Gifted and Talented in the 21st Century » Blogging http://talentedandgifted.edublogs.org A blog on technology and gifted education Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:58:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Examples of gifted students using technology http://talentedandgifted.edublogs.org/2007/10/31/examples-of-gifted-students-using-technology/ http://talentedandgifted.edublogs.org/2007/10/31/examples-of-gifted-students-using-technology/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:07:47 +0000 mdeckstein http://talentedandgifted.edublogs.org/2007/10/31/examples-of-gifted-students-using-technology/ Gifted students continue to amaze and inspire me. Today I came across the blog of a gifted high school student. I spent some time reading his blog posts and found him to be an articulate, well adjusted high school student. His post on 7 sure fire ways to alienate a teacher is insightful and to the point. All gifted students should read this post; it may just save your relationship with a teacher. I really love his post on Blogging for gifted kids. I am starting a new category on my blogroll The Blogs of Gifted Students. If you know of a gifted or talented student who is currently blogging, please post a link to their site. Let’s get gifted kids thinking about how they can use a blog.

I’d love to hear from gifted students who are blogging for fun.  What are some of the things that you are blogging about?  What do you enjoy most about blogging?  Be sure to post a link to your blog so we can share some of your thoughts.

]]> http://talentedandgifted.edublogs.org/2007/10/31/examples-of-gifted-students-using-technology/feed/ 0 Importance of connecting with others in an area of passion http://talentedandgifted.edublogs.org/2007/10/22/importance-of-connecting-with-others-in-an-area-of-passion/ http://talentedandgifted.edublogs.org/2007/10/22/importance-of-connecting-with-others-in-an-area-of-passion/#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2007 01:57:04 +0000 mdeckstein http://talentedandgifted.edublogs.org/2007/10/22/importance-of-connecting-with-others-in-an-area-of-passion/ Steve Hargadon interviewed a 14 year old, Arthus, who has been blogging on Educational Technology . It’s so great that Arthus has been able to use Web 2.0 technologies to connect with others in his area of passion.  He has found an authentic audience to respond to his thoughts, and to help him continue to explore his area of interest.   Reading Steve’s interview with Arthus and then Arthus’s blog really supports my thoughts that GT kids need Web 2.0 technologies to connect with mentors, like minded peers, and high level content. 

]]> http://talentedandgifted.edublogs.org/2007/10/22/importance-of-connecting-with-others-in-an-area-of-passion/feed/ 2 Blogging for a Cause http://talentedandgifted.edublogs.org/2007/10/16/blogging-for-a-cause/ http://talentedandgifted.edublogs.org/2007/10/16/blogging-for-a-cause/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:41:43 +0000 mdeckstein http://talentedandgifted.edublogs.org/2007/10/16/blogging-for-a-cause/ One common characteristic of gifted students is their intensity.  Gifted students frequently wish to find ways to help others, and perform good deeds.  In Judaism this is referred to as Tikkun Olam, repairing the world.  In the 21st Century there are so many ways for gifted students to become involved in repairing the world.  Activism is just one of those ways.  Gifted students frequently look for important causes to support.  My daughter recently created a cookbook and sold it donating the proceeds to a local non-profit, CSAW, engaged in helping to resettle and support Sudanese refugees in Boulder, Colorado.    

Yesterday was Blog Action Day. Jamais Cascio says “Blog Action Day is an interesting concept: make the environment a topic of conversation by making it essentially unavoidable for people who read blogs. If it’s successful — and in this kind of effort, success is measured not in practical results, but in levels of participation — I’d expect to see this become a regular type of event, across a variety of issues…. We’re still in the early days of figuring out how to use this Web thing for good.”

It’s so simple, gifted kids need to make a difference.  Blogging is easy, fun, and accessible.  We need to encourage gifted students to find a cause, and blog about it.  Others will read their blog, comment, forward the link to the blog to others… the cycle continues.  Students can connect with others interested in the same cause by searching Technorati for other blogs on their cause.  Social action or community service, needs to be part of all GT programs.  Students need it, the community needs it, our future needs it.  Blogging is such a simple way to start, to get connected to others doing good in the world. 

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