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Click here to download the flyer with registration information (PDF) What: What can you do with students who already know much of what you’re about to teach? This hands-on, interactive class will present specific tools that are realistic and effective to challenge gifted learners in a regular classroom. Participants will leave with a “Tool Kit” full of easy-toimplement strategies to nurture and challenge gifted and talented learners including tools for: Identification, Pre-assessment, Curriculum Compacting, Flexible grouping, Learning centers, Open-ended tasks, Product options, Research Independent study, Tiered instruction, Students as producers, And creative thinking and inquiry. Target Audience: K-8 Educators Date: Wednesday & Thursday June 8-9, 2011 Time: 8:30 a.m.-12:00 noon 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. daily Site: MSU Northern Hagener Science Center Room 112 Havre, MT

He knows nearly every dinosaur and the era they came from, but gets so frustrated by handwriting that he struggles to complete book reports. The 8-year-old Berwyn resident already has developed plots for three more “Star Wars” sequels, but sometimes lacks the social skills to effectively communicate with his classmates and teachers.

Researchers have found that, in the right circumstances, it is possible for students from special populations to complete an online class and demonstrate as much academic learning as those who completed a face-to-face course. They caution, however, that using that conclusion to justify any particular online learning option for special education, English-language-learner, at-risk, and gifted students in need of an intervention is perilous, at best.

MISSOULA - A a Sentinel High School student with autism received a once in a lifetime gift on Thursday.

New gadgets and mobile apps introduced in the past few years are making reading, writing and math more accessible to students with learning disabilities.

A new scholarship program launched this summer by the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth will give bright, low-income rural students the chance to take part in a challenging summer program at sites across the country.

Click here for full conference information and registration What: Want an intriguing conference that will channel you and your students to an invigorating new level, change the current path of your classroom, and set the course for change in your school? Then don't miss the 2011 August Institute. There is something for everyone regardless of how you perceive your classroom technology integration skills and teaching. You’ll leave with new ideas, knowledge of at least one free online application and many techniques to set your students on an exciting path of innovation and self motivation. When: August 8-10, 2011 Where: Phyllis J. Washington Education Building - University of Montana Missoula, MT Conference Highlights: Keynote address and presentations by Kevin Honeycutt (Teaching Wired Learners) Half-day sessions (novice & intermediate) with Tony Vincent (Project-based Learning) Wes Fryer ( iPhoneography 101; Talk with Media: Simple Ideas for Powerful Sharing and SmartNetworks) Concert with Chance McKinney Technology workshops for both novice and Intermediate users Technology coaches to support participants during workshops for novice users Presentations by our regional technologists, Diane Woodard and Dean Phillips Monday Evening Poster sessions highlighting Best Practices in Technology by teachers participating in the SLATE grants Tuesday Evening – Tech in the Wild session – using technology outside the school walls Ability to earn 2 semester credits or 22 OPI renewal credits Plus...many of our other sessions on school culture, RTI, special education, Indian Education, gifted ed, reading and math interventions … and much, much more