Archive for September, 2007

Web sites and expression tools

Friday, September 21st, 2007

In 2002, my then 10 year old son, was working on report on the State of
Idaho for school.  He enjoyed learning about the state but when it came time to write the report, he was struggling.  Each attempt at creating the paper was frustrating and the end result did not represent what he knew about [...]

Gifted and Technology

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

Technology is an exciting learning tool for most students, but for gifted and talented students it represents the opportunity to engage in deep and complex thinking on a wide variety of topics.  Technology allows for the process of large amounts of information with speed and efficiency.  Most importantly technology provides opportunities for constructivist based learning [...]

About Me

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

I received my Masters in Educational Psychology with a concentration in Gifted and Talented Education in 2005 from the University of Connecticut.  I have worked as a Gifted and Talented Advisor in BVSD and I am starting a private educational consulting practice focusing on the needs of gifted and talented elementary and middle school students.  [...]