Description
In days past, employers were impressed by graduates who had impressive stores of knowledge. But as the Internet and search engines have leveled the playing field, students need to focus on another set of skills. Do you know the top skills employers will be seeking from your students? Andi McNair has made it easy to make meaningful use of technology to teach your gifted students marketable lifelong skills.
In this course, you will learn to:
- Focus on the skills employers want from grads
- Use technology in innovative ways
- Avoid common time-wasting uses of technology
- Use apps and websites that engage gifted minds
Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.
This course is aligned with 2016 ODE Teacher Competencies a, b, c, f, g and NAGC Teacher Preparation Standards 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 5.2.
Don – PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD (verified owner) –
This course helped me see/identify meaningful technology that we can use in the classroom.
yolanda – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
very informative
Chad – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
It was fine. Not a lot of new info for me.
tina – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
A lot of information!!
Maria – NORTHSIDE ISD – SAN ANTONIO – REGION 20 (verified owner) –
Awesome Tools that are ready to use. I loved how the presenter shared ideas on how to use each of them in the classroom.
Laurie – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
I saw Andi a few years ago at a TAGT conference. I was so impressed by her enthusiasm and her wonderful ideas. When I saw this course offered, I immediately signed up!
Kim – Maysville Local Schools (verified owner) –
Very valuable sites to use in the classroom.
Michael – MCKINNEY ISD (verified owner) –
Quick and to the point.
Todd – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
It had great ideas for technology for the classroom.
Allison – GALENA PARK ISD (verified owner) –
Very useful tools for students of various learning abilities
Deanna – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
I liked this course. The presenter was so relevant!
Theresa – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
Lots of good resources that I’ve never heard about.
Kimberly – Private Pay (verified owner) –
it had a lot og good technology resources.
Julie – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
Many things were applicable to an elementary classroom, but would be difficult to apply to a college classroom. There were a lot of helpful suggestions.
Kristina – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
I liked the course, but some of the resources are a bit old now.
Bethany – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
Incredible! It’s a very quick training but very useful. This teacher/presenter talks about her own experience in using it with her class and has some great ideas.
Laura – ELYRIA CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
Lots of great ideas you can implement in your classroom to make learning more meaningful.
Meghan – PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD (verified owner) –
Though it was very informative, it was overwhelming with all the technology discussed.
Maricela – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
5 stars
Lilly – MONROEVILLE LOCAL (verified owner) –
It provided good technology resources for me
Adriana – Pilot (verified owner) –
This course is very relevant as it has an abundance of technology applications that may be immediately implemented in the classroom.
MARGARET – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –
Useful technology links that I can use in my classroom.
Heather – SINTON ISD (verified owner) –
Speaker was good. Links were missing or gave me problems. She showed a lot of things on her screen for the talks that did not transfer over in the video well so it was hard to follow her talk. Not a lot of help for the high school classes.
Megan – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
It was super helpful. I can’t wait to take back what I learned to my classroom.
Josue – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) –
Great Course
Andrew – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
Great list of relevant software.
Adriana – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting. Learned about other apps for teaching with technology.
Jennifer – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
Fantastic up to date technology ideas and sites to use in the classroom.
Terri – HILLSBORO ISD (verified owner) –
Enjoyed the course, but I would like something that is directly related to secondary students.
Christa – VIDOR ISD (verified owner) –
It is really nice to b e able to complete th is module at my own pace.
Anna L. – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It was a good way to explore some technology programs to help students present or communication their response to an assignment.
Chrystal – MIDLAND ISD (verified owner) –
It has great tools and resources.
Cynthia – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great module. It was fast paced and very informative. To use the presenters own words “very meaningful.”
Conchetta – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Great sites that can keep students engaged.
Sheila – HALLETTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
liked sites shared
Veronica – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Very excited about available websites (tools). We traditional teachers need to let go of fear and have students help us with these lessons.
Michelle – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this course.
Victoria – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It was very interesting and useful.
Verona – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
Best for junior high or high school teachers!
Arlina – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
There were so many technology websites introduced for the classroom environment that I can’t wait to try them all.
Laura – DELAWARE CITY (verified owner) –
Amazing course! I was taking notes the whole time and feel energized and ready to go with my new ideas!
Katherine – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
Andi is fantastic! Great ideas and technology that I had never heard of!
MARIA – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I really liked the websites she shared.
Marina – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
Gained knowledge on some technology websites that I had not seen or heard of before. Thanks for this training.
Julie – Colonel Crawford Local Schools (verified owner) –
Andi shares a lot of grest tech resources. Love the TX accent.
Abby – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Good course through which you get information on what employers are looking for in graduates. This will improve understanding on how to better assist your students.
Brandi – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPUS CH (verified owner) –
This was a great course! Amy was a great presenter and shared wonderful ideas.
Alma – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
JANICE – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –
I learned about websites that can help me in the classroom.
Jody – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
great resources