Online

These are a few online resources that I have found to be help­ful to both teach­ers and parents.

Resources

The resource lists have become too long to main­tain them all here. Click each head­ing to see the related list of links.

Organizations

National Asso­ci­a­tion for Gifted Chil­dren (NAGC)
http://​www​.nagc​.org

  • Advo­cacy group pro­mot­ing best prac­tices in gifted edu­ca­tion and parenting

Penn­syl­va­nia Asso­ci­a­tion for Gifted Edu­ca­tion (PAGE)
http://​www​.gift​ed​page​.org

  • Penn­syl­va­nia affil­i­ate of the NAGC. It is a var­ied group of par­ents, teach­ers, admin­is­tra­tors, and other gifted edu­ca­tion advo­cates with excel­lent resources and information

Sup­port­ing Emo­tional Needs of the Gifted (SENG)
http://​www​.sen​gifted​.org

  • A group focus­ing on edu­cat­ing peo­ple about emo­tional, rather than aca­d­e­mic, needs of gifted students.

Blogs

Edu­ca­tion Blogs by Dis­ci­pline
http://​mov​ing​for​ward​.wik​i​spaces​.com/​E​d​u​c​a​t​i​o​n​+​B​l​o​g​s​+​b​y​+​D​i​s​c​i​p​l​ine

  • A grow­ing list of blogs cat­e­go­rized by dis­ci­pline. The spe­cial edu­ca­tion cat­e­gory is par­tic­u­larly full of good listings.

EdTech Solu­tions: Teach­ing Every Stu­dent
http://​teachingev​erys​tu​dent​.blogspot​.com/

  • Arti­cles about mak­ing the cur­ricu­lum acces­si­ble to all learn­ers and pro­vid­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties for strug­gling learn­ers to demon­strate what they know using prin­ci­ples of uni­ver­sal design.

Keep­ing Kids First
http://​keep​ingkids​first​.word​press​.com/

  • Excel­lent arti­cles about how to keep stu­dents at the cen­ter of your plan­ning and instruc­tion. Many prac­ti­cal how-​​to sug­ges­tions as well.

Larry Ferlazzo’s Web­sites of the Day
http://​lar​ryfer​lazzo​.edublogs​.org/

  • A blog aimed at ELL/​ESL/​EFL teach­ers with many excel­lent activ­i­ties and resources.

Byrd­seed Gifted Lessons
http://​www​.byrd​seed​.com/

  • A blog with fre­quent activ­ity ideas and dif­fer­en­ti­a­tion resources. Geared towards gifted class­rooms, but many ideas are adapt­able to other needs as well.

Unwrap­ping the Gifted

http://​blogs​.edweek​.org/​t​e​a​c​h​e​r​s​/​u​n​w​r​a​p​p​i​n​g​_​t​h​e​_​g​i​f​t​ed/

  • A blog by Tamara Fisher, a K-​​12 gifted spe­cial­ist, shar­ing news and devel­op­ments in the gifted edu­ca­tion com­mu­nity and offer­ing advice for teach­ers on work­ing with gifted students

Gifted Exchange
http://​gift​edex​change​.blogspot​.com/

  • A blog about gifted chil­dren, school­ing, par­ent­ing, edu­ca­tion news and chang­ing Amer­i­can edu­ca­tion for the bet­ter by Laura Van­derkam, co-​​author of Genius Denied: How to Stop Wast­ing Our Bright­est Young Minds.