Gifted Students

This is a late post, but I have still given much thought to the videos about gifted students.  Ever since Dr. Senkowski introduced her knowledge and experience about gifted students I have gained an interest to learn more about the specific community.  I have had a couple classes at GVSU related to children/students with disabilities.  Not once did I hear about gifted students.  To bring out a stereotype, which I'm sure many people have when they hear "gifted students," is the fact that students with disabilities is the same thing as gifted students.  I've learned that there is indeed a difference between the two, but a student with a disability can still be considered a gifted student.  Like some others said in their posts, a big myth was the idea of having a lot of friends versus a perfect couple of friends.  I thought it was better to have more friends growing up, but now from a teaching perspective when I see students who have 2-3 close friends, I know they are doing just fine.

I can bring a lot of this new knowledge to my classroom and future classroom.  Luckily, in a gymnasium we tend to have more room than most classrooms.  Some students engage themselves better when they can be more spread out and have personal space.  I will make sure to be aware of certain needs like personal space by modifying certain activities to the students needs that may require more space to be used individually.  In terms of technology, the biggest idea that came to mind was the idea of self-reflection by using a journal online that they can share to me.  It will give the students a sense of privacy in which they might be able to complete their reflection more
thoroughly instead of doing it in class or having a class discussion about it.