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College Planning and
(Early) College Success Stories |
| New article, Exposure Does the Media Exploit Highly
Gifted Children?
in Highly, Exceptionally,
and Profoundly Gifted |
| A new affiliate, Chapters.Indigo.ca,
for our Canadian friends, in Shop
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| High-Achieving Studnets in the Era of NCLB
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in Gifted Education
and Proficiency Testing |
| New Hoagies' Page article IB or Not IB?
in Gifted Programs |
| Caring for Your Introvert: The habits and needs of a
little-understood group
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in Learning Styles |
| Michael Clay Thompson Videos
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in Curriculum
Resources and Homeschool Curricula |
| The Invention of Hugo Cabret
,
in Hot Topics Reading List:
Mystery |
| New page of College
Summer Research Programs, in Programs for Gifted Children
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| The Cluster Grouping Handbook: A Schoolwide Model Book
with CD-ROM
 , in
Grouping Gifted Children |
| Conceptis Puzzles
,
in Kids & Teens: Brain
Teasers |
| Michael Clay Thompson Language Arts Curriculum
,
in Humanities & Linguistics
Gifted and Educational
Products |
| Classroom Identification of Visual-Spatial Learners:
Differentiation Strategies For Creating a Successful
Classroom
, in
Visual-Spatial Learners and
Professional Books |
| 77 Optical Illusions & Visual Phenomena
,
in Kids & Teens:
Brain Teasers... |
| In Hot Topics Reading
List: On Being Gifted...
 | The Star Pupil: A Dot's Quest to Find His Place in
the World
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| The Zippity-Do-Dot: The Dot Who Dared to Pick Her
Knows
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| New page, Does Our
Middle School Have ADHD?, in
On A Lighter Note... and
Attention Deficit (AD/HD) |
| Institute for Research and Policy on Acceleration (IRPA)
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in Academic Acceleration |
| Top Kid
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in Identification of Gifted
Children and On A Lighter
Note... |
| Do Grades or Standardized Test Scores Make the Student?
in Gifted Education
and Proficiency Testing |
| Anti-spyware update, in PC
Security
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| Shift Happens: Did You Know? and Did You Know 2.0
, in
Kids & Teens: Computers
and Technology and the Gifted Child |
| PhotoSynth (based on SeaDragon)
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in Kids & Teens:
Computers |
| TED
,
in Kids & Teens: Variety
Store |
| Happy 11th Birthday to
Hoagies' Gifted
Education Page!
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| August Rush
,
in Movies Featuring Gifted Kids
(and Adults!) |
| The Adventures of Everyday Genius...
,
in Hot Topics Reading List: On
Being Gifted & Learning Disabled, including
| If You're So Smart, How Come Can't You Spell
Mississippi?
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| Stacey Coolidge's Fancy Smancy Cursive Handwriting
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| Mrs. Gorski, I Think I Have The Wiggle Fidgets
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| Last to Finish: A Story About the Smartest Boy in
Math
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| Words That Make a Difference
and More Words that Make a Difference
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in Hot Topics Reading List:
Potpourri: Words! |
| Use of the WISC-IV for Gifted Identification, an NAGC
Position Statement
,
in
Identification and
Testing and Assessment |
| Ability Grouping, an NAGC Position Statement
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in Grouping Gifted Children |
| Scholastic BookWizard BookAlike
,
in Reading Lists |
| A Comparison of the WISC-III and the Otis-Lennon School
Ability Test with Students Referred for Learning
Disabilities, in What Do the
Tests Tell Us?
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| Harcourt Assessment WISC-IV Technical Report #7 WISC–IV
Extended Norms
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in Testing and Assessment and
An Inventory of Tests |
| Critical Issues and Practices in Gifted Education: What
the Research Says
, in
Gifted Education
and Readings on Gifted Children |
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| Flying Spaghetti Monster treats with working (and
edible!) googly eyes
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in Kids & Teens: Variety
Store and Kids & Teens:
Art (these really are a work of art!) |
| Dear Colleague Letter: Access by Students with
Disabilities to Accelerated Programs
,
in Twice Exceptional |
June 30 2008
June 16-27 2008
| The New York Times SET Puzzle, in
Kids & Teens: Brain Teasers
and Kids & Teens: Daily! |
| I Will Derive, in Kids & Teens:
Math and On A Lighter
Note... |
| High-Achieving Studnets in the Era of NCLB
,
in Gifted Education
and Proficiency Testing |
| Weighing Nondrug Options for A.D.H.D., in
Attention Deficit (AD/HD) |
| Compass Constructions: Activities for Using a Compass
and Straightedge, in Curriculum Resources |
| In (Early) College Planning
and Success Stories...
| 15-year-old high school grad prepares for college
this fall |
| Where do you go when you're too smart for school? |
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| New Hoagies' Page article IB or Not IB?
in Gifted Programs |
| What to Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck: A Kid's Guide to
Overcoming OCD ,
in Twice Exceptional
and 2E (Twice Exceptional) Books |
| In Bullies and Bullying...
| Practical Strategies for Sensitive Souls |
| Study: Gifted Students Become Bully Magnets |
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| Caring for Your Introvert: The habits and needs of a
little-understood group
,
in Learning Styles |
| In Curriculum Resources...
| Advanced Placement Classroom: Hamlet
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| Advanced Placement Classroom: Romeo and Juliet
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| Michael Clay Thompson Videos
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in Curriculum
Resources and Homeschool Curricula |
| Cognitive Benefits of Learning Languages, in
Humanities & Linguistics
Gifted and
Creatively Gifted |
| Jordan on failure and success, in
Education Quotes |
| Wisdom from Caine, in Gifted
Education Quotes |
| The Liberty School Head of School, in
Gifted Help Wanted! |
| Giftedness: A Motivational Perspective, in
Gifted Underachievement |
| Middle-School Parents Have Good Intentions but Little
“College Knowledge,” in Gifted in Middle School and
(Early) College Planning and Success Stories |
| 2008 Trash to Treasure Contest deadline extended to
August 31st, in Contests and Awards |
June 2-14 2008
| The Private Eye School: More One-Hour Mysteries for the
Classroom
, in
Curriculum Resources |
| ACT vs. SAT - which test should I take and why? in
Proficiency Testing |
| Kids' College at Millersville University, in
Summer and Saturday Programs |
| Summer Institute on Academic Diversity (VA), in
Gifted Conferences |
| Discovery Education/3M Young Scientist Challenge, in
Contests and Awards |
| The Invention of Hugo Cabret
,
in Hot Topics Reading List:
Mystery |
| In Hot Topics Reading
List: On Being Gifted: Fiction...
| Mildew on the Wall |
| Spiders on the Ceiling |
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| In Gifted Conferences:
2009...
| Pennsylvania Association for Gifted Education (PAGE) |
| SENG (Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted)
Annual Conference |
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| Curriculum Specialist - Talented & Gifted, Oregon, in
Gifted Help Wanted! |
| Hello World! Computer Programming for Kids and Other
Beginners, in Hot Topics
Reading List: Mathematics and Programming |
| Trilobite Cookies, in a new section
Cooking for Fun in
Hoagies' Kids & Teens: Variety
Store |
| Junior Master Gardener, in
Kids & Teens: Young Kids |
| In Summer and Saturday
Programs...
| Apple Camps, free, all over the country! |
| MIST Academy Summer Institute (AL) |
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| Circular logic, in
Ridiculous Things I Heard Today |
| The Challenge of Parenting the Gifted & Talented (PA),
in Gifted Conferences |
| The Great Brain series, in
Hot Topics Reading List:
Early Readers: Longer Chapter Books |
| A2Z Homeschool Chat, in
Gifted Mailing Lists,
Message Boards, Blogs |
| In Kids & Teens: Math: Escher...
| Escher and the Droste effect |
| M.C. Escher Official Website |
| The Mathematical Art of M.C. Escher |
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| In You Know You're the
Parent of a Gifted Child When...
| Studying trends |
| The Wiggly tube |
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| David Palmer (CA), in Psychologists familiar with the Gifted |
| Meet the Nominees
in Gifted Teacher and
Administrator of the Year Contest! |
| YNYCIGW or YKYtPoaGCW, in Acronyms, Terms, and other things we need to know |
| Affective development of gifted students with
nontraditional talents, in
Social / Emotional
Aspects of Giftedness |
May 16-31 2008
| In Bullies and Bullying...
| Bullies to Buddies |
| Sticks and Stones: 7 Ways Your Child Can Deal with
Teasing, Conflict, and Other Hard Times
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| InventNow, in Kids & Teens:
Science and Young Kids |
| A Computational Introduction to Number Theory and
Algebra, in Online Text
Materials: Math |
| New page of College
Summer Research Programs, in Programs for Gifted Children including...
| IGERT Summer Research for Undergraduates |
| NASA Robotics Academy |
| Off-Campus Opportunities |
| Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
program |
| Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURF) |
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| Technicality keeps Grapevine High's top student from
being valedictorian, in
Ridiculous Things I Heard Today |
| 2008 Trash to Treasure Contest, in
Contests and Awards |
| A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the
Future, in
Creatively Gifted
and Learning Styles |
| Secondary Gifted Support Teacher, Hempfield School
District (PA), in Gifted
Help Wanted! |
| The Cluster Grouping Handbook: A Schoolwide Model Book
with CD-ROM
, in
Grouping Gifted Children |
| Subway Every Sandwich Tells a Story Contest, in
Contests and Awards |
| LolCats are gifted, too! in On A Lighter Note... |
| Wooden Periodic Table Table, in
Kids & Teens: Science |
| In Proficiency Testing...
| New York 8th-Graders Boycott Practice Exam But
Teacher May Get Ax |
| Seattle teacher, suspended for refusing to give WASL,
calls test "bad for kids" |
| Texas test resister wins multiple scholarships |
| Marin students boycott state test: Achievement test
boycotted in Marin district, Schools left ineligible for
state reward funds |
| Blue Books Closed, Students Protest State Tests |
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| Wiliam & Mary Curriuclum Units, in
Educational Products and
Curriculum Resources
| Beyond Base Ten (Mathematics, grades 3–6) |
| Spatial Reasoning (Mathematics, grades 2–4) |
| Water Works (Physical Science, grades K–1) |
| What's the Matter? (Physical Science, grades 2–3) |
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| Elements of the Scienauts, in
Smart Card Games |
| In
Gifted Conferences...
(in order by date)
| RIAGE Meeting of the Minds: Professional Development
Workshop (RI) |
| Pennsylvania Gifted Institute |
| CTD Opportunities for the Future Family Conference
(IL) |
| NACE Challenge Award 'Take Away' Training For
Leading Teachers of Gifted and Talented Education (U.K.) |
| Annual Institute for Teachers of Gifted Youth (SD) |
| California Homeschooling Network Family Expo |
| Mississippi Association for Gifted Children (MAGC) |
| TAG (Tennessee) Annual Conference |
| Alabama Association for Gifted Children (AAGC) |
| Michigan Alliance for Gifted Education (MAGE) |
| Kansas Association for Gifted, Talented and Creative
(KGTC) |
| Iowa Talented and Gifted Association (ITAG) |
| Maryland State Conference on Gifted & Talented
Education (MEGS) |
| Advocacy for Gifted and Talented Education in New
York State (AGATE) |
| Minnesota Council for the Gifted and Talented (MCGT)
Annual Conference |
| Oregon Association for Talented and Gifted (OATAG) |
| Minnesota Educators of the Gifted and Talented (MEGT) |
| Indiana Association for the Gifted (IAG/IDOE) |
| Kentucky Association for Gifted Education (KAGE) |
| Nebraska Association for the Gifted (NAG) |
| Beyond Giftedness XVI (CO) |
| Arkansas Association for Gifted and Talented (AGATE) |
| North Carolina Association of Gifted & Talented (NCAGT/PAGE) |
| Best Practices Institute (VA) |
| American Mensa Mind Games (OH) |
| Florida Association of the Gifted State Conference
(FLAG) |
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| Conceptis Puzzles
,
in Kids & Teens: Brain
Teasers |
| Professor makes black hole breakthroughs, ballads, in
Scientifically Gifted
and Creatively Gifted |
| Are gifted students getting left out? in
Identification of Gifted
Children |
| An old soul contemplates motherhood, in
You Know You're the Parent of a
Gifted Child When... |
| Taglet, in Acronyms, Terms,
and other things we need to know
| Also added BRB, CBT, Chat-Speak, Dually Identified,
Flame, FYI, <g>, ILL, IM, Netiquette, Red-Shirting, and
Spam... |
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| Skipped three grades, in
Grade Skipped and
Successful...
| Robert M. Brown, Geraldine Ferraro, Marie Ponsot |
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| Skipped two grades, in
Grade Skipped and
Successful...
| Alice L. Bryan, Sir Edmund Hillary, John Legend, Yo-Yo Ma |
| Natalie Angier, Charlie Crawford, Herb Deromedi |
| Priscilla Galloway, Maude F. Gatewood, Steven Hebert |
| Shari Huhndorf, Jena Malone, Nellie McKay |
| Rex Murphy, Louise Sklar, Aaron Ward |
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| Skipped one grades, in Grade Skipped and
Successful...
| Elizabeth Berrien, John Ciardi, Michael Doleac |
| Kevin Johnson, Amobi Okoye, Barbara Sproul |
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| Still more in Grade Skipped and
Successful...
| Murray Gell-Mann, Arthur Kornberg, Richard Nixon,
Philip Roth |
| Charles Miller, chair of Commission on the Future of Higher
Education |
| Lauren Bacall, Gordon Brown, Warren Buffett, Ellen Burstyn |
| Hanna Holborn Gray, Robert Klein, Stan Lee, Jack Nicholson |
| Alma Powell, Patti Reagan, Ronald Reagan, Eugene V. Rostow |
| Walt Whitman Rostow, Murray N. Rothbard, Earl Shaw, Gerry Spence |
| Fran Tarkenton, Earl Warren, Jeffrey Zucker |
| and there are lots more where these came from! |
|
May 1-14 2008
| Aristotle and Johnson, in
Gifted Education Quotes |
| Pacific Center for Creative Learning (PCCL), in
Schools for the Gifted |
| In Gifted Conferences...
| 3D Learner Workshop for Psychologists and Other
Professionals (FL) |
| National Curriculum Network Conference (NCNC) (VA) |
| Gettysburg Area PAGE Annual Meeting (PA) |
|
| In
Music for Gifted Mind...
| Zak Morgan |
| Jonathan Coulton |
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| Best Practices Institute: Connecting with Kids (PA), in
Gifted Conferences |
| In Grade Skipped and
Successful...
| Nathan Myhrvold, Karen Grassle, William Deane Hawkins |
| Alia Sabur, World’s youngest professor can’t legally drink, also in (Early) College Planning
and Success Stories |
| Hideo Itokawa, Alan Kotok, Huey Lewis, Robin Milhausen |
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| In Gifted Education...
| Seeking Teachers for Gifted Children |
| The age of educational romanticism: On requiring every child to be above
average |
|
| Stories with Twists, in
Curriculum Resources |
| Michael Clay Thompson Language Arts Curriculum
,
in Humanities & Linguistics
Gifted and Educational
Products |
| Show, don't tell: A CEO defies dyslexia, in
Dyslexia, Dysgraphia and
Dyscalculia |
| Terri Bowersock, in 2e
and Exceptional! |
| Helping a Child With Nonverbal Learning Disorder or
Asperger's Disorder: A Parent's Guide
,
in Nonverbal Learning
Disorder and 2E (Twice
Exceptional) Books |
| Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking, in
Inventory of Tests |
| Hot Issues, Cool Choices: Facing Bullies, Peer Pressure,
Popularity, and Put-downs
, in
Bullies and Bullying |
| They're Not Bringing My Brain Out
, in
Curriculum Differentiation
and Professional Books |
| Suzanne M. James (KY/OH), in
Psychologists familiar with
the Gifted |
| Classroom Identification of Visual-Spatial Learners:
Differentiation Strategies For Creating a Successful
Classroom
, in
Visual-Spatial Learners and
Professional Books |
| Abstract Math Produces Tangible Learning, Study Finds, and Study
Suggests Math Teachers Scrap Balls and Slices, in
Mathematically Gifted and
Learning Styles |
| Help Is On Its Way: A Memoir About Growing Up Sensitive, in
Sensitivities |
| MoleClues, in Contests and Awards |
| Homeschool2CollegeLife, in
Gifted
Mailing Lists, Message Boards, Blogs |
| In Kids & Teens: Art,
Theater, Music...
|
| In Hot Topics Reading
List: Puzzle Books...
| Math Logic Mysteries |
| Math Puzzles and Patterns for Kids |
|
| Superstructs Super Set and Superstructs Gears Expansion
Pack, in Smart
Construction Toys |
| In Smart
Hands-On Toys...
| Thinkfun Izzi |
| Tavern Puzzles, including Self Restraint, Lyon's Loops,
Doozie, and many more! |
| Tricky Two-Way Puzzles |
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| Animator vs. Animation, in
Kids & Teens: Programming |
| In Kids & Teens:
Brain Teasers...
| 77 Optical Illusions & Visual Phenomena
|
|
 The
Truth About the Spinning Dancer |
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| In Hot Topics Reading
List: On Being Gifted...
| The Star Pupil: A Dot's Quest to Find His Place in
the World
|
| The Zippity-Do-Dot: The Dot Who Dared to Pick Her
Knows
|
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| Making Mathematics with Needlework: Ten Papers and Ten
Projects
, in
Knitting and Crocheting and
Hot Topics Reading List:
Mathematics and Programming |
| How Does the Show Go On? in
Hot Topics Reading List:
Potpourri: Theater |
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