This website addresses why teachers should have their students create new media assignments and provides suggested assignments that teachers can have their students do. The website also has links that will be helpful in having students create media assignments including a link on how to assess these assignments.
This website provides ten different ideas for video projects that teachers can assign to their students. It provides an example video for each idea and explains how to do these videos and why they are beneficial.
This website gives an in depth overview of how to use video in the classroom. It addresses video curriculum, how to record and edit videos, what formats to save videos in, different programs that can be used by students to make videos, video sharing sites, and how to integrate these videos in teaching.
This webpage has multiple links for different media projects teachers can assign to their students such as narrated art or a digital story. Within each link, a definition, workflow, and appropriate tools are provided for teachers. Also included are videos & tutorials and examples for students.
This webpage explains why teachers need to assess student learning and provides links on how to assess student made blogs, wikis, websites, voicethread projects, podcasts, and video projects.
This video is very useful because it explains the basic concepts of differentiating instruction. It gives a strong overview of the content that will be covered throughout the week.
This website contains links to useful sites that provide information on different types of learning styles. It also gives sources for more tools for differentiation.
This link is a great guide to IEP's for people who have never dealt with one before. This is aimed toward the perspective of a student who wants to be a part of their IEP.
Great to follow.. He has a lot of info and resources for Gifted and Talented. He interacts with his followers alot and takes part in #gtchat
Ian Byrd
@ByrdseedGifted
I write and speak about gifted education. I also dabble in programming, guitar strumming, and surf boarding. You might find me at Disneyland.
Seal Beach, CA
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byrdseed.com
Twitter chat specifically for Gifted and Talented. There are many resources available here as well as they answer really important questions. Also, shout out to @gtchat because they talk to Toby on twitter.