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Technology and the Gifted Child

"For gifted children, there will be information available on almost any interest they have -- anything from sites such as NASA for those interested in Astronomy to sites on literature, geology, history, and Star Trek. Also many of these sites offer more than one-way information. Most WWW authors cheerfully respond to email queries from their pages and will provide specific information requested. Next time you or your child has one of those questions which you can't find an answer, someone on the Internet probably can and will if you ask them." The Internet and Gifted and Talented Children by Gayle Dallaston

Articles and research links first, or click for the Technology itself, below...

Did You Know 2.0 by Karl Fisch on YouTube

"57% of teens on the internet could be called content creators, creating blogs, wikis, or webpages.  Yet 9 out of 10 people do not know what a wiki is, and 9 out of 10 do not know what a podcast is.  Do you?"  And lots more facts about today's teens that today's teachers should know!  Shared with the attendees of the 2007 NAGC Conference. Also watch the original Shift Happens: Did You Know? by Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod
 

Getting an Academic Life in Second Life ,transcript of a live chat with Merrill L. Johnson, associate dean of the University of New Orleans's College of Liberal Arts, in The Chronicle of Higher Education

Colleges around the world are opening virtual campuses in Second Life, a three-dimensional, colorful environment that can be accessed via a computer. One of those campuses is New Orleans Island, which was built by Merrill L. Johnson, an administrator at the University of New Orleans. What is the appeal of Second Life, and what kind of classes does the university hold there? Is Second Life a useful distance-education platform or just frivolous entertainment?
 

Handheld Technology in the Classroom: Respecting and Meeting the Needs of All Writers by Cathy Risberg, in 2e: Twice-Exceptional Newsletter

By honoring our children’s learning preferences, we can offer them the writing options that will help them succeed. In allowing students to choose handheld technology as a tool, we will truly respect and meet their needs as learners and empower them as writers...
 

Helping Kids Get Organized: Some Suggestions for Parents by Ellen D. Fiedler

Bright kids often are “organizationally-challenged.” In fact, the brighter they are, the more likely it is that they will have issues with organization (or, more likely, the grown-ups in their lives will have concerns about their not being organized). Among the reasons for this are: a) they have good memories and, for awhile anyway, are able to rely on remembering where they saw something last,...  Some strategies that may work are... (requires ^{Adobe Reader})
 

The Internet and Gifted and Talented Children by Gayle Dallaston

There are two ways of looking at the Internet -- technically as a network of computers, or socially as a new medium which will have some effect, good and bad, upon our lives
 

La Vida Robot by Joshua Davis, in Wired

Cameron hadn't expected many students to be interested, particularly not a kid like Lorenzo, who was failing most of his classes and perpetually looked like he was about to fall asleep. But Lorenzo didn't have much else to do after school. He didn't want to walk around the streets. He had tried that - he'd been a member of WBP 8th Street, a westside gang. When his friends started to get arrested for theft, he dropped out. He didn't want to go to jail.  That's why he decided to come to Cameron's meeting...
 

The merging of literacy and technology in the 21st century: a bonus for gifted education by Del Siegle

Lists literacy skills related to technology, describes educational activities that promote these skills, and discusses how those activities fit gifted and talented students...
 

Music maestro: some of the best software begins with a blank screen by Del Siegle

What makes an empty container so attractive? Creative possibilities. Parents and educators can learn from the lesson of children at play with empty boxes when selecting software. While a myriad of quality educational software programs exist, some of the best programs resemble an empty box...
 

Personal Computers Help Gifted Students Work Smart (ERIC Digest #483) by Geoffrey Jones

Gifted students are benefiting from increased use of computers because their special needs are being met through informed use of technology
 

Six uses of the Internet to develop students' gifts and talents by Del Siegle

Based on the four cornerstones of differentiation (process, product, content, and learning environment), modifications to meet gifted and talented students' educational needs can easily be made with the Internet. A higher level of sophistication and a wider variety of processes are available to gifted and talented students to gather and analyze information...
 

Some Children Under Some Conditions: TV and the High Potential Kid by Robert Abelman, Cleveland State University

The catastrophic impact of television on youth, as depicted in the popular press, is equally fictitious. After all, being intellectually gifted places children in both advantageous and detrimental positions in terms of how TV is used, for what reasons, and to what effect. For some children, under some conditions, some television is harmful. For other children under the same conditions, or for the same children under other conditions, it may be beneficial. There is little doubt, however, that for nearly all children television has created a fundamental change in daily life... (requires ^{Adobe Reader})
 

Stand by to roll... (producing a video newsmagazine) by Dianne Prager and Cathy Alderman, in Gifted Child Today

Increased use of technology-supported instruction has a number of positive results: Students perceive that their work is authentic and important; they deal more successfully with complexity; motivation and self-esteem are enhanced; and collaboration between students and teachers surges...
 

Technology and the unseen world of gifted students by Tracy Cross

The social and emotional development of gifted students can be influenced by many factors.  Under the heading of experiences is students' use of computers.  This column will highlight some of the most common and some of the least well-known uses of computers by gifted students...

AlphaSmart

Keyboard (nearly indestructible) for kids' use in school and at home.  It's light, simple, and connects easily to home or school PCs or printers.  Comes in several versions, Neo (which runs additional software, including Neo version of Inspiration) and Dana (which runs Palm OS and other palm-based accessory programs including a Palm version of Inspiration, and has wireless capability)
 

Dragon Naturally Speaking Preferred 9.0 versions Mobile (includes recorder), or Standard by Scansoft

The fast, easy and accurate way to turn speech into text. Users can dictate into nearly any windows-based application at speeds up to 160 words per minute, with higher levels of accuracy than ever before...
 

Handheld Pen Scanners

Wizcom SuperPen Professional  or C Pen 800C Handheld Scanner

Note-taking can be time-consuming and tedious for some twice exceptional kids, and these pen scanners can be a real lifesaver!  Scan, store and transfer printed data to a PDA, PC; recognizes more than 6 languages...
 

Inspiration (also from Amazon.com) and Kidspiration (also from Amazon.com)

Powered by techniques of visual learning, software strengthens critical thinking, comprehension and writing across the curriculum, in language arts, science, social studies and anytime your students need to structure research or other thought processes; or Kidspiration for grade K-5
 

MacKichan

Mathematical word processing, with LaTeX typesetting.  Full computer algebra capabilities using natural mathematical notation, so it's easy to use.  Compute symbolically or numerically, integrate, differentiate, and solve algebraic and differential equations.  Great for dysgraphic kids, to type their advanced mathematics.  Student usage and free trial versions available...
 

Maple

Brings the problem solving power of expert mathematicians to your computer. Student Edition available...
 

Open Book

Software, converts printed documents or graphic based text into an electronic text format using accurate optical character recognition and quality speech
 

The Writer with Word Prediction

Wireless keyboard, PC and Mac compatible, with dictionary, spell-checker, optional Word Prediction, and more!  And less expensive than the Alphasmart...

Last updated May 06, 2008