Building Critical Thinking Skills and Infusing Creativity and Creative Thinking Skills into the Gifted and Talented Classroom (6-Hour)

$90.00

Presenter: Bob Iseminger, Pieces of Learning
Core Area: Differentiated Curriculum
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary
Hours: 6

What good is a tool if we do not teach a child how to use it? If information is a tool, critical thinking skills are the key to making that information useful for our students. In this course, you will learn how technology in the 21st century has changed the way G/T students interact with information and how it helps them build critical thinking skills in the classroom and beyond.  

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Description

The current cohort of high school students are the first in history to grow up as digital natives. That means they are the first generation to be surrounded by digital media since birth. At a time when information is more available than ever, critical thinking and creativity are at a low in our student populations. In Building Critical Thinking Skills and Infusing Creativity and Creative Thinking Skills into the Gifted and Talented Classroom, Bob Iseminger tackles these tough challenges with practical application for your G/T classroom.

In this 6-hour course, you will learn:

  • The definition of critical thinking
  • The many types of learning supported by the brain
  • Lower and higher level questioning The auditory/sequential and visual/spatial processes of the brain
  • Strategies for developing creative thinking
This course is aligned with 2016 ODE Teacher Competencies a, b, c, f, g and NAGC Teacher Preparation Standards 3.1, 5.1, 5.2.

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704 reviews for Building Critical Thinking Skills and Infusing Creativity and Creative Thinking Skills into the Gifted and Talented Classroom (6-Hour)

  1. Gregory – NEDERLAND ISD (verified owner)

    I think this is a good way of taking a course such as this one if you are unable to attend in person for whatever may be the reason.

  2. Ronald – ALAMO HEIGHTS ISD (verified owner)

    I liked the presenter. Very clear strategies with thoughts about how to use and with what type of students.

  3. Andrea – LAREDO ISD (verified owner)

    This course was very informative and provided me with information that I can utilize in the classroom.

  4. Macey – MARION LOCAL (verified owner)

    I thought this was good to think about.

  5. Maria – LAREDO ISD (verified owner)

    great training

  6. Elsa – LAREDO ISD (verified owner)

    Teaches should definitely take this course.

  7. Jessica – PROSPER ISD (verified owner)

    I like this course. It provided several great strategies to implement in the classroom.

  8. Kaitlyn – TEAYS VALLEY LOCAL (verified owner)

    there are a lot of good strategies within this course that can be taken back and used within any classroom, not just gifted.

  9. Tod – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner)

    Great information! Will use ASAP.

  10. Irene – LAREDO ISD (verified owner)

    This course is filled with ready to use strategies that can be used for all students.

  11. Jessica – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner)

    It was just okay, couple of new strategies to use with your gifted students.

  12. Ada – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner)

    Well informative about the level of questioning and when to implement it.

  13. Susan – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner)

    I love how the presenter gives examples of strategies that will work for me in the classroom.

  14. Erin – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner)

    Useful strategies presented

  15. Jeremy – SPRINGFIELD CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner)

    The course provides many good ideas for fostering critical and creative thinking.

  16. Martin – LA GRANGE ISD (verified owner)

    There were some good simple strategics given to implement right away in your classroom.

  17. Kathleen – SANDUSKY CITY (verified owner)

    Probably one of the best courses on this site. I was writing down new strategies and have already incorporated them into my curriculum.

  18. Selene – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner)

    I like that you can take these courses online at your own pace. I also like that you can retry quizes and go back and review material if needed.

  19. Micah – DAYTON CITY (verified owner)

    I enjoyed this course very much.

  20. Mary – ASHTABULA AREA CITY (verified owner)

    These strategies are very interesting, I will be able to use them in my classroom with mixed abilities.

  21. ALFREDO – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner)

    Very helpful to understand Gifted and Talented students and goos ideas on how to work with them.

  22. casey – LA GRANGE ISD (verified owner)

    The lecture… is a bit droll but very informative

  23. Francelli – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner)

    I thought it was quite enlightening and helpful. I really feel that I am going to use these strategies in my classroom.

  24. Joe – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner)

    excellent course

  25. Michael – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner)

    informative

  26. Brenda – LAREDO ISD (verified owner)

    This was a great course!

  27. Juan – LAREDO ISD (verified owner)

    Wonderful course — well paced and full of useful knowledge.

  28. Jaclyn – DALLAS ISD (verified owner)

    I learned a lot of great strategies

  29. Kawanda – DALLAS ISD (verified owner)

    This was an excellent course. I learned different strategies that I will use in my classroom to get all students involved in the learning process. The activities shared will definitely help foster critical thinking skills with my students.

  30. Delia – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner)

    This course helped with supplying many different strategies to use with our GT students.

  31. Aly – PROSPER ISD (verified owner)

    This was a great course over how to incoorperate higher levels for critical thinking.

  32. Kaylee – PROSPER ISD (verified owner)

    It was engaging and helpful.

  33. Breana – PROSPER ISD (verified owner)

    The course was very helpful and I learned many best practices that I will incorporate in my classroom.

  34. Misty – PROSPER ISD (verified owner)

    This was great. I would love to be able to get the packet associated with the class. I hope that there’s a link I missed that I can get when I click out of the course!

  35. Veronica – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner)

    This course was informative on how to identify some characteristics of gifted students and strategies to apply activities in the classroom.

  36. Andrea – PROSPER ISD (verified owner)

    It was great and I loved the self pace.

  37. Claire – PROSPER ISD (verified owner)

    I appreciate the amount and adaptability of the strategies provided.

  38. Jennifer – LAREDO ISD (verified owner)

    Would really recommend!

  39. Cynthia – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner)

    This was a great course since it provided several different activities that encouraged collaboration and creativity among the students.

  40. James – PROSPER ISD (verified owner)

    Great course

  41. Emily – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner)

    Such a great review!

  42. Leslee – PROSPER ISD (verified owner)

    I appreciated the versatility of the strategies and was able to envision using them across all disciplines.

    A few strategies I will definitely be implementing immediately in the classroom.

  43. Shaina – CIRCLEVILLE CITY (verified owner)

    I thought that the presenter was enthusiastic and focused on real classroom examples!

  44. Kathryn – FORT STOCKTON ISD (verified owner)

    I would like to see more hands on activities especially for the language arts classroom. I did enjoy the activities presented but a lot of them seemed to be focused on math or he used math a lot.

  45. Alecia – PROSPER ISD (verified owner)

    I appreciate it being simple and straightforward. Chunked and applicable.

  46. Brandon – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner)

    The course was very good and I loved the implementation of the videos and questions and activities.

  47. Hillary – Houston Area Co-op for GT (verified owner)

    I really enjoyed this one. It has a lot of strategies that I’m already planning to incorporate into my classes.

  48. Katherine – WORTHINGTON CITY (verified owner)

    This course had multiple activities I’ll be able to apply right away!

  49. Miriam – UNITED ISD (verified owner)

    I enjoyed the portions where it forced me to think critically as well since it gives me a glimpse into how students can be feeling.

  50. Celina – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner)

    I found this course to be most informative.

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