Comments on: Best Tech Tools for Gifted Students http://www.quisitivity.org/2009/12/best-tech-tools-for-gifted-students/ A Blog For and About Learners, Designers, and Teachers Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:21:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Tech Tools: Interactive Fiction | Quisitivity http://www.quisitivity.org/2009/12/best-tech-tools-for-gifted-students/comment-page-1/#comment-557 Tech Tools: Interactive Fiction | Quisitivity Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:41:07 +0000 http://www.quisitivity.org/?p=263#comment-557 [...] it has taken me much longer than I planned to get back to this topic, I want to share with you today what I believe is an outstanding and probably very obscure tool [...] [...] it has taken me much longer than I planned to get back to this topic, I want to share with you today what I believe is an outstanding and probably very obscure tool [...]

]]> By: Kelly Tenkely http://www.quisitivity.org/2009/12/best-tech-tools-for-gifted-students/comment-page-1/#comment-466 Kelly Tenkely Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:52:27 +0000 http://www.quisitivity.org/?p=263#comment-466 I think you are right, there is a time and place for the drill type games and sites but at the end of the day, these are not the sites to send gifted kids to. They generally don't need the extra drill of facts. They need to be stretched in new directions and made to think in new ways. Your goal of hunting down these resources is a worthy one. Don't forget to share the ways that the resources are being used with your kids and what they think about them. I look forward to reading more! I think you are right, there is a time and place for the drill type games and sites but at the end of the day, these are not the sites to send gifted kids to. They generally don’t need the extra drill of facts. They need to be stretched in new directions and made to think in new ways. Your goal of hunting down these resources is a worthy one. Don’t forget to share the ways that the resources are being used with your kids and what they think about them. I look forward to reading more!

]]> By: Gerald Aungst http://www.quisitivity.org/2009/12/best-tech-tools-for-gifted-students/comment-page-1/#comment-464 Gerald Aungst Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:36:26 +0000 http://www.quisitivity.org/?p=263#comment-464 @Rhalmi, thanks for the comment. I apologize for removing your second link, but I found some content there that would be inappropriate for kids. I think there are other similar tools that are more kid-friendly, and I'll do some investigating. As for the first, I'll check it out and do a post soon on research tools for gifted kids. Thanks for the suggestion! @Rhalmi, thanks for the comment. I apologize for removing your second link, but I found some content there that would be inappropriate for kids. I think there are other similar tools that are more kid-friendly, and I’ll do some investigating.

As for the first, I’ll check it out and do a post soon on research tools for gifted kids. Thanks for the suggestion!

]]> By: Rhalmi Mohammed http://www.quisitivity.org/2009/12/best-tech-tools-for-gifted-students/comment-page-1/#comment-463 Rhalmi Mohammed Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:07:06 +0000 http://www.quisitivity.org/?p=263#comment-463 Great post! Still I think that the internet offers great tools for high profile students who seek excellence and personal development. For example, what do you think of these? -http://en.eyeplorer.com/ (A tool for students to carry research.) -Or [link removed by moderator], which is a tool for creation animation. Great post! Still I think that the internet offers great tools for high profile students who seek excellence and personal development. For example, what do you think of these?
-http://en.eyeplorer.com/ (A tool for students to carry research.)
-Or [link removed by moderator], which is a tool for creation animation.

]]> By: Rhonda http://www.quisitivity.org/2009/12/best-tech-tools-for-gifted-students/comment-page-1/#comment-461 Rhonda Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:46:54 +0000 http://www.quisitivity.org/?p=263#comment-461 I love all of these suggestions. My son's school (9th grade in a cyber blended charter school) uses many, if not all, of these. I especially like "interactive fiction" (in his school, parents have access to all of this along with their children). I think many offer a unique opportunity for students to engage with each other in ways other than the public eye of the classroom. Students who may be too shy to stretch themselves in the live classroom can really shine when it is online, in writing! There is also the added benefit of everyone having an opportunity to interact and participate as they are ready to contribute - that is hard to replicate in the classroom (I imagine). Imagine the conversations any of us would not have without a tool like Twitter! What would I like to see? I look forward to seeing many children blossom in as they find new ways to communicate, share, learn and grow in our schools! I love all of these suggestions. My son’s school (9th grade in a cyber blended charter school) uses many, if not all, of these. I especially like “interactive fiction” (in his school, parents have access to all of this along with their children). I think many offer a unique opportunity for students to engage with each other in ways other than the public eye of the classroom. Students who may be too shy to stretch themselves in the live classroom can really shine when it is online, in writing! There is also the added benefit of everyone having an opportunity to interact and participate as they are ready to contribute – that is hard to replicate in the classroom (I imagine). Imagine the conversations any of us would not have without a tool like Twitter!

What would I like to see? I look forward to seeing many children blossom in as they find new ways to communicate, share, learn and grow in our schools!

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