Using Primary Sources to Entice the Gifted Learner

$20.00

Presenter: Jennifer Leal
Core Area: Creativity & Instructional Strategies
Grade Level: Elementary|Secondary
Hours: 1

It is often said, "a picture is worth a thousand words", but is it really? In "Using Primary Sources to Entice the Gifted Learner", Jennifer Leal teaches a powerful activity that will capture your students’ interest and leave them hungry for more, using pictures, quotes, and other media. Discover the differences between primary and secondary sources and how to use them to draw your students deeper into the curriculum by making inferences and noticing details.

Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.

 © Texas Association for the Gifted & Talented, Austin, Texas 2020

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Description

Sometimes you may have a pot of gold in front of you, but you may not know how to use it. In "Using Primary Sources to Entice the Gifted Learner ", Jennifer Leal explains how primary sources such as texts, quotes, pictures, and symbols can be a powerful motivator for student learning. She provides a simple yet dynamic activity that will help you pique your students’ interest. During this interactive course, learn how easy it can be to use source texts!

In this 1-hour course, you will learn how to:

  • Use primary sources to "hook" students’ interest
  • Help students make connections with the curriculum
  • Use source texts more effectively

Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.

This course is aligned with NAGC Teacher Preparation Standards 7.1, 7.2, 7.3.

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103 reviews for Using Primary Sources to Entice the Gifted Learner

  1. Desiree – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –

    Informative

  2. Pam – East Muskingum Local Schools (verified owner) –

    I really enjoyed this course. Using photos is a great way to hook students and get them more invested in learning.

  3. Jolene – Morgan Local Schools (verified owner) –

    Great ideas you can use with any student at any level.

  4. Alma – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –

    I enjoyed it.

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

    Excellent examples for using primary sources in classrooms.

  6. Dianna – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –

    This was about how primary sources such as pictures and videos can help with student engagement in learning

  7. Josefina – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    This course is about giving us the ideas and modeling them. I really enjoy all the examples she uses and how she models guiding students to discover their learning.

  8. Maria – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –

    Great ideas on the use of primary sources in the classroom.

  9. Jeannie – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    Excellent information and guidance on the importance of the usage of primary sources.

  10. Margaret – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –

    Loved the way she taught through the examples!

  11. Abrah – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –

    Very imformative

  12. Lindzee – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –

    This training had great activities.

  13. Claire – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –

    I wish that this course had provided a few more examples of ways to use primary sources for different subjects.

  14. Lanagale – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –

    Great ideas to use in my classroom.

  15. Irma – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –

    Great course information

  16. Lori – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –

    Loved some of the ideas given to help spark conversations within the classroom.

  17. Jennifer – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –

    It was a good refresher on how to use primary resources in the classroom.

  18. Judith – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –

    I liked what this presenter had to offer.

  19. Lea-Ann – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –

    This woman is amazing! She knows her stuff and makes learning it exciting.

  20. Laree – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –

    I LOVED this course! s a social studies teacher this was a PERFECT course. Thank you!!

  21. Ana Maria – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –

    This was an excellent course on using photographs “A Picture Can Be Worth a Thousand Words” to make inferences and engage student interest no matter the grade level. They will share their background knowledge as they infer on what they see.

  22. jaime – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –

    Great course, clear, on point great ideas to use primary sources.

  23. Diane – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –

    I thought the course was helpful and useful. It provides a strategy that can easily be implemented into the classroom.

  24. Juanita – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    It provides a good spring board for teachers to create relevance and rigor for students.

  25. Jennifer – FAYETTE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS (verified owner) –

    Primary sources are such a great way to bring history into learning.

  26. Margarita – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –

    Great presentor.

  27. Jacqueline – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    I liked the use of primary sources, especially the use of pictures as a source of information. It can be a great source of more than a single event. It can also open up social behavior of a time period.

  28. Shawna – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –

    I really got a lot out of this- I had seen many of these ideas before, but enjoyed the reminder of how powerful these techniques are for learning.

  29. Jane – ROCK HILL LOCAL (verified owner) –

    Relying on primary sources is a very important lesson and skill that we need to develop in this world of social media and misinformation…this can help you learn how to “hook” kids’ interest by utilizing primary source material.

  30. Tami – Allen East Local Schools (verified owner) –

    Enjoyed this course.

  31. gary – MARION CITY (verified owner) –

    well done

  32. tessie – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –

    5. I think that this course stated the importance of using primary sources in any subject.

  33. Cathy – Bulloch County Schools (verified owner) –

    very helpful – included classroom strategies

  34. Griselda C. – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    Great idea on using photographs to develop the students’ curiosity and encouraging them to want to learn more.

  35. Larissa – MCKINNEY ISD (verified owner) –

    It was very slow! I think she could’ve gone faster on the slides. I was a bit bored.

  36. Brenda – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –

    Very informative. I will use more primary sources in the future, even though I do use some now.

  37. Brian – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –

    A beginning lecture on learning with primary sources.

  38. Melinda – VAN WERT CITY (verified owner) –

    I appreciated being able to participate in the activity that the students would do. However, some of the discussion was long since I was not in the actual presentation.

  39. Jennifer – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –

    I think that my background doing US History for the last 12 years made this course somewhat of a poor choice for me.

  40. FRANCISCA – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –

    I like the idea of using pictures. This was informative.

  41. Kristina – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –

    GREAT Idea!!! Worth the hour watching!

  42. Gary – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –

    Good course.

  43. Melanie – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –

    Eye opener.

  44. Lori – CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –

    Great course!

  45. William – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –

    great information and activities

  46. WENDY – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –

    Enjoyed! Unlike most other professional developments. Learned by doing and metacognitive thinking

  47. Sylvia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    good strategies for inferencing

  48. Jan – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –

    I like how she used photos to pull students into learning details and inferences.

  49. Sarah – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –

    This was a good course showing the example of primary sources for GT kids.

  50. Vanessa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    Great but could’ve given more examples.

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