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Thursday, January 9, 2014
U Class offering
Monday, December 9, 2013
Who Done It?!?
Check out this website:
http://www.whodunnit.com
Each mystery is a report written in the 1st person perspective about a fictional crime. Your students read the investigation while role-playing as private detectives, and then either write about, or discuss, the possible culprit. Only then do you reveal to them the "resolution" for the case. You'll be amazed at how much your students love these reading assignments.
http://www.whodunnit.com
Each mystery is a report written in the 1st person perspective about a fictional crime. Your students read the investigation while role-playing as private detectives, and then either write about, or discuss, the possible culprit. Only then do you reveal to them the "resolution" for the case. You'll be amazed at how much your students love these reading assignments.
Thursday, November 21, 2013
2013 Summer Camp Opportunity for Gifted Students
Summer Opportunities
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Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Websites for Parents of Gifted Children
The National Research Center on
Gifted and Talented (NRC/GT), sponsored by the U.S.
Department of Education, investigates, develops, and disseminates new methods
for identifying and teaching gifted students. The NRC/GT, located at the
University of Connecticut, is run collaboratively with the University of
Virginia and Yale University, and works in conjunction with more than 300
public school district research study sites.
The National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) is
an organization of parents, educators, other professionals and community
leaders to address the unique needs of children and youth. Membership includes
a subscription to Parenting for High Potential, a magazine with
articles geared to the development of talent.
You can search State Resources
for Gifted Education and Individual State Gifted Organizations on the NAGC
website by clicking on the heading "Gifted By State." The Council
for Exceptional Children (CEC) is the largest international professional
organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with
exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and/or the gifted.
The Association for the Gifted (TAG) organized in 1958 by The Council for Exceptional
Children, helps professionals and parents work with gifted children.
The mission of National Society
for the Gifted and Talented is to advance the development of gifted,
talented, and high potential youth, in the United States and abroad, through
opportunities, advocacy, and exemplary programs and practices.
The Association for the Education of
Gifted Underachieving Students
(AEGUS) provides a forum for ideas and interventions aimed at helping
twice-exceptional students reach their full potential.
The Davidson Institute for
Talent Development has extensive resources for highly gifted students (and
their parents). You can access articles by selecting "Browse by
Topic" or "Search GT-Cybersource" from the "Resources"
header in the pull-down top bar menu bar.
Supporting Emotional Needs
of the Gifted (SENG) focuses primarily on the adults (parents, educators,
etc) in the lives of gifted children. SENG provides information on identification,
guidance, and effective ways to live and work with gifted individuals.
Hoagies' Gifted Education Page is a resource guide for the education of gifted children
with links to many gifted education resources available on the Internet.
Gifted-Children.com:
Identification, Encouragement, and Development (GCC) is an on-line parents'
newsletter with networking and information dedicated to making a difference in
the education of children with special talents and abilities.
Great Resources for Discovering and
Encouraging Interests:
EduHound: Everything for Education
K12: www.eduhound.com
Filamentality "Learning
Web": www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil
The Academy of Achievement: www.achievement.org
Information ascertained from: http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/parents/parentws.html
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Look at the Creativity!
Artist Scott Weaver had already begun
work on this insanely complex kinetic sculpture, Rolling through the
Bay, that he continues to modify and expand even today. The elaborate
sculpture is comprised of multiple “tours” that move ping pong balls through
neighborhoods, historical locations, and iconic symbols of San Francisco, all
recreated with a little glue, some toothpicks, and an incredible amount of
ingenuity. He admits in the video that there are several toothpick sculptures
even larger than his, but none has the unique kinetic components he’s
constructed. Via his website Weaver estimates he’s spent over 3,000 hours on the
project, and the toothpicks have been sourced from around the world.
Check out the following webpage and the Vimeo after the pictures to see the amazing masterpiece he created. Toothpick Masterpiece
Friday, September 6, 2013
Top Homeschooling Curriculum Award 2013
Steubenville, Ohio…Jefferson County Educational
Service Center (JCESC) is pleased to announce that JCESC Virtual Learning
Academy has been awarded Top Homeschooling Curriculum Award for 2013 by
Homeschool.com.
This honor
was awarded by a team review from Homeschool.com and vote by home school
families, using online curriculum. The Homeschool.com review of JCESC Virtual
Learning Academy can be found at: http://www.homeschool.com/productreviews/Virtual_Learning_Academy/
Some
of the review highlights include: Flexible, customizable, and interactive, Updated for current and relevant
material on an ongoing basis, Designed
to promote reading and the ability to analyze and articulate thoughts, Self-paced,
Designed to work well with all learning styles -- created to use an Active
Learning Style and Composed of streaming video, audio and podcasts, and pdf
downloads.
In existence
since 2001, JCESC VLA offers over 100 courses that are fully aligned with the
Ohio Academic Content Standards and is one of only 8 ESCs in the nation to
receive national accreditation by North Central Association on Accreditation
and School Improvement (NCA CASI), an accreditation division of AdvancED. JCESC VLA provides an extensive portfolio of
web-based curriculum spanning grades K-12, offered through a user-friendly
Learning Management System that can be easily navigated by students of all ages
and abilities.
Homeschool
families looking for online curriculum are encouraged to contact the JCESC
Virtual Learning Academy. For more information and full course listing from the
JCESC Virtual Learning Academy, please visit the website at: www.jcesc.k12.oh.us, email: vlainfo@omeresa.net or call: 740.283.3347.
Contact: Teresa Silvestri
740.317.4206
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