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What's New in 1998?
December 1998
 | New section in Articles and Research, Bullies |
| Gifted Kids Speak Out : Hundreds of Kids Ages 6-13 Talk About School,
Friends, Their Families, and the Future by Jim Delisle, in Books |
| One size fits all? Age based tracking versus ability grouping in
elementary school mathematics by Mike Robison, in Curriculum Adjustments
|
| Mandates for Gifted Education in BC, Canada, in Mandates |
| Assessment of Preschool Giftedness, in Testing and Measurement and Young
Children |
| In Internet Investigations!
 | WW2010 Online Guides by University of Illinois - the study of
weather |
| Bizarre Stuff You Can Make In Your Kitchen |
|
| In Kids and Teens Links
| Chem4kids.com, plus Biology4kids, Physics4kids, more! |
| Today in History, from the folks at Cool Fact of the Day |
|
| Fixed links in Journals, Kids Magazines |
| Updated TAGFAM address in On-Line Support |
| Added Minnesota's early college entrance option, in Mandates |
| In On-Line Support
| Updated contact information for Home Schooling Gifted Children list
|
| Douance - discussion in French about gifted children and giftedness |
| RITAG-L - gifted education in Rhode Island |
| List of listservs on Gifted Education, at ERIC |
|
| More Ridiculous Things I
Heard Today |
| By James R. Delisle in Testing
and Measurement
| Proficient at What? |
| How Proficiency Tests Fall Short (Let Me Count the Ways) |
|
| Teen Computer Whiz Ahead of the Program, in Home
School and Technology |
November 1998
| A Fable, in A Lighter
Note |
| DiRhody's PG Message Board, in On-Line Support |
| Megabibliography, in Bibliographies |
| In ADD / ADHD
| Blinks A Phenomenon of Distractibility in ADD |
| NIH Consensus Development Conference on ADHD |
|
| Developing Your Child for Success, in Gifted
/ LD and Books |
| Challenging Gifted Students in the Regular Classroom, in Curriculum
Adjustments |
| In Gifted
Education Tools
| Edmund Scientific, Pitsco |
|
| Issues in the Education of the Exceptionally Gifted Student, a talk by
Miraca Gross at William and Mary College, in Conferences |
| Gifted
Education Tools
| MAXiS, Videotext Algebra I/II, Crazy Egor's Game Warehouse |
|
| Gifted
Education Publishers
| Core Knowledge Foundation, Royal Fireworks Press, Huckleberry Kids |
|
| A TAG Parable by
Laurie McVicar, in A Lighter Note |
| A new success story, Part
Time High School by Jill |
| Athena's Child, in Magazines
and Journals |
| One Who Didn't Get Help, in Social
/ Emotional |
| Kids' and Teens Links...
| Word Central!, Volcanoes Online, Internet Chess Club, Yahoo Chess,
Kids' Castle |
|
| Perfectionism: What's Bad About Being Too Good, in Books
and Perfectionism |
| ThinkQuest, a contest and great educational resource, in Internet
Investigations! |
| Montessori, in Education
Theories |
| Distinguishing Myths From Realities: NRC/GT Research,
in lots of places including Arguments
from the "Other Side" and Guide
for First Time Visitors |
| Fixed link for Purdue University, M.S. and Ph.D., Gifted Education &
Talent Development, in Continuing
Gifted Education |
| Home Education of Gifted Children in Texas mailing list, in On-Line
Support |
| A Montessori Success
Story by Bev, in Parent to Parent |
| Hoagies' Page is sporting a brand new look! If you run into any trouble,
Yell! (send mail :-) |
| Guide to the Electoral Process, in Internet Investigations! |
| Another Ridiculous Things
I Heard Today, the classic "They learn despite us!" |
| Conferences
| Nebraska Association for the Gifted, February, 1999 |
| SENG Conference, July 31 - August 1, 1999 |
|
| United Space Alliance NASA-TV Video, live real-player coverage of
the Space Shuttle Discovery, Gone after safe landing! |
| Updated information for Massachusetts and Nebraska, in Gifted
Mandates |
| Technology Update '98, in Arguments
from the Other Side |
October 1998
| Lyceum of Santa Clara Valley, in Summer
and Saturday Programs |
| In On-Line Support
| Precocious and Prodigious board |
| Homeschool Zone TAG Discussion Group |
|
| Personal Learning Series: Interactive Mathematics by JHU IAAY, in Academic
Programs |
| Great Kids' and Teens
Links...
| In Book Sites
 | My Name Is America book series |
|
| In Geography
| 50 States and Capitals, Atlapedia Online, National Geographic's
Map Machine, National Geographic World On-Line, X-peditions |
|
| In History and
Social Studies
| 4000 Years of Women in Science, An Abridged History of the USA,
Benjamin Franklin: Glimpses of the Man, Biography.com, De
Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors,
the History net, History of Money from Ancient Times to the
Present Day, King Arthur: History & Legend, The Presidents of
the United States of America, Seven Wonders of the Ancient World,
This Day in History |
|
| In Science
| Invention Dimension |
|
|
| New Internet Investigations!
| Anatomy of a Murder: A Trip Through Our Nation's Legal Justice
System |
| EduStock - Learn about the stock market, with real-time stock
simulation |
| Encarta - Hundreds of lesson plans in many subjects |
| Mighty M&M Math |
| Susan Boone's Algebra I lessons, including the Internet Pizza Server
and Roller Coaster Statistics |
| University of Minnesota Calculus Initiative |
|
| HP E-mail Mentor Program, in Academic
Programs and Mentors |
| Social Statistics Briefing Room, in Advocacy |
| Lots more great information by Linda K. Silverman...
| How To Be a Pushy Parent, in Parenting |
| Respect in the Self-Actualizing Family, in Parenting |
| Sensitivity, in Social / Emotional |
| Developmental Phases of Social Development, in Social / Emotional
|
| Promoting Positive Social Development, in Social / Emotional |
| Characteristics of Giftedness Scale, in Identification |
| Visual Spatial Learner, in Visual
Spatial Learners |
|
| Updated Gifted
Mandates, but I still need information on YOUR state, province or
country! |
| Added May 1-2 1999 date for Hollingworth conference, in Conferences |
| National Geographic and National Geographic World magazines, in Kids
and Teens Magazines |
| The Children's Magazine, in Kids
and Teens Magazines |
| University of Washington Early Entrance Program, in Early
Entrance College |
| Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Program, in Advocacy
|
| Another new addition to the Ridiculous Things I Heard Today |
| Shadow Syndromes, in Books
and ADD / ADHD |
| New Parenting with Love and Logic titles, in Books |
| New Internet Investigations!
| USGS Learning Web, The Center for Science Education, NASA
Observatorium, Amazing Space, Mysteries of Deep Space, Web Science
Workshop Exploratorium Science Snacks, The Wonderful World of Whales,
and Webs, Wires and Waves |
|
| You Know You're The
Parent of a Gifted Child When... |
| Education Week, in Readings |
| On the Wrong Track?, in Curriculum
Adjustments |
| Added full text article: Acceleration
by
Dr. David Elkind! |
| European Council for High Ability (ECHA), in Organizations |
| Sixth National Conference on Gifted and Talented Education for Native
People, July 25 - 29, 1999, in Conferences |
| Added 
to indicate recommended books and readings,
to indicate fixed links |
| Beyond Ritalin : Facts About Medication and Other Strategies for Helping
Children, Adolescents, and Adults With Attention Deficit Disorders, in Books
and ADD / ADHD |
| Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, MS, Masters in Gifted
Studies, in Continuing
Gifted Education |
| The Weather Classroom, in Kids
and Teens Links |
| New section in Gifted Education, Internet Investigations! - complete educational units right on the Internet!
|
| In Summer / Saturday
Programs
| Weekend Institute for Gifted Students (WINGS), University of Iowa
|
| TIP/Canada, OISE/University of Toronto, Canada |
|
| Divided Academic Programs into Summer
/ Saturday Programs and Academic
Programs |
| La Asociación Española para Superdotados y con Talento (AEST), in Regional
Organizations |
| Confratute '99, July 12 - 23, 1999, in Conferences |
| In ADD / ADHD
| Denial of Eligibility Because of Gifted Intellectual Ability and/or
Lack of Failure |
| Diagnosing ADD in Gifted Children: Some Words of Caution |
| Why Do So Many Smart Children With ADD Fail In Our Public Schools?
|
| ADD Traits in Famous and Talented People ...a scrapbook |
| The Intuitive Brain |
| Fixed link for Born to Explore! |
|
| In Gifted / LD
| Gifted and Learning Disabled: Twice Exceptional Students |
| LDOnline, the interactive guide to learning disabilities |
|
| In Summer and
Saturday Programs
| Academic Talent Search (ATS) of California State University
Sacramento (CSUS) |
| Gifted Resource Council, St. Louis, Missouri |
|
| Programming and the Gifted Child, in Technology |
| Added links to What's New? |
| Society for the Advancement of Gifted Education (SAGE) 9th Annual
Conference, Alberta Canada, in Conferences |
| Updated ordering info. for Miraca Gross' pamphlet Exceptionally Gifted
Children: What Research Tells Us, in Books |
| Letter from Riverside Publishing to Dr. Linda K. Silverman, in Testing
and Measurement, and Highly
Gifted - the infamous SB-LM letter! |
| Updated Accidental Genius, now through Amazon.com, in Books |
September 1998
| Parenting Lecture by Dr. Julia Osborn, LI, NY in Conferences |
| What Would Happen If... We Ran Our Football Teams As We Do Our
Classrooms, or vice versa!!, in On A Lighter Note... and Parent to
Parent |
| Puzzlemania, in Kids Magazines |
| Boomerang! Audio magazine for kids, in Kids Magazines |
| E-Math - E-Mail Based Volunteer Programs, in Mentors |
| 3rd Australasian International Conference, August 15 - 17, 1999,
Melbourne, Australia in Conferences |
| Bright Futures, Victorian Department of Education, in Regional
Organizations |
| Understanding School Programs and Options: Cooperative Learning and
Independent Study, in Curriculum Adjustments |
| Added a Site Map! (finally :-) |
| Added What I Feel Sorry About... to Parent to Parent |
| Bright Child vs. Gifted Learner, often requested, now available in
Identification! |
| Academic Summer Programs:
| Program in Mathematics for Young Scientists (PROMYS), Boston
University, Boston, Massachusetts |
| Ross Young Scholars Program, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
|
| Michigan Math Scholars, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
Michigan |
| Super Saturday Program, College of Applied Science, Cincinnati,
Ohio |
| ...and added age/grade levels to all academic program entries! |
|
| Finally removed ... Parents of Children with Challenging Behavior.
It's been gone too long |
| In Organizations, added links between each organization and its
conference |
| More new conferences:
| Albuquerque Association for Gifted and Talented Students (AAGTS)
20th Annual Conference October 17, 1998 |
| Center for Talent Development at Northwestern University September
26, 1998 |
| Giftedness in Early Childhood Conference, NSW, Australia, October
25, 1998 |
|
| 101 Out-Of-This-World Books For Kids Ages 8-13, in Reading Lists |
| Grading N.J.'s schools, in Regional Organizations |
| Accidental Genius, a book by Kevin and Cassidy Kearney about parenting
and educating profoundly gifted kids |
| New section on Visual Spatial Learners...
| Strategies for the Visual Spatial Learner, by Linda Silverman, in
DDAI's The Dyslexic Reader |
| Teaching Strategies for the Multiple Intelligences, from Rockhurst
College Department of Education |
| Spatial Visual Intelligence defined |
| Nurture Your Child's Visual-Spatial Intelligence, from the Mining
Company |
| Evaluating Your Learning Style, with the Learning Assistance
Center |
|
| The Mining Company's Gifted Children Guide, in Readings |
| Ohio Association for Gifted Children 1998 Annual Conference October 22
- 24, 1998 in Organizations |
| Do Gifted Students Have Special Needs? by Linda Silverman, in
Curriculum Adjustments |
| Kids and Teens Links...
| Kenny's Math and Physics Help, Schoolhouse Rock, Mathematics with
Alice, Fibonacci Numbers and Nature, My Heroes, StudyWeb, Geography
World, E-Conflict, Internet Schoolhouse, GlobaLearn, Mission:
Critical, Windows to the Universe, Science Made Simple |
|
| Updated Never Say Bored! to include reference to more information in
MonTAGe |
| Thanks to Val King, added MonTAGe: TAGFAM E-Journal to the site - read
them all! |
| Updated subscription instructions for GT-World mailing lists... |
| UGC mailing list for Unschooling Gifted Children, in On-Line Support
|
| Mentoring by David Farmer, in Articles and Research on Mentors |
| More Ridiculous Things I Heard Today, in Parent to Parent
|
| More Kids Books and Authors Sites, in Kids Links:
| Brian Jaques Redwall, C.S. Lewis Into the Wardrobe, Judy Blume,
Lewis Carroll's Land of Oz, Sherlockian Holmepage, J.R.R. Tolkien,
Mark Twain, Frank Baum's Oz |
| Plus the CLWG Authors & Illustrators Page, which points to
hundreds more! |
|
| Tis' the season, for new conference announcements:
| Oregon Association for Talented and Gifted, October 3, 1998 |
| Tennessee Association for the Gifted, October 22 - 24, 1998 |
|
| Never Say Bored!, by Carolyn K., in Parent to Parent and Academic
Acceleration |
August 1998
| Jr. Great Books, in Gifted Ed. Programs under Academic Programs |
| New mailing list discussing high giftedness (Dutch language) for
parents of the Netherlands and other Dutch speaking countries, in
On-Line Support |
| Good Books for Good Readers, in Reading Lists (Kids Magazines page) |
| International Archive of Education Data, in Articles and Research, and
Organizations |
| Parent Council reviews of tools and literature for parents of gifted
children, in Parenting |
| Prisoners of Time, 1994 report, in Advocacy |
| Organized! Combined Kids Magazines and Reading Lists, combined Books
and Journals, split off Products and divided it into Products and
Publishers. Renamed Kids pages as Kids and Teens, to reflect their
content and age focus |
| In Kids and Teens:
| Chess sites, Let's Find Out Encyclopedia, and more Books pages,
including Eric Carle and The Page at Pooh Corner |
|
| Chess software, in Kids Software |
| Added visitor count - thanks for visiting! |
| Even more Ridiculous Things I Heard Today, in Parent to Parent |
| New Kids Links section on Books, including Animorphs and lots more! |
| Updated the Idaho G&T link in Regional Organizations |
| Updated On EPGY..., adding Pre-Calc program and Another Perspective,
in Parent to Parent |
| Mandates for Alberta and Ontario, in Parent to Parent |
| One Thing We'd Like To Tell The Teachers Of Our Gifted Children..., in
Parent to Parent |
| Added Typing programs to Kids Software page |
| "Guide for First Time Visitors" to make Hoagies' Gifted
Education Page less overwhelming from the start! |
| Tasmanian Association for the Gifted, Inc. (TAG), in Regional
Organizations |
| PA Schools: Standardized Testing, in Regional Organizations |
| Kids Links...
| Stephen Hawking's Universe |
|
| Gifted LD, by Linda Silverman, in Gifted LD |
| More Ridiculous Things I Heard Today, in Parent to Parent |
| Free Spirit Publishing, in Products |
| Continuing Education in Organizations:
| Northeastern Illinois University, Whitworth College, University of
New South Wales, Millersville University, Miami University,
University of Southwestern Louisiana, University of Nebraska at
Kearney |
|
| Academic Programs in Organizations:
| Georgia State Saturday School, University of Southwestern
Louisiana Summer Enrichment Programs |
|
| On EPGY... by Draper Kauffman, in Parent to Parent |
| Added Screenit to Parenting in A&R |
| TheCase.com for Kids, in Kids |
| Cool Word of the Day, by the same folks as Cool Fact of the Day, in
Kids |
| Homework Central, in Kids |
| Kids Software Favorites:
| 3-D Dinosaur Adventure, Jump Start First Grade, Interactive
Reading Journey K-1, plus a review for Logical Journey of the
Zoombinis |
|
| 5000th visitor! |
| Conference additions and updates:
| Gifted Ed' 98, Vancouver, BC, Canada |
| Bright Horizons Family Conference, BC, Canada |
| Beyond Giftedness VI, Arvada CO, USA |
| PAGE Annual Conference, Harrisburg, PA, USA |
|
| New e-mail address for the Gifted Children Being Home Educated e-mail
support group |
| Added link to The Mining Company's ADD Guide page on Gifted and ADD,
in ADD/ADHD |
| Horizontal "enrichment" vs. vertical
"acceleration," or Why does the school want K. in 1st grade
next fall when he already knows more than the 2nd graders? by Draper
Kauffman, in Parent to Parent |
| Reorganized Articles and Research, now 6 separate pages (lots of great
stuff!) |
| Rocky Mountain Talent Search, Denver CO, in Academic Programs |
| Gifted Education Resource Institute, Purdue University, in Academic
Programs |
| Summer Enrichment Program For the Gifted, Lehigh University, in
Academic Programs |
| Split off Education topics from Gifted Education home page, created
Education page |
| New section, Continuing Gifted Education, with Masters programs in TAG
Education, on Education page
| Arkansas State University, Kansas State University, Purdue
University, Southwest Texas State University |
|
| State to halt flood of 4-year-olds to kindergarten, in Early
Kindergarten |
| How Can I Help My Gifted Child Plan for College?, an ERIC brochure for
parents, in Early College Entrance |
| More updates to Gifted Mandates, in Mandates on Parent to Parent |
| Simple Joys for a Gifted Baby, in Young Children |
| More Ridiculous Things I Heard Today, in Parent to Parent, plus added
Rolling Eyes! Thanks, Kerry |
| Themapagina Hoogbegaafdheid, Netherlands, in Organizations |
| Conferences:
| Dr. Jim Webb, Expert in Residence, Battle Creek Michigan |
| 1999 Kansas Association for Gifted (KGTC) Annual Convention |
| Montana AGATE 1999 Spring Conference |
|
| Updated web site address for Association for Bright Children (Ontario)
|
| New idea for Comebacks for Grade Accelerated Kids, in Parent to Parent
|
| The Yuckiest Site on the Internet, in Kids! |
| American Association for Gifted Children (AAGC), in Organizations |
| Seussville, Dr. Seuss's playground in cyberspace, in Kids |
| The Theory of Multiple Intelligences (MI), in Educational Theories
|
| The Latest Panacea for Gifted Students: Cooperative Learning, in
Grouping |
| Debate Over Ability Grouping Gains High Profile, in Grouping |
| The Summer Institute For The Gifted, in Academic Programs |
| Pieces of Learning, in Products |
| An Interview with Stephanie Tolan, in Highly Gifted and Parenting |
| Annemarie Roeper : Selected Writings and Speeches, in Books |
| The Ridiculous Things I Heard Today, collected by Me!, in Lighter Side and
Parent to Parent |
| Gifted Mandates, state by state, collected by Me!, in Parent to
Parent, and Advocacy |
| Diagnosis Questions by Betty Maxwell, in Gifted/LD |
July 1998
| Completed the resource list in Creating a Portfolio for Academic
Acceleration, in Parent to Parent |
| Reorganized Articles and Research, and added a new topic of
Identification |
| Corrected the link for Linda Silverman's article Technical Wizards, in
Technology |
| Added phone number for Royal Fireworks Press, publisher of Our Gifted
Children, in Journals |
| ACSES Book search engine and price comparison system, in Books and
Products |
| Genius in Residence, in Books and Products |
| Resource Group for Gifted / Learning Disabled, in Gifted/LD |
| Perfectionism by Linda Silverman, in Perfectionism |
| What is Giftedness? by Linda Silverman, in General Readings |
| Terraserver, Crayola, Baby Boomer Bus Songs, in Kids |
| Short answers for why our children are grade accelerated, in Parent to
Parent and Academic Acceleration |
| Advocating for a Grade Skip: A Portfolio of Research, in Parent to
Parent and Advocacy |
| Center for Gifted Studies at Western Kentucky University, in Academic
Programs |
| Office of Precollegiate Programs for Talented and Gifted (OPPTAG) at
Iowa State University, in Academic Programs |
| texastag, new mailing list for Texas TAG issues, in On-Line Support
Groups |
| Advanced Placement (AP) classes over the Internet, in Academic
Programs |
| Instructions for e-mail advocacy, and another parent's sample letter,
in Advocacy and Parent to Parent |
| What Tests Would The School Psychologist Use??? from Mary's School
Psychology Home Page, in Testing and Measurement |
| Mega Test, in The Lighter Side |
| Curriculum Compacting and Achievement Test Scores: What Does the
Research Say?, in Curriculum Options |
| Gifted Students with Attention Deficits: Fact and/or Fiction? Or, Can
We See the Forest for the Trees?, in ADD / ADHD |
| Zoomtool, the smart building toy, in Kids Links and in Books and
Products... |
| Miquon math workbooks and instructor's guide, in Products |
| Cuisenaire rods (for use with Miquon, or on their own), in Products |
| TimberDoodle, another (less expensive) source for many gifted
education products |
| Applying Multiple Intelligences To Gifted Education: I'm Not Just an
IQ Score! by Colleen Willard-Holt and Dan Holt, in Books and Arguments
for the Other Side |
| National Gifted Children's Fund, in Organizations and Highly Gifted
|
| Personal Computers Help Gifted Students Work Smart, ERIC Digest, in
Technology |
| CEC's Publishers of Gifted Education Materials, in Books and Products
|
| New Kids Links:
| Tomorrow's Morning, BrainQuest, Hands-On Technology Program, Bonus.Com, Favorite Mathematical Constants, Math Forum Student
Center |
|
| Local Organizations:
| Montana Association of Gifted and Talented Education (AGATE) |
| Center for the Study of Giftedness (CBO), Netherlands |
| Updated - new site - Ohio Association for Gifted Children |
| Newfoundland and Labrador Association for Gifted Children (NLAGC)
|
| Georgia Association For Gifted Children (GAGC) |
|
| Research Science Institute (RSI) summer program at MIT, in Academic
Programs |
| Renzulli’s Enrichment Triad Model, in Educational Theories |
| Grouping: A Short, Data Based Primary Journal Research Sources
Bibliography, by Joseph S. Renzulli, in Bibliographies |
| What Do Gifted Children Need? from Family EducAtion Network, in
Readings on Gifted and Talented Children |
| Underachievement: Developing Student Potential, in Underachievement
|
| To Realize The Value of Time..., a new poem On A Lighter Note |
| New conference, Beyond Giftedness VI, Arvada, CO, February 26, 1999
|
| Helping Children Learn to Teach Themselves, in Home Schooling |
| New Mailing List - GT-Special - for families of TAG kids with special
characteristics, such as LD, ADD, etc. |
| New Kids Software:
| American Girls Premiere, Micro Worlds |
|
| TIMSS - Third International Mathematics and Science Study results, in
Advocacy |
| New Kids Links:
| Build a Bridge, Periodic Table of the Elements, NASA's Observatorium, Roper's Knots |
|
| Peel Summer Academy, University of Toronto, Canada |
| Technical Wizards by Linda Kreger Silverman, in Technology |
| Sample letter of advocacy for U.S. Federal Gifted Legislation, on the
Parent to Parent and Articles and Research, Advocacy pages |
| U.S. Space Camp, in Academic Programs |
| Educational Testing Services (ETS), in Testing and Measurement |
| New section, Educational Theories, including Bloom's Taxonomy and
Gardner's Multiple Intelligences |
| National Excellence: A Case for Developing America's Talent, October
1993, in Advocacy |
| Special Programs Found To Benefit Gifted Students, in Curriculum
Adjustments |
| Snappy comebacks for grade accelerated children, in Parent to Parent
|
| A Fable?, in the General Readings under Articles and Research |
| The Gifted and Talented Students Education Act of 1998, in Advocacy
|
| Nebraska Parent Network 4th Annual Parent Conference, October 10, 1998 |
June 1998
| How should we group to achieve excellence with equity?, in Grouping
|
| Added Thankful Thoughts, a poem by Alexa K., to the Kids page and
as a feature on A Lighter Note |
| Stuck in Another Dimension: The Exceptionally Gifted Child in School,
under Highly Gifted |
| Underachievement in Gifted Girls, under Readings on Gifted Children,
Gifted Girls, Underachievement |
| Parents Wish List for Educators, in Parent to Parent |
| Added Technology, new Articles and Research section |
| Parents, Research, and the School Curriculum, under Parenting |
| Gender Differences in High School Students' Attitudes Toward
Mathematics in Traditional Versus Cooperative Groups, under Gifted Girls
|
| Modified Success Stories section to be Parent to Parent, now including
Frequently Answered Questions:
| How To Request a Teacher, and What should I look for in a
psychological evaluation? |
|
| Yesterday's Whiz Kids: Where Are They Today? |
| William & Mary's Curriculum Units |
| U.C. Berkeley Academic Talent Development Program (ATDP) |
| William & Mary Center for Gifted Education |
| World Council for Gifted and Talented (WCGTC) |
| Conferences:
| National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) 47th Annual
Convention, November 1 - 5, 2000, Atlanta, Georgia |
| World Council for Gifted and Talented (WCGTC) 14th Biennial
Conference, July, 2001, Barcelona, Spain |
| Third Conference of the Ibero-American Federation of the World
Council for Gifted and Talented Children, August 26 - 28, 1998,
Brazil |
| Fifth Asia-Pacific Conference on Giftedness, September 1 - 5,
1998, New Delhi, India |
| International Conference organized by The National Association for
Able Children in Education (NACE) and the European Council for High
Ability (ECHA), September 18 - 21, 1998, Oxford, Great Britain |
|
| International Mathematical Olympiad and American Mathematics
Competitions sites |
| Conferences of Adelphi University Second Annual Summer Institute on
the Gifted in July and AGATE-NY in November |
| Right-Brained Children in a Left-Brained World - book link for parents
of supposed ADD kids |
| New section of Arguments for the "Other Side" in articles
and research |
| New local organization: New Zealand Associations for Gifted Children (NZAGC)
|
| New Kids Links:
| Cascades Volcano Observatory, Discovery Channel, Maya Quest '97,
Sue Kientz' Illustrated Stories of the Pathfinder, Galileo, and more
|
| Yahooligans!, Neuroscience for Kids, Mad Scientist Network,
Kellogg's Clubhouse, You Rule School! |
|
| Early entrance college programs at Advanced Academy of Georgia and
Boston University Academy |
| New book "Jane and Johnny Love Math" from C-MITES |
| Link for Cobblestone magazine and its contemporaries |
| New book link: Growing Up Gifted : Developing the Potential of
Children at Home and at School by Barbara Clark |
| Split Books and Products from the main "Gifted" page - this
thing is growing by leaps and bounds! |
| Carnegie Mellon Institute for Talented Elementary Students (CMITES),
in Academic Programs |
| AAER 1998 Symposium "Teaching the Creative Child" Nov. 30 -
Dec. 2 |
| "Creativity Across the Curriculum", July 20-24 at Adelphi
Univ. in New York |
| ERIC Digests |
| On-line support: e-mail newsletter for families home schooling gifted
kids |
| Added sections on Parenting, Advocacy |
| Academic Program: Irish Centre For Talented Youth (CTYI), Dublin
Ireland |
| Links for Cricket series, Muse, in kid magazines |
| Reaching the Child with ADD |
| I'd Much Rather be Here Than in High School - an early entrant's story
|
| The Israeli Virtual Gifted Center - a local gifted resource for Israel
|
| Articles by Linda Silverman |
| Primary Peeks - A Resource for Nurturing Giftedness in K-3 Learners
|
| New mailing list hgc-l for those home schooling gifted children
full-time |
| NAGC Organization for the UK |
| Education Week article "Staying Home From School" |
| Added Bibliographies... section to Articles and Research |
| Updated conference listings - check out all the 1998-1999 conferences
world wide! |
| Gifted and Talented Females, a New Zealand resource with a good
bibliography, in Gifted Girls |
| Added the rest of the issues of MonTAGe, the TAGFAM e-journal to
appropriate sections |
| World of Escher to the Kids Links Math section |
| Web page reference for New England Joint Conference in October |
| Math links section on Hoagies' Kids Page |
| UofD SolveIt! 1998 summer math program to Academic Programs |
| NASA home page - what a great science link! |
| Added links to software companies on the Kids Software Page |
May 1998
| "Is This Your Child?" in Books, and Articles and Research on
ADD / ADHD |
| Distributed book links throughout topics in Articles and Research
section |
| Home Schooling section to Articles and Research with lots of great
links! |
| OZ-Gifted web site for more information on OZ-Gifted mailing list |
| New page of Kids Software Favorites! |
| Academic Program - Future Scientists and Engineers of America |
| The Young Gifted Child - a list of telltale signs of giftedness...
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| New Joint Conference in October in New England |
| Tony - a poem by Kaye Starbird |
| New Kids Links...
| Kodak's electronic postcards, 123 Greetings, Flags for national
and US states, StarChild |
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April 1998
| New Moons magazine for girls |
| Book: The Gifted Learning Disabled Student from Johns Hopkins Press
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| Book: Crossover Children : A Sourcebook for Helping Children Who Are
Gifted and Learning Disabled by Marlene Bireley |
| Split the Articles and Research web page - it was too big for Notepad!
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| Discanner's Gifted Education and Homeschool Resource Page |
| New articles from Stephanie Tolan:
| Giftedness as Asynchronous Development, Stuck in Another Dimension |
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| On Overachievement, by Linda Kreger Silverman, Ph.D. |
| Highly Gifted Children in Full Inclusion Classrooms, by Kathi Kearney
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| A handful of new IEP links from College Planning Network, LDOnline,
and Mining Company |
| ERIC/AE Test Locator |
| Book: Failing at Fairness : How Our Schools Cheat Girls by Myra and
David Sadker |
| Book: A Sense of Self : Listening to Homeschooled Adolescent Girls, by
Susannah Sheffer |
| Book: Raising Your Spirited Child Workbook! |
| Removed information on PAGE conference that took place last weekend
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| Johns Hopkins EPGY link |
| Lizard's Gifted Adult Page to the Lighter Side |
| Rocamora School's Women and Talant page |
| Kids links - electronic greetings |
| Broke 1000 visitors since counter added (March 17 - April
20!!!) |
| Articles and Research on Gifted Girls link to American Association of
University Women |
| Kerr's Smart Girls : A New Psychology of Girls, Women, and Giftedness,
in Books |
| First success story - The Best Thing I Ever Did... |
| New book links:
| Foster and Cline's Parenting with Love and Logic |
| Budd's Living With the Active, Alert Child |
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| Belin & Blank organization, and their biennial conference |
| Removed a carelessly placed British Columbia link in the Australian
local org. section |
| Scholarship search site, in Early Entry College Programs |
| Success Stories, and soon - a new story! |
| Link to Hoagies' Kids Page, and added lots of new kids links there
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| Updated the list information for the UNDERACHEIV list |
| "Enjoy Your Gifted Child" by Carol Addison Takacs, in Books |
| SET game, both to Lighter Side, and Books and Products. Try the
puzzle! |
| Harry Chapin's lyrics "Flowers Are Red" and "Tangled Up
Puppet" |
| Section under Organizations for Conferences |
| ERIC minibibs (mini bibliographies) to General Readings, Gifted LD,
Educational Options and Social Emotional |
| Section Journals and Magazines (for adults) |
| Section Kids Magazines |
March 29-31, 1998
| CAP at Arizona State and Future Problem Solvers, in academic programs
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| The National Foundation for Gifted Children, in organizations |
| Section Local Organizations, with state and province specific
organizations in the Australia, Canada and USA, plus for the USA the CEC
state resources for gifted education link |
| Several more popular book links on Amazon.com, and a book review of
Ellen Winner's Gifted Children: Myths and Realities, in Books |
| In Articles and Research, added many links:
| Characteristics of GT Children and Possible Associated Problems,
Myths of Giftedness, Those Who Fall By The Way |
| In Educational Options, ERIC digests #543 on Homeschooling Gifted
and #464 on Flexible Pacing |
| Section on Gifted Girls |
| In Gifted / LD, Dr. Silverman's article on Dual Exceptionality
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| Section on Perfectionism |
| In Testing and Measurement, Glossary of Measurement Terms and Some
Things Parents Should Know About Testing, both from Harcourt Brace
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| In Underachievement, What Gifted Educators Should Know |
| In Young Children, ERIC Digest #515 on How Parents Can Support
Gifted Children |
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| Started tracking site changes on "What's New?" |
                       
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Thanks!
