Learning Activity 8.2

Now that you’ve read, please do the following.

As we navigate to the end of this gifted course, it’s important that you begin to review and recall all that you have learned, including these last readings. You are to create a product that incorporates what you have learned throughout this course, identifying some steps you could take to address both kids’ needs and parents’ needs differently than you have in the past.

Share any fears and prejudices you have held as a teacher about gifted kids and parents of gifted children. What have been your personal experiences with parents—both positive and negative? Discuss how parents and teachers end up “on either side of the street” regarding educational services for gifted kids.

What specific information from this module has positively affected your understanding, acceptance, and subsequent relationships with gifted students and parents.

As before in this course, you will have choice in how you present this information. Please create what is most comfortable for you, and/or makes the most sense. Some options for products are listed here for you to consider.

Options:

• Mind map – a collage of words and pictures showing new information and the relationships between the concepts from this course. Mind maps are a wonderful way of getting all that you’ve learned down on paper in a way that is meaningful to you. It’s a great way to review, as well!
• PowerPoint
• Prezi
• Glogster
• Poem
• Cartoon
• Poster (make sure you can scan or take a digital image to email your instructor)
• Essay

However you decide to create this last activity (before your post-test), make sure you are addressing the areas stated above.