gifted teacher resources
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Using Google My Maps in the Gifted Classroom: Mapping The Global Innovation Lab
The Global Innovation Lab is growing! 🌎🚀 In this post, I share how Google My Maps is helping us connect classrooms around the world so students can collaborate on real-world challenges like water conservation. If you want your students to think bigger, create meaningful solutions, and learn alongside students from other communities and countries, I…
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Why I Grade Student Assignments in #smithingifted — Even When They Don’t Go on a Report Card
In this #smithingifted blog post, I explain why I grade gifted student assignments even though they do not appear on a traditional report card. My simple 1–4 grading system helps students understand expectations, gives meaningful feedback, creates accountability, and provides clear documentation for progress reports. For gifted teachers, this system makes it easier to track…
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Welcome to #smithingifted: Where Gifted Learners Think Bigger, Create More, and Lead the Way
#smithingifted is a resource space for gifted teachers who want more than basic enrichment. Created by gifted educator Beth Smith, #smithingifted focuses on rigorous, creative, and ready-to-use resources for gifted and high-ability learners, especially in STEM, robotics, coding, design thinking, student choice, and real-world problem solving. From classroom projects to innovation challenges, these resources are…