Edufest

I post this every year and I'll post it again. It's a reminder to myself as much as anyone else. This semester was exhausting. Rewarding, but exhausting. I'm going to chill for the next week and a half.

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SENG Journal: Exploring the Psychology of Giftedness | Journals | William & Mary

Volume 1, Issue 2 of the SENG Journal available now. Free access!

SENG Journal: Exploring the Psychology of Giftedness | Journals | William & Mary SENG Journal: Exploring the Psychology of Giftedness is the official scholarly publication of the SENG (Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted) organization. Designed to complement other SENG resources, the journal publishes empirical articles, reviews of research, theoretical explorations, and in...

How I Ignored My Impostor Syndrome to Create a Career Working with Smart People - YOUR RAINFOREST MIND

https://rainforestmind.com/2022/10/07/how-i-ignored-my-impostor-syndrome/?fbclid=IwAR3v79xW2knDimUHuDNyhfAtYYj1u9wPL8qijcjKUOfvct2UN66kwV4tWso

"...In my third year teaching, I was told I ought to look into working with gifted children. I was told my teaching style appealed particularly to students who were more capable, independent, creative, analytical, and advanced. At the time, I thought, “What’s a gifted child?” Obviously, I wasn’t one. But I ended up in a job teaching gifted kids in a pullout program in a new middle school in a different state. I had freedom to design the curriculum based on the students’ needs and interests, class sizes were small, and the students were sensitive, creative, and endlessly curious. The teachers in my school were definitely not pleased, as I was stealing kids from their classes. But I tried to appease them with my youthful, awkward charm. I was not successful..."

How I Ignored My Impostor Syndrome to Create a Career Working with Smart People - YOUR RAINFOREST MIND How I ignored my impostor syndrome and found a fulfilling career

Student Achievement & Underachievement: A Conversation with Del Siegle | The Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented (TAGT) Podcast

https://shows.acast.com/the-texas-association-for-the-gifted-and-talented-podcast/episodes/student-achievement-underachievement-a-conversation-with-del?fbclid=IwAR0vFRUGwtljih2XuFy2FaooM88yjbPnuiyjKHDWOEcELCe5jSgecXPcHiI

Student Achievement & Underachievement: A Conversation with Del Siegle | The Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented (TAGT) Podcast Listen to Student Achievement & Underachievement: A Conversation with Del Siegle from The Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented (TAGT) Podcast. This season brings a whole new group of G/T thought leaders to the mic. Highlighting topics ranging from personal G/T experiences to student underac...

Remembering Marcia Gentry - Purdue University College of Education

Remembering Marcia Gentry. ❤️

Remembering Marcia Gentry - Purdue University College of Education It is with great sadness that we inform you that our friend and colleague, Dr. Marcia Gentry, passed away on August 31, 2022. Professor Gentry was a giant in the field of gifted, creative, and talented education. Prior to her entry into higher education, she spent 12 years in K-12 settings as a teac...

Edufest 2022 has come to a close and we would like to invite you to post memories and takeaways here as we begin planning for a fabulous Edufest 2023! 👍

Edufest Presents: A Morning with Ian Doescher

Join us for a free family event in Boise on Friday, July 29th!
Get your free tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/edufest-presents-a-morning-with-ian-doescher-registration-310271338927

Edufest Presents: A Morning with Ian Doescher Edufest, the Northwest’s premier summer conference on gifted and talented education, is excited to present a conversation with Ian Doescher.

Edufest Courses & Credit 2022

Information for course credit at Edufest https://sites.google.com/boisestate.edu/edufest-courses-credit-2021/home

Edufest Courses & Credit 2022 Edufest 2022 Courses & Credit

Congratulations to our Edufest Program Director, Dr. Jann Leppien!

Bridges 2e Center Hall of Fame 2022 Honoree: JANN LEPPIEN

Dr. Jann H. Leppien, a Professor Emerita from Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington, is the former Margo Long Chair in Gifted Education and Program Director for graduate programs in gifted education (2013-2021). Her professional experience includes serving as a research associate at the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, teaching in an elementary and middle school, and coordinating gifted education services for K-8. She conducts national and international training for educators in differentiated instruction, curriculum design and assessment for advanced students, thinking skills, and gifted program development. She has served on the board of the National Association for Gifted Children, and currently serves on the board for the 2e Center for Research and Professional Development at Bridges Academy, NAGC’s Leadership Committee, and Washington State’s Gifted and Talented Advisory Board. She co-authored Multiple Menu Model: A Practical Guide for Developing Differentiated Curriculum and The Parallel Curriculum: A Design to Develop High Potential and Challenge High-Ability Students. She is also the series editor for content related PCM books. Currently, she serves as the president of Edufest, a summer institute on teaching and learning in Boise, ID.

See you in July! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/edufest-2022-registration-307721010827?aff=erelpanelorg

What If Magicians Ran Our Schools? | Bob Bishop | TEDxCSUF

What if Magician's Ran our schools? One of Bob Bishop's presentations at Edufest will be based upon his recent TEDx talk about wonder.

Based on Bob Bishop’s recent TEDx TALK, this workshop will help you make “magic” happen in your classroom. You will learn how to produce engaging learning moments that will build lasting intrinsic motivation in your students. This workshop will take you on an exciting adventure of state-of-the-art research-based strategies that will arouse curiosity, enhance understanding, engage learners, and stimulate gifted students. Using recent discoveries in neuroscience and how magicians perform magic, the class will explore wonder, adventurous learning and questioning skills. You will learn “magic wonder words” and activities that will engage the minds of your students.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHi_Gb4hzWk&t=120s

What If Magicians Ran Our Schools? | Bob Bishop | TEDxCSUF In his talk, “What if Magicians Ran Our Schools?" Bob shares his passion to bring wonder, to ignite creativity, and to inspire teachers, parents, and educato...

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Edufest 2022 ... Monday keynoter, Thomas Hebert, is also presenting a strand on social and emotional learning. His latest book will be incorporated into this strand.
Guiding Gifted Students
With Engaging Books

A Teacher's Guide to Social-Emotional
Learning Through Reading and Reflection

Thomas P. Hebert, University of South Carolina

Guiding Gifted Students With Engaging Books supports
teachers and counselors in facilitating book discussions
designed to guide bright young people to
self-understanding through high-quality literature.
Engaging lessons and activities support learners as they
process their feelings regarding issues highlighted in the
selected books and class discussion. The book examines
this approach with whole classrooms as well as with small
groups of students, and features considerations for special
populations of gifted students, including gifted
underachievers, twice-exceptional students, and culturally
diverse students.

Parent/Teacher Evening Session: You, Me, and We: A “Gifted” Family

Opportunity for parents and teachers. Registration is open! https://www.edufest.org/sessions/parent-teacher-evening-session-you-me-and-we-a-gifted-family/

Parent/Teacher Evening Session: You, Me, and We: A “Gifted” Family Once upon a time my husband and I were each identified as gifted. Fast forward to the present, and we are parenting two gifted children (ages 7 & 10). While we navigate what is best for our k…

Edufest Presents: A Morning with Ian Doescher

Announcing an exciting Friday Keynote! "A MORNING WITH IAN DOESCHER" being held at Jack's Urban Meeting Place (JUMP)
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/edufest-presents-a-morning-with-ian-doescher-registration-310271338927?aff=erelpanelorg

Edufest Presents: A Morning with Ian Doescher Edufest, the Northwest’s premier summer conference on gifted and talented education, is excited to present a conversation with Ian Doescher.

Tom Hébert

Keynote By Tom Hébert: “Teacher, is the world falling apart?” Supporting the Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Kids in Complex Times.
See more information at: https://www.edufest.org/speakers/tom-hebert/

Tom Hébert “Teacher, is the world falling apart?” Supporting the Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Kids in Complex Times We find ourselves in the throes of a pandemic intensified by increased social …

Edufest

Happy and excited to announce registration is open for Edufest 2022! Please check the website for more information. https://www.edufest.org

Edufest The Northwest's Premier Summer Conference on Gifted and Talented Education

Edufest is the Northwest's premier conference on gifted and talented education. Mark your calendar for Edufest 2022 July 25th-July 29th at Boise State University! For more information please visit edufest.org

People Who Have “Too Many Interests” Are More Likely To Be Successful According To Research

People Who Have “Too Many Interests” Are More Likely To Be Successful According To Research The most comprehensive case that has ever been made for why nearly everyone should become a polymath in a modern knowledge economy.

Robin Sly

A tribute to a wonderful teacher, wife, mother and grandmother. Many of you may remember Robin as a presenter at Edufest. She will be missed. http://aldenwaggoner.blogspot.com/2021/11/robin-sly.html

Robin Sly Robin Kay Sly, beautiful wife, mother, grandma, and friend, passed away on October 23, 2021. Robin was born in Edmonton Alberta, Canad...

The G Word Quarterly: Autumn Edition

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The G Word Quarterly: Autumn Edition As usual, THE G WORD community is bustling with a full slate of activities planned for the weeks ahead. For our part, we're working behind the scenes to bring you our inaugural Gifted / Talented / Neurodiverse Awareness Week - which we're calling G/T/N Week for short. Running October 25th-29th, we'r...

Edufest updated their address.

Edufest updated their address.

Thank you to all who participated in Edufest 2021! Another fantastic Edufest conference.👍

Edufest

Edufest is back!
Join us in-person or virtually for a special Edufest Essentials 3-Day Conference. Come experience the Northwest’s premier summer conference on gifted and talented education on the campus of Boise State University OR from the comforts of your own home, from anywhere on the planet! July 27th - July 29th

https://www.edufest.org/

Edufest The Northwest's Premier Summer Conference on Gifted and Talented Education

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11th edition of the WorldTalentWeb bimonthly newsletter of the World Giftedness Center (WGC). This publication is one of the WGC’s platforms to serve the international community of gifted and talented education.https://ha.ae/docs/mag/en/Edition%2011%20-%20April%202021.pdf

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Mars Rover Landing CRASH COURSE- 1 DAY LEFT!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=IwAR24UrkKaqNo08kpq7uwEm2h_Fslj3koFOfCbgbMVUVbf0SHpKpM8wOZfMk&v=tH2tKigOPBU&feature=youtu.be

Mars Rover Landing CRASH COURSE- 1 DAY LEFT! This will be cooler than the Super Bowl. Thanks to Bill and Melinda Gates for partnering with me on this video. Read the 2021 Annual Letter, here: http://gat...

Home | National Center for Research on Gifted Education

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Home | National Center for Research on Gifted Education   NCRGE Results, Reflections, and Recommendations March Conference The National Center for Research on Gifted Education (NCRGE) will hold a free virtual conference on Friday, March 26, 2021 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. EDT. The conference (NCRGE's First Five Years: Results, Reflections, and ...

Misplaced Expectations? The Confusion Between Bright and Gifted Children

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/misplaced-expectations-the-confusion-between-bright-and-gifted-children/?fbclid=IwAR3-RrRFT10HYDDurqFyvauBDlU9rnIFoamE3Oal7YFRhMxu-bq7PAFOt6A

Misplaced Expectations? The Confusion Between Bright and Gifted Children From the blog of Jacob Maslow at The Times of Israel

ITAG needs your help!

The Executive Board is looking for committed people to join our board's efforts to reimagine gifted education advocacy in Idaho. Help us drive ITAG in a new direction with your innovative ideas! Message us to get involved.

Comment below how YOU think ITAG can best support students and educators. What do you need? What do your students need?

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Serving Gifted and Talented Students in the Schools: Psychology in the Schools: Vol 57, No 10

Special Issue on GT: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15206807/2020/57/10?cookieSet=1

Serving Gifted and Talented Students in the Schools: Psychology in the Schools: Vol 57, No 10 Click on the title to browse this issue

The National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) announced the winners of the 2020 NAGC Book of the Year Award, recognizing excellence in books published in gifted and talented education.

“Our mission is to support those who enhance the growth and development of all gifted children, and these publications provide invaluable information and insight for teachers, parents, and others,” said Sally Krisel, NAGC Board past President. “Access to trustworthy, research-based resources is paramount and ensures effective strategies are implemented at home, in schools, and across communities.”

The 2020 NAGC Book of the Year Award winners are:

Scholar
American Psychological Association
The Psychology of High Performance: Developing Human Potential Into Domain-Specific Talent, Edited by Rena F. Subotnik, Paula Olszewski-Kubilius, and Frank C. Worrell

Practitioner
Free Spirit Publishing
The Cluster Grouping Handbook: A Schoolwide Model, Dina Brulles, Ph.D. and Susan Winebrenner

The NAGC Publications Committee oversees the annual Book of the Year Awards, and every book that is submitted is reviewed by several members who bring expertise to a specific area: This year, books is in the Scholar and practitioner category were selected.

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http://ha.ae/documents/20181/32326/WorldTalentWeb+newsletter+of+WGC+–+ISSUE+7/c755699d-9249-435a-879c-be64451bcb7d

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Essential School Strategies for Twice Exceptional Students Webinar 2020

Free Masterclass: https://brightandquirky.com/essential-school-strategies-webinar/

Essential School Strategies for Twice Exceptional Students Webinar 2020 BRIGHT & QUIRKY PRESENTS: FREE PARENT/TEACHER MASTERCLASS WITH TOP 2E EXPERTS ON JULY 9TH AT

HIGHLY CAPABLE

https://vimeo.com/414816589?fbclid=IwAR3anB7cv3ix_czOmoqBd1vsYTPVh2y_cfesUnAvDjy5PUNfjcnWPFrJJXw

HIGHLY CAPABLE In this new short piece, THE G WORD documentary and director/producer Marc Smolowitz focus the lens on the great state of Washington, where gifted and talented programs…

Edufest GT Endorsement Credit Information

GT ENDORSEMENT COURSES AND CREDITS AVAILABLE THIS SUMMER THROUGH BSU, NNU, AND WHITWORTH.
Despite the cancellation of Edufest, GT Endorsement courses for credit are available online this summer.
https://sites.google.com/view/edufestcredits/home

Edufest GT Endorsement Credit Information Edufest serves education professionals at our conference by providing them not only with amazing presenters, unique perspectives and current research. Edufest also provides professionals with the credits and courses they need to maintain their GT Endorsement. In an effort to assist GT Education Prof...

DUE TO GROWING HEALTH, ECONOMIC, AND TRAVEL CONCERNS RELATED TO COVID-19, WE ARE SAD TO ANNOUNCE THAT EDUFEST 2020 HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ALL REGISTRATIONS PAID TO THIS POINT WILL BE REFUNDED IN FULL. WE HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US FOR EDUFEST 2021, BEING HELD IN BOISE, ID, USA ON JULY 26 - 30TH, 2021.

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Meeting the Needs of Gifted Learners at a Distance - A Focus on Grades 4-8. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/5415862743914/WN_n4Bie9qxRcinsBwmLKXURA

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Meeting the Needs of Gifted Learners at a Distance - A Focus on Grades 4-8. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. As the COVID-19 pandemic has forced teachers and families to quickly shift to a virtual learning model, how can we ensure gifted learners in Grades 4-8 remain challenged and engaged? Which curriculum resources and teaching techniques best serve gifted learners in a remote setting? Is technology "a m...

RCCX Theory and Giftedness: A Promising New Line of Research

https://www.gro-gifted.org/rccx-theory-and-giftedness-a-promising-new-line-of-research/?fbclid=IwAR18c7E3JrUQfc6ZRdGi74tFGwDoMxHz0vDNIMhit9wS3xC-_2HLJZq-HLw

gro-gifted.org In this article, the authors share a relatively new theory that they believe relates to the physiology of gifted individuals. Gifted Research and Outreach (GRO) reminds readers that theories are not fact; future research may prove or disprove theories. GRO's mission to discover more about the physio...