houghton Miffton's Education Place

Math:

Free Math Software
The Math Forum - Ask Dr. Math
CoolMath4kids
MATHCOUNTS Home Page
Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles
ThinkQuest
 

Science:

The Why Files (the Science Behind the News)
Science Year: Calendar of science events - geared for ages 10-19
Wicked Science Books
Chem4kids
Meteorology Guide: the online guides
ASU-Ask A Biologist
CELLS alive!
Virtual Frog Dissection Kit
Dragonfly (ask a scientist)
WhaleNet
Science Fair Resources
CIESE Online Classroom Projects
Network Homepage -- Discovery Channel
Bizarre Stuff You Can Make in Your Kitchen
HowStuffWorks - Learn how Everything Works!

Literature:

The Children's Literature Web Guide

Social Studies:

Teaching with Historic Places
New York Underground at nationalgeographic.com
The GLOBE Program
PCL Map Collection
CuriousKids Home Page (world travel)
 

Games:

KidsPsych
 

Art:

The Exploratorium: the museum of science, art and human perception
The Natural History Museum, London, England
ARTSEDGE: The National Arts and Education Information Network
National Gallery of Art NGAkids splash page
Louvre Museum Official Website
 

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