TAGT is proud to announce that the 2008 Insights directory has arrived. 

Texas Regional Education Service Center 13 (the work of a graduate of the UNT GT program, Jennifer Drumm) has a great set of education and curriculum links for teachers of the gifted. www.esc13.net/gt/hotlists.html 

A glossary of commonly used terms in gifted education.

A bibliography of written resources on social and emotional issues in gifted education.

A listing of journals, associations, support groups, and online resources for parents and others in gifted education

Dog Eared Resources: This site provides teachers with classroom ideas based on children's literature and that revolve around global themes. They also provide modification ideas/strategies for GT, ESL, and children with learning differences. 

Hoagies' Gifted Education Page. The largest comprehensive gifted resource page in the world, for both parents and educators, covering topics including identification, characteristics of gifted, testing and measurement, twice exceptional gifted, highly gifted, and lots more. There are tons of annotated links, mixed with original articles by both parents and professions, on subjects related to educating gifted children, plus references to books on the various aspects of raising and educating gifted children. There are even pages for the kids themselves, including a links page, hot topics book page, reading lists, magazine and software lists, and more...

On TeacherVision.com, you can find free and easy-to-use online software to create a class web page, new lesson plan ideas, class enrichment activities, and helpful reference sites and articles for teachers. A section of the site contains special curricular materials for gifted education.

A listing of commonly used assessments for identifying gifted and talented students or evaluating their programs.

A talent development model for gifted education proposed by Françoys Gagne'

Online college classes or AP classes: EPGY at Stanford University

The Texas Education Agency provides an on-line version of most of their materials, the TEA Gifted Plan, codes, laws, Q/A, etc

A Nation at Risk An open letter to the American people on educational reform

The Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (Fall 1997) are also available for curriculum panning needs or just to see what is there

The Iowa Acceleration Scale This instrument is used to help determine whether a child is ready to be admitted early to school or grade skipped..

The Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented is the largest advocacy group for gifted children in the world. TAGT has a major conference each fall, provides excellent publications and services, and offers teacher, school, and student   scholarships/grants.

The National Association for the Gifted and Talented is the premier gifted organization in the world. Its journal is excellent and through their advocacy much needed funding and research has been obtained at the national level.

The National Engineers Week is held each February. This link gives teachers many resources for introducing their boys and girls to engineering projects and careers.

This link goes the Texas Society of Professional Engineers. Follow it to their "Precollege Education" section.

Link to the TEXPREP Professional Engineering Program at UTSA www.texprep.org 

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