Description
Traveling at a rate of a tool per minute, this fast-paced and informative session will help bring your technology toolbox up to speed by categorizing and reviewing resources designed to promote creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, and productivity in you and your gifted students.
In this course you will learn:
- Numerous ways to find online resources that promote creativity and creative thinking
- How to promote collaboration among students through the use of technology
- Ways in which critical thinking can be embedded in all content areas
Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.
Michelle – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
I like how fast paced the course was. A lot of different options were presented in a short amount of time. There are some new tools I want to check out more to possibly use with my students.
Andrea – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
The instructor provided many resources for teachers to explore on their own to see what would work best for each individual classroom. He gave a brief overview and enough information for educators to know if they would be interested in that technology tool.
Lane – EANES ISD (verified owner) –
Easy to find something applicable to your class.
Lori – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas! Very applicable. Just enough information about each tool to get me interested to learn more.
Laree – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
This was exactly what I hoped it would be! THere were so many digital options and opportunities that Brian presented. This was so worth my time! MORE LIKE THIS!! I’d especially love to hear more that is related to google – not necessarily MAC products.
Pamela – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Great information, very useful.
jaime – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Great resources were provided. Awesome apps and web based sites thank you so much
George – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
I liked the workshop, it gave me tool box of apps that i can use with the gifted child. I excited to try them out this coming year.
Lissett – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very helpful information.
Melissa – Angleton ISD (verified owner) –
Great resurces.
Tracy – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great way to learn about new sites.
Melissa – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
Helpful technology tips and apps.
Summer – LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISD (verified owner) –
Great format and presentation. Just needs to be redone with more current sites/apps. Especially in light of Pandemic and virtual teaching.
Raquel – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
I had never heard of some of the tech tools and am very interested to go search them and give them a try.
Raul – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
This was by far the most interesting and informative course.
Chere – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
With so many school districts unsure of what the next school year will look like, I was thrilled to have some new tools in my technology tool box.
Tracy – HUTTO ISD (verified owner) –
This was a very interesting and helpful course. I would really recommend for middle and high school teachers.
Alisha – Private Pay (verified owner) –
Great quick overview of tech resources. This seems to be rather dated as there are many new resources available and many of the ones discussed have been around for some time now.
Lindsay – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
The course was good. I’m now familiar with many, many tool options to advance the use of technology in my classroom, particularly with GT students.
Esmeralda – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
Thank you so much! I loved the fact that you had updated resources!
ZANDRA – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
I was able to see different types of apps that are useful for different age students.
Claudia – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Alot of good resources that we can use to teach online.
gina – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
Great ideas
Diana – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I love all the tools provided and I cannot wait to utilize in my classroom.
Beth – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Great, useful resources!
Carlos – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very good on useful apps.
Lindsey – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
This was great, so many good resources and ideas to take back to the classroom!
Gayle – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
Very useful in gaining new ideas
Lorraine – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This was an abundance of resources for digital learning. Very helpful.
Gina – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
Love tech loaded courses like these… especially with distance learning a real possibility next year.
Kimberly – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
I wish I could have seen the websites as he was talking about them.
Amy – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I love the fast pace overview of all the tech tools. I learned about several tools I can now go explore and take back to my classroom in the fall. Thank you.
Moises – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
I found some of these apps to be really useful
Debra – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative. I have taken note of a few programs I intend on using within my classroom. The presenter does a great job of getting to the gist of what the programs are about.
Lee Anne – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
This course has many great ideas fot use technology in the classroom.
Kathryn – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great training with useful information.
Jessica – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting course
Taylor – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
Great course. Loved the tools that were mentioned. Will be using several next year.
Lusila – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
great
Ana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
good
Jon – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
excellent resource
Brianna – Angleton ISD (verified owner) –
I loved this course. He explained everything and gave examples of how to use it in your clasroom.
Keith – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
It was a kind of information overload but at least it gave you a lot of different apps and ideas that you can now spend time playing with on your own time to see what would work best for you and your classroom.
Cheryl – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
Electing to engage in the 60 Tech Tools in 60 Minutes was time well spent for me as an educator as I am always looking for new and creative ways to engage my students in learning. I feel like this course was pointed and provided a great tidbit of so many resources that are available to teachers. I just needed to know what was out there.
Ana – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was a great way to quickly view so many useful apps. It gives enough to allow educators to pick and choose which ones to explore at a later time.
SYLVIA – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Great way to view different apps students and teachers can use when using social media, instructional ideas to use in the classroom.
Marlene – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
It gives you descriptions of many apps available that can be used in the classroom.
Jennifer – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great course with easy to use impactful resources for learning.
Laura – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
Wow! That was a lot of great resources for me to check out! Great explanations of the sites, too.
Marta – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great