Gifted Learners

One thing that I found surprising about the videos was the ability for gifted students to be several ages at once. Besides their actual physical age, gifted students are generally several years ahead cognitively yet several years behind emotionally; often leading to a misdiagnosis of aspergers or ADHD. I also found it interesting how gifted students are generally not very social, but I suppose that would come along with the under developed emotional mindset and the different sense of humor. I like the idea of the 'new normal' for gifted learners. It's good to recognize the fact that they don't always need a lot of friends or don't need tons of social interaction in their daily lives.

I think the 'symptoms' of giftedness are what I will be looking out for in a classroom. If a student is quite brilliant yet struggles socially, that may be a cue to a teacher of a gifted student. Using technology to help gifted students, using programs such as Google Slides could help a student who prefers to work alone, yet is a part of a group project. The videos mentioned that students may be more open to talking/discussing things online as opposed to in person. Using an anonymous chatroom for the class could be another way to incorporate technology to make gifted students feel more included and comfortable in the classroom discussion.