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Georgia Association of Gifted Children
The mission of the Georgia Association for Gifted Children is to advocate for gifted children and youth by working with educators, parents, policy-makers, and the community to meet the needs of the gifted.
National Association of Gifted Children
The National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) is an organization of parents, teachers, educators, other professionals, and community leaders who unite to address the unique needs of children and youth with demonstrated gifts and talents as well as those children who may be able to develop their talent potential with appropriate educational experiences.
Georgia Future Problem Solvers
The Future Problem Solving Program is an international program that focuses on the development of creative thinking skills. FPSP aims to give young people the skills to design and promote positive futures for the society in which they live. The aim of Future Problem Solving is essentially to develop critical, creative, and futuristic thinking skills. It challenges students to apply their imagination and thinking skills to some of the significant issues facing both the worlk of today and that of the future.
Odyssey of the Mind is an international educational program that provides creative problem-solving opportunities for students from kindergarten through college. Kids apply their creativity to solve problems that range from building mechanical devices to presenting their own interpretation of literary classics. They then bring their solutions to competition on the local, state, and World level. Thousands of teams from throughout the U.S. and from about 25 other countries participate in the program.
Hoagies Gifted Education Resources
Hoagies' Gifted Education Page is a labor of love. Hoagies' Page has no corporate sponsorship or government grants, no means of income except individual donations, and sales through our associates programs. It is a diverse resource that provide support for gifted education.
A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most or all the information that learners work with comes from the web. The model was developed by Bernie Dodge at San Diego State University in February, 1995 with early input from SDSU/Pacific Bell Fellow Tom March, the Educational Technology staff at San Diego Unified School District, and waves of participants each summer at the Teach the Teachers Consortium .
Gifted and Talented Teacher Toolkit
Smithsonian Museum Educational Resources
Teacher Resource for Project Based Learning
Teacher's Guide for International Collaboration on the Internet Site I
Teacher's Guide for International Collaboration on the Internet Site II
Global Project Based Learning Resource List
National Renewable Energy Laboratory Competitions