Week One Readings

I finished my readings for this week and especially liked the Kingore text. The "Elements of Differentiation" from Kingore was especially useful at focusing on the specific components of differentiation. I also really liked the discussion about the value of portfolios in gifted education - or just education in general. I am looking forward to reading more about and discussing portfolios in class and in my readings. Chapter 4 in Kingore was also very interesting as I learned the difference among "High Achievers", "Gifted Learners", and "Creative Thinkers". I enjoyed the Tolimson reading, especially the "portraits" of classrooms. I am excited to critique and change my own teaching style and practices to better provide for gifted students in my classroom.

I also started working on my major project this weekend and found a lot of websites to read and explore. I spent a long time going through the websites and found ones I really enjoyed 'surfing'. I also began thinking about items I can include in my portfolio.