AAGC Gifted Chat Podcast

30/05/2024

..AND another Podcast Drop! Join Dr. Matt Zakreski as we talk about sensory needs of gifted children Join the conversation in the comments below! Alabama Association for Gifted Children Audrey McGowen Peacock

Matthew “Dr. Matt” Zakreski, PsyD is a high energy, creative clinical psychologist and professional speaker who utilizes an eclectic approach to meet the specific needs of his neurodivergent clients. He is proud to serve the Gifted community as a consultant, a professor, an author, and a researc...

30/05/2024

We are dropping another podcast! Listen to Dr. Ron Beghetto discuss Creativity and AI! Alabama Association for Gifted Children Audrey McGowen Peacock

Share your thoughts and ideas about creativity in the comments!

Dr. Beghetto is an internationally recognized expert on human creativity and the possible in educational settings. He holds the Pinnacle West Presidential Chair and serves as a Professor in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University. Dr. Beghetto is Editor for Review of Researc...

30/05/2024

We had taken a long break but we are back! Episode 10 is now available. Join Dr. Dina Brulles as we discuss Building inlcusive gifted programs! What are your ideas and thoughts? Comment below! Alabama Association for Gifted ChildrenAudrey McGowen Peacock

Dina Brulles, Ph.D., is the Gifted Program Coordinator at the Mary Lou Fulton Teacher’s College at Arizona State University and the former Director of Gifted Education at Paradise Valley Unified School District in Arizona. She recently served as NAGC’s Governance Secretary and also as the board....

29/01/2023

Season 2 has started! We begin 2023 with Dr. Joy L Davis discussing equity in gifted education and cultural competency.
https://anchor.fm/aagcgiftedchat/episodes/EPISODE-21-Dr--Joy-Lawson-Davis-Equity-in-Gifted-Education-and-Cultural-Competency-in-Schools-e1u6645
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10/08/2022

How will you use vertical differentiation? Stay tuned for the September AAGC PD Webinar Series. Dr. Mofield will present this topic to us!!!

Join Dr. Emily Mofield, assistant professor from Lipscomb University, as she discusses vertical differentiation for gifted and high-potential students. She shares a few strategies from her latest book, Vertical Differentiation for Gifted, Advanced, and High-Potential Students, and how they can be ap...

28/06/2022

Catch the latest episode of Gifted Chat. Leave your thoughts on why we need gifted education!

Join the conversation with Dr. Matt Makel, Associate Research Scientist in the School of Education at Johns Hopkins University, as we discuss "Why do we need gifted education?". This episode is one of the longer chats as we discussed the need for gifted education and how to improve how we do gifted.

16/05/2022

Listen to May's episode about the obsession with gifted identification over services. Alabama Association for Gifted Children Alabama Association for Gifted Children
How do you share second grade child find data with classroom teachers?
https://anchor.fm/aagcgiftedchat/episodes/Episode-5-Dr--Joni-Lakin-The-Collective-Obsession-with-Identification-over-Services-e1ijr5k

Join Dr. Joni Lakin as she discusses services for gifted students as well as sharing data with general education teachers to provide services in the general education classroom. You will learn why advanced math needs to start in middle school for students going into STEM and medical fields! Dr. Laki...

13/04/2022

Episode 4 is now out! Alabama Association for Gifted Children Alabama Association for Gifted Children
What vocabulary do you teach to your gifted students?

https://anchor.fm/aagcgiftedchat/episodes/Episode-4-Lisa-Van-Gemert-Word--Why-Gifted-Kids-Need-Special-Vocabulary-Instruction-e1h4qgi

Join Gifted Guru, Lisa van Gemert, as we discuss the importance of teaching vocabulary to gifted students.

17/03/2022

Episode 3 is out! Join the discussion with Dr. Patti Ferguson Wood about Gifted readers and instruction. he shares resources to use with high ability and gifted readers, too! This is a "must listen to "episode! Alabama Association for Gifted Children Audrey McGowen Peacock
https://anchor.fm/aagcgiftedchat/episodes/Episode-3-Dr--Patti-Wood--Gifted-Readers-e1fse4s

Gifted readers need appropriate reading level books, but we have to make sure the content is appropriate. Dr. Patti Wood explains how to teach to the gifted and High-Ability Readers. She shared her resource links below. Blendspace link for resources for gifted readers: https://www.blendspace.com/les...

14/02/2022

Episode 2 is live and running. Join my guest, Dr. Brian Housand, as we discussion connections for gifted students and gifted teachers. Share in the comments below, ways that you help gifted students connect with each other. What summer or after-school clubs, camps, and activities are available for gifted students to connect with others of the same interest? What is available in your community for gifted students to connect with each other? How do teachers of the gifted students connect with other gifted teachers?

https://anchor.fm/aagcgiftedchat/episodes/Episode-2-Dr--Brian-Housand--Gifted-360--Coordinator-of-the-Academically-or-Intellectually-Gifted-Program-at-University-of-North-Carolina-Wilmington-e1eclu4

Join this session with Dr. Brian Housand as he talks about CONNECTIONS on many, different levels. Gifted children need connections with intellectual peers who share interests and teachers of gifted need connections with other gifted teachers. You may find other connections within the discussion and....

11/01/2022

Episode 1 is ready for your listening! Join this session with the Gifted Education Specialists at the Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE), as they talk about the continuum of services for gifted learners. They discuss training for general education teachers and how specialists will provide services for gifted students in Grades K-12.

Then post in this conversation responses to one or more of the following questions.
What resources do you use to collaborate with teachers for gifted learners?
How do you collaborate with teachers in grades K-12?

https://anchor.fm/aagcgiftedchat/episodes/Episode-1-Emily-Hurst--Ashley-Strickland--Gifted-Directors-for-ALSDE-e1cldhi

Join this session with the Gifted Education Specialists at the Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE) as they talk about the continuum of services for gifted learners. They discuss training for general education teachers and how specialists will provide services for gifted students in Grades....

11/01/2022

Check out the podcast
https://anchor.fm/aagcgiftedchat/embed

This monthly podcast covers topics about gifted education. Each episode features a leader in gifted education discussing the topic that is near and dear to them.

07/01/2022

Stay tuned! In mid-January, the first podcast will be posted and the conversation can continue on this page! Guess who will be the first guest? Alabama Association for Gifted Children