Cases on Instructional Technology in Gifted and Talented Education

Cases on Instructional Technology in Gifted and Talented Education

Lesia Lennex, Kimberely Fletcher Nettleton
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Release Date: September, 2014|Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 509
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6489-0
ISBN13: 9781466664890|ISBN10: 1466664894|EISBN13: 9781466664906
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As new classroom resources are developed, educators strive to incorporate digital media advancements into their curriculum to provide an enriched learning experience for students with exceptional intelligence, as well as students in need of supplementary instruction. Though the resources exist, their effective use in the classroom is currently lacking.

Cases on Instructional Technology in Gifted and Talented Education provides educators with real-life examples and research-based directions for the use of digital media resources in classrooms at all academic levels. This reference work will appeal to educators and researchers interested in enriching P-12 classrooms in order to extend student learning and promote effective e-learning in the classroom.

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The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

  • Differentiated Lessons
  • E-Learning
  • Enhanced Learning
  • Heterogeneous Classroom
  • P-12 Classroom
  • Special Needs Students
  • Twice Exceptional Children
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Cases on Instructional Technology in Gifted and Talented Education is designed to help P-12 educators learn how digital technologies can be inculcated to lesson planning and delivery to maximize effective learning experiences for gifted and talented learners. Each of the twenty chapters examines a variety of uses of technology in various countries and classrooms, with an emphasis on how gifted and talented learners can maximize their potential.

– Dr. Mark P. Ryan, Superintendent, North Valley Military Institute, USA

Editors Lennex and Nettleton present educators with a compendium of contemporary examples and research-based directions regarding the use of digital resources in the education of talented and gifted students from preschool through high school. The contributions that make up the bulk of the text are organized in six parts, covering the definition of giftedness, science and the gifted/talented student, arts and humanities and the gifted/talented student, voices from the schools, teacher training, and teacher education. The editors are both faculty members of Morehead State University, Kentucky.

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Lesia Lennex is a Professor of Education at Morehead State University in the Department of Middle Grades and Secondary Education. She teaches P-12 curriculum, instruction, and technology. Research areas include P16 3D technologies, technology issues and integration for P16 schools, biology and social studies curriculum, and ethnobotany. Dr. Lennex has been quite active in Faculty Senate, having twice been elected as Chair and is currently the President of MSU’s American Association of University Professors (AAUP). Dr. Lennex is an awardee of MSU’s Distinguished Researcher, an Adron Doran Fellow, and is professionally committed to scholarly productions and leadership with the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE). She has served as Chair of the special interest groups (SIG) Social Studies Education, Science Education, and Information Technology Education. Dr. Lennex took her Doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction, Social Studies education, with supporting areas in botany and American history from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She also holds a BA in Anthropology (zooarchaeology) and MS in Curriculum and Instruction, Social Studies education.
Kimberely Fletcher Nettleton earned an Ed. D in Curriculum and Instruction, with an emphasis on Instructional Design and Technology, from the University of Kentucky. She holds a Masters in elementary education from Georgetown College, and another MA School Administration. She is currently an Associate Professor at Morehead State University. In addition to teaching at Morehead State, she is the Director of University Assessment. As both a former classroom teacher and principal, she is a firm believer in the healing power of chocolate.
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