Text Box: Text Box: Annual Conference

Albuquerque Association for

Gifted and Talented Students

A non-profit organization dedicated to developing one of our most precious resources — gifted and talented students.

 
Text Box: AAGTS Annual Conferences are held at Albuquerque Academy, 6400 Wyoming NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Text Box: To contact us: Write to AAGTS P.O. Box 94328 Albuquerque, NM  87199-4328 Or E-mail: info@aagts.org Text Box: Date: Saturday, October 25, 2008 Location: Albuquerque Academy Speaker: James Delisle, Ph.D. James Delisle, Ph.D., professor of Special Education at Kent State University, received his doctorate in educational psychology from the University of Connecticut. His specialties include education and guidance of gifted children and adolescents and teaching students in the middle grades. He has written 9 books and more than 150 articles. Text Box: 2008 Annual Conference Text Box: 2009 AAGTS Conference Text Box: Date: Saturday, October 24, 2009. Keynote Speaker: David Eagleman, Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine. Keynote: “The Ten Unsolved Mysteries of the Brain” . Breakout session 1: “Creativity and the Brain: From Classroom to Home”. Breakout session 2: “The Multi-Sensory Brain: How to Improve Learning by Tapping Into All the Senses”. Parents’ Workshop: “The Ten Necessities for Parenting the Gifted” presented by George Betts, Ed.D., Univ. of Northern Colorado. Teachers’ Workshop: “Brainy Curriculum” presented by Trevor Carter, APS.

And here is the contract for exhibitors.

 

Registration will start in September.

 

The conference brochure will be available here soon.

 

 

 
Text Box: 2010 AAGTS Conference Text Box: Date: Saturday, October 23, 2010. Keynote Speaker: Bob Seney, Ph.D., (See below for more information about the speaker.) Keynote: “Putting the Gifted Mind to Work: Understanding Connections Among Reading, Media, and Social Interactions” Afternoon Sessions will be presented by the Media Literacy Project.

You will soon be able to register using your credit card or Paypal account:

About the Speaker:

Dr. Bob Seney, Professor Emeritus/Gifted Studies from Mississippi

University for Women will deliver his keynote "Responding to the

Gifted Reader" and then expand on this with his breakout session

"What's New in Young Adult Literature: 2010 Edition" (a book list will

be provided). Since gifted students are usually proficient readers,

their reading needs and reading instruction are often overlooked or

dismissed as "They can handle it on their own."  Dr. Seney investigates

the reading needs of gifted learners and will provide suggestions and

strategies to help strengthen and motivate gifted learners in their

reading.   You can find more information about Dr. Seney in our July Newsletter,