Building Critical Thinking Skills and Infusing Creativity and Creative Thinking Skills into the Gifted and Talented Classroom (6-Hour)

Building Critical Thinking Skills and Infusing Creativity and Creative Thinking Skills into the Gifted and Talented Classroom (6-Hour)

$90.00

Presenter: Bob Iseminger, Pieces of Learning
Core Area: Differentiated Curriculum
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary
Hours: 6

What good is a tool if we do not teach a child how to use it? If information is a tool, critical thinking skills are the key to making that information useful for our students. In this course, you will learn how technology in the 21st century has changed the way G/T students interact with information and how it helps them build critical thinking skills in the classroom and beyond.  

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Description

The current cohort of high school students are the first in history to grow up as digital natives. That means they are the first generation to be surrounded by digital media since birth. At a time when information is more available than ever, critical thinking and creativity are at a low in our student populations. In Building Critical Thinking Skills and Infusing Creativity and Creative Thinking Skills into the Gifted and Talented Classroom, Bob Iseminger tackles these tough challenges with practical application for your G/T classroom.

In this 6-hour course, you will learn:

  • The definition of critical thinking
  • The many types of learning supported by the brain
  • Lower and higher level questioning The auditory/sequential and visual/spatial processes of the brain
  • Strategies for developing creative thinking
This course is aligned with 2016 ODE Teacher Competencies a, b, c, f, g and NAGC Teacher Preparation Standards 3.1, 5.1, 5.2.

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770 reviews for Building Critical Thinking Skills and Infusing Creativity and Creative Thinking Skills into the Gifted and Talented Classroom (6-Hour)

  1. Julie – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –

    It was ok but too long for the amount of content that was presented.

  2. Marta – RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD (verified owner) –

    This course offered practical strategies that I can use right away and reinforced the value of creativity and collaboration.

  3. Hope – WORTHINGTON CITY (verified owner) –

    It gave me a lot of ideas!

  4. Sandy – HPS – HOUSTON SOUTH/WEST (verified owner) –

    Great strategies!

  5. Kathryn – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –

    Good course overall

  6. ALICE – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –

    I need to approach my class in a different manner and provide different opportunities in enhance their creativity. I will implement some of the strategies given and provide opportunities to first model and then have students practice the activity.

  7. Jennifer – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –

    Very informative. I like that he understands the struggles teachers face when it comes to asking higher order questions to even gifted students and how teacher struggle with being expected to push higher order thinking for ALL students in a classroom.

  8. Bradford – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –

    Great course. Great involvement strategies despite being online.

  9. Karen – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –

    It was helpful

  10. Jessica – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –

    It was effective and interactive.

  11. YADIRA – HIDALGO ISD (verified owner) –

    easy to use and navigate, a lot of important information.

  12. Jeanna – FORT STOCKTON ISD (verified owner) –

    Great

  13. ISIDRA – HIDALGO ISD (verified owner) –

    It was very informational.

  14. ZITA – HIDALGO ISD (verified owner) –

    This course is an eye-opener and a reminder of the different learning styles we have. Students must constantly be challenged to think creatively and help their classmates. Let’s not forget that asking questions in a higher order thinking way will get students to challenge themselves even more.

  15. Krystal – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –

    Easy

  16. Roberto – RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD (verified owner) –

    This was a great course with lots of useful strategies that cam be implemented in the classroom right away with minimal prep.

  17. Eliseo – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –

    Liked how the presenter presented his examples of learning through critical skills.

  18. CAROLINE – HIDALGO ISD (verified owner) –

    Very helpful.

  19. YADIRA – HIDALGO ISD (verified owner) –

    The training taught useful basic ideas about teaching geography and gave teachers practical tools, such spatial analysis, that they may apply in their own lessons. The introspective questions let people think deeply about how to use what they learned in the classroom.

  20. Wajiha – HPS – HOUSTON SOUTH/WEST (verified owner) –

    Very long and difficult and unrealistic

  21. Robert – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –

    I liked the presentation lots of useful information.

  22. Isolda – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –

    Great course

  23. Scott – HPS – HOUSTON SOUTH/WEST (verified owner) –

    It was so fun

  24. ELIANA – HIDALGO ISD (verified owner) –

    Great!

  25. Maria – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    Excellent course.

  26. Daniel – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –

    Awesome!!

  27. Salwa – Pilot (verified owner) –

    Great but long!

  28. Felda – RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD (verified owner) –

    It’s awesome!

  29. Sandra – RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD (verified owner) –

    This course was very informative.

  30. Marilu – RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD (verified owner) –

    Very informatve

  31. Anna L. – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    It was an interesting course. I really enjoyed the strategies presented, and the presenter was very knowledgeable about the strategies we can use in our classes.

  32. Chad – SPRINGFIELD CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –

    It would be nice if the handouts referenced were provided digitally or the info on the screen in the video were provided. Otherwise, it was a good refresher.

  33. Selene – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –

    I really enjoyed this type of training beacause it allows teachers to complete on their own time.

  34. Roberto – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –

    very informative

  35. Nelda – FORT STOCKTON ISD (verified owner) –

    great info

  36. Gina – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –

    The course was great.

  37. Megan – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –

    Easily implemented in class

  38. Vanessa – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –

    This course was very informative.

  39. christina – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –

    adequate

  40. Jessica – RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD (verified owner) –

    This module was very interesting and well explained. Thank you so much!

  41. Robert – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –

    very intersting

  42. Rosa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    I really enjoyed it. There is a lot of strategies that I can incorporate into my classroom.

  43. Raquel – FORT STOCKTON ISD (verified owner) –

    I love the way he explains the ideas and questions he asks.

  44. Diamantina – RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD (verified owner) –

    Great critical thinking course.

  45. Miguel – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –

    It was a great presentation but could’ve used more visuals.

  46. Cassidy – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –

    It was well-structured and very thorough

  47. Armando – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –

    I enjoyed the course. There were many concepts that I was familiar ones and some that were new to me. Even the familiar ones take on a greater significance and depth after this training.

  48. Alyssa – HPS – WEST TX (verified owner) –

    Is a great course.

  49. nubia – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –

    it is very helpful

  50. Aaron – FORT STOCKTON ISD (verified owner) –

    Great

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