Complimentary Copy of Gifted Education Press Quarterly
January 23, 2012

 

 

Dear Educator/Parent --

We are offering a complimentary copy of Gifted Education Press Quarterly. They would need to email me directly to receive our WINTER 2012 issue. My email address is:

 gifted@giftededpress.com

 

SAMPLE ISSUE: SUMMER 2011

 

http://www.giftededpress.com/GEPQSUMMER2011.pdf

 

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Brand New, Just Published! Harry Roman's book on Planning and Implementing STEM Education Programs for Gifted Students. An Essential Book for Parents and Educators. Click Here for More Information.

As a Special Incentive for ordering this book, we will send you the code for accessing our list of over 160 LINKS for STEM Programs in the United States! This offer only applies when you order this book. We will update the list periodically.

Click Here to See All of Our STEM Related Materials!

Please see our new site just devoted to STEM education books: www.GiftedSTEMEducation.com

NEWS FLASH!  Read Harry T. Roman's Essay on Using Timelines in the Gifted & Talented Classroom: CLICK HERE

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Key Words from the WINTER 2012 Issue of Gifted Education Press Quarterly

 

25th Anniversary of Gifted Education Press Quarterly, Parent Surveys, Baton Rouge Association of Gifted and Talented Students (BRAGTS), Inner City Gifted Students, Teacher Integrity, Community Impact on the Gifted, Social-Emotional Development, Not from My Lesson Plans by Ivan Frank, Young Gifted Children and Technology, Using Technology in the Elementary Gifted Classroom, International Surveys of Technology Use at Preschool and Elementary Levels, Lessons Learned from Steve Jobs, STEM Education for Gifted Students by Harry T. Roman, Sensibility of Giftedness, Role of Synergy in Stimulating Gifted Students, Humanities Education for the Gifted, Interview with Michael E. Walters.

 

1.  Editorial Comments by Maurice Fisher – Twenty-Five Years of Publishing Gifted Education Press Quarterly

 

2.  Analyzing Parent Evaluations of Gifted and Talented Programs

F. Neil Mathews, Ph.D.    Louisiana State University

 

3.  The Teacher’s Integrity and the Classroom Community’s Impact on Self-Esteem and Integration

Ivan C. Frank     Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

 

4.  Digital Knowing: How Young Children’s Ease with Technology is Changing Expectations …Implications for Educating Gifted Students

Diane Witt   New Albany, Ohio

 

5.  Bring the Educational Power of Steve Jobs into Your Gifted Classroom

Harry T. Roman     Technology and Engineering Educator

 

6.  Interview with Michael E. Walters, Ed.D. – Maurice Fisher, Interviewer

 

Members of the National Advisory Panel for Gifted Education Press Quarterly are:
Dr. Hanna David — Tel Aviv University, Israel; Dr. James Delisle — Kent State University; Dr. Jerry Flack — University of Colorado; Dr. Howard Gardner  — Harvard University; Ms. Margaret Gosfield – Editor, Gifted Education Communicator, Published by the California Association for the Gifted; Ms. Dorothy Knopper — Publisher, Open Space Communications; Mr. James LoGiudice — Bucks County, Pennsylvania IU No. 22; Dr. Bruce Shore — McGill University, Montreal, Quebec; Ms. Joan Smutny — National-Louis University, Illinois; Dr. Colleen Willard-Holt — Dean, Faculty of Education, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario; Ms. Susan Winebrenner —  Consultant, San Marcos, California; Dr. Ellen Winner — Boston College.

 

 

I need your help in locating new subscribers, and would greatly appreciate your asking colleagues and friends to contact me. We are now in a major political battle with federal and state governments to maintain gifted education programs in the public schools.  I need your support in making Gifted Education Press Quarterly a resource available to all educators and parents who want to maintain and expand programs for gifted students! Your colleagues and friends should email me at: gifted@giftededpress.com.  Thank you.

 

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Online Documentary Film Production Course for Students who are Gifted in Visual Arts, Media Communication and Film Design -- Contact Blue Lotus Films for Information about this Excellent Online Course at: contact@bluelotusfilms.net

Click Here to See a Screen Shot of the Introductory Page.

 

 

 

Now Order Selected Versions of Our Books in PDF Format by Using PayPal!  We will Email you the PDF Version of the Book after we Receive your Payment through Paypal.  Click here to see what books are currently available.

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Please Click Here to See Many of Our Books Listed on Amazon.com – How to Teach the Gifted, Science, Technology, Math and Humanities Education for the Gifted!

 

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Read Excerpts from the Latest Illinois Association for Gifted Children Journal

Spring 2011

TOPIC: Creative Learning and Problem Solving

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Special Invitation to Join the Gifted Education Press Discussion Group—

 

I’ve just set up a discussion group on the Gifted Education Press Web Site. This will give anyone (including all GEPQ subscribers) the opportunity to bring up any issue on identifying and educating the gifted.  I recommend that you go to the link below and register; then post some questions and statements related to identifying and educating gifted children. Also, please announce this opportunity to your education colleagues and parents, so they can participate and comment.

 

Here is the link: http://giftededpress.websitetoolbox.com/

 

Or go to the Gifted Education Press Web Site, and access the Discussion Group link.

 

I am optimistic that this will enable you to actively talk about your concerns and ideas on educating the gifted, and to obtain helpful feedback from participants.

 

 

I would also like to give you a special treat. Joan Smutny, the editor of the Illinois Association for Gifted Children Journal has given me permission to place the entire Spring 2010 Journal on the Gifted Education Press web site in PDF format. This is a very important journal issue in the gifted education field because it contains 27 excellent articles on Advocating for Gifted Education Programs. I invite you to read and/or print any or all of these articles from our web site. There is no charge for accessing this journal! Just go to my web site at www.GiftedEdPress.com and click the link for Gifted Advocacy – Illinois Association for Gifted Children Journal. Happy reading!

 

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JUST PUBLISHED – Comprehensive Resource on Energy Conservation and Consumption     Specifically Written for Use in the Gifted Classroom

Exploring Energy & Alternative Energy Technologies and Issues:  Resource Guide for the Gifted Middle and High School Classroom by HARRY T. ROMAN   ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER

Please see this latest book published by Gifted Education Press on Environmental Issues at:

http://www.giftededpress.com/ADENERGBOOKHARRYTROMAN.pdf

Order Directly From:  Amazon.com!

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Attention Parents who are Homeschooling their Gifted Children, or Parents or Teachers who are Interested in Using Additional Enrichment Materials in the Home or Classroom. Please see our Latest Book by Robert E. Myers at:

http://www.giftededpress.com/MYERSHOMESCHOOLING.pdf

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In addition, please see the information on our Web Site about our latest books on creative thinking, humanities, science and mathematics.  In order to express our appreciation for your support, we are offering a 20% DISCOUNT on all orders sent directly to Gifted Education Press (See our address on our Web Site.) After you deduct 20% for the total amount of your order, please add 10% for Postage and Handling. All orders under $50.00 must be prepaid. Orders of $50.00 or more can be made with a purchase order. If you have any questions, please email me. Thank you.

Our latest books are as follows:

 

1. By Maurice & Eugenia Fisher, Editors: Heroes of Giftedness: An Inspirational Guide for Gifted Students and Their Teachers —Presenting the Personal Heroes of Twelve Experts on Gifted Education. Discusses Highly Gifted Individuals who can be used as models for motivating gifted students to study different fields of knowledge. 

 

“Heroes of Giftedness: An Inspirational Guide is an exciting new edition to gifted education literature.  It well fulfills its purpose in the inspiring, exhilarating accounts of famous individuals and their contribution to the world.  Gifted students, teachers, and parents will benefit hugely from these biographies of great men and women who overcame personal and professional challenges to move forward in their fields.”   Joan Smutny, Director    The Center for Gifted   National-Louis University

 

“My view of the world is that people are best served when they find their passion early on, because we tend to be good at things we’re passionate about. I think we also need to find people whom we admire and try to emulate them.”   Chesley Sullenberger, the Captain who successfully guided US Airways flight 1549 in the Hudson River on January 15, 2009 (From Air & Space Magazine, May 2009, p. 11)

http://www.giftededpress.com/HEROESOFGIFTEDNESS.htm

2. By Harry T. Roman: Energizing Your Gifted Students’ Creative Thinking & Imagination: Using Design Principles, Team Activities, and Invention Strategies —A Complete Lesson Guide for Upper Elementary and Middle School Levels.  Concentrates on nurturing Gifted Children's Applied Creative Thinking and Imagination to solve practical and real world problems. This book will help them become masters at using engineering and design principles in their everyday life in the school and home.

 

http://www.giftededpress.com/HARRYTROMANCREATIVITY.htm

 

3.  By Robert E. Myers:  Golden Quills: Creative Thinking and Writing Lessons for Middle-School Gifted Students. Contains Twenty-Seven Challenging Lessons for Stimulating Creative Learning in Language Arts. Further information can be found at:

http://www.giftededpress.com/REMYERS.htm

4. By Judy Micheletti: SNIBBLES: REALLY Creative Problem Solving Lessons and Mind-Stimulating Exercises for Gifted Students and Their Teachers, Ages 5 through Really Old!  Judy’s original creativity book, and our Best Seller.

 

http://www.giftededpress.com/SNIBBLES.htm

 

 

5. By Judy Micheletti: MORE SNIBBLES: Serendipitous Seasons. This book focuses on how to motivate gifted students to be more creative at their school and home, and it contains several delightful line drawings that will entice the imagination of all curious children and adults.  Further information can be found at:

http://www.giftededpress.com/SNIBBLES2.htm

 6. By Harry T. Roman: Solar Power, Fuel Cells, Wind Power and Other Important Environmental Studies for Upper Elementary and Middle School Gifted Students and Their Teachers: A Technology, Problem-Solving and Invention Guide. It is perfect for use in Tech Ed, pre-engineering and environmental courses and study units. Further information can be found at:

http://www.giftededpress.com/HARRYTROMAN.htm


All of these books are useful resources for gifted students and their parents and teachers. They can be ordered directly from gifted education Press or through Amazon.com.

 

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For my latest interview in EducationNews.Org (June 11, 2009) about the gifted education field, click the following link:

http://www.giftededpress.com/INTERVIEW%20WITH%20MAURICE%20FISHER%2005282009.pdf
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Contact me if you have any ideas for new articles or books that GEP can publish.

Thank you.

Sincerely,
Maurice Fisher, Ph.D.
Publisher