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Barbara Hampton commented on Greg from LessonGateway.com's blog post Teaching About Thanksgiving - Top 3 Websites from LessonGatewayBarbara Hampton posted a discussionCall for Proposals: New England Conference on Gifted & Talented Education 2010
Here's a great opportunity to share your experience and know-how as a presenter at 2010 NECGT - the annual gifted & talented education conference which will be held in Hartford, CT, 21-23 October 2010. How do you use 21st century technology to serve your G/T students? The Call for Proposals is at http://www.ctgifted.org/Call_for_proposals.html. The basic submission form is online and easy to complete; deadline is 1 February…See More
Barbara Hampton replied to Diane Frame's discussion Kindles in the classroom"Our private K-8 school is exploring use of Kindles. My daughter is using one due to her broken arm, to reduce the weight of books in the backpack. The DX (larger screen) version easily accepts PDF files as well as Kindle books, so it seems a good…"
Barbara Hampton posted a discussionEvaluating Webinars & Online Resources
Seeing a presentation planned about an online resource "All About Explorers" on this site for Wed. evening, I perused the site to see if it met the needs of my students with "world explorers" type topics. The front page is lovely and the subtopics seemed on point, although sourcing was absent on the pages I saw. The "copyright notice" page made a generic claim that all the content was the authors' own, although I am not familiar with any webmasters who traveled with Jacques Cartier, Christopher…See More
Barbara Hampton replied to Steve Hargadon's discussion Introductions"Sounds like we have a lot in common. Ever been to Talcott Mountain Science Center?"
Barbara Hampton replied to Kev's discussion Recommendations for reading on curriculum for gifted students?"The quality and depth of non-fiction books for G/T students has blossomed in recent years. A great book on a topic you'll be addressing can be a rich source of synergy and research skills development. However, I've often seen these kids…"
Barbara Hampton replied to Nancy Bosch's discussion Book Recommendations for Gifted Readers 4-6"Some excellent sources for G/T reading lists are: Some of my best friends are books : guiding gifted readers from preschool to high school / Judith Wynn Halsted. Great Potential Press, 2002. ISBN 0910707510 (this book includes plot synopses and…"
Barbara Hampton replied to Steve Hargadon's discussion Introductions"Hi - We at Talcott Mountain Academy have been fortunate to have as our intern a young lady from Germany whose aunt lives locally. Our G/T kids are younger than yours, ages 5-14, but perhaps we can set up an written exchange or even a video…"
Barbara Hampton replied to Steve Hargadon's discussion Introductions"Greetings! I'm an academic reference librarian (Sacred Heart University) -- my "day job" -- and am working extensively on the library at Talcott Mountain Academy, a private K-8 school for highly able students with excellent STEM…"
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- My current G/T focus is NECGT 2010 (www.necgt.org), the New England Conference on Gifted & Talented Education. I continue to support Talcott Mountain Academy's print and electronic library collections and instruc the G/T students in research skills for the 21st Century. My "day job" is as an academic reference librarian at Sacred Heart University.
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