We hope this message finds you and your loved ones safe and in good health. We continue to be impressed by the gifted community and have collected a second list of incredible resources from our advisors, partners, and colleagues all across America. As always, there is a lot of learning to be done and we're grateful we have these folks in our court.
Over the next few weeks, we'll continue to share resources from our community, and if there's a resource we've missed, please let us know - send an email to thegwordfilm@gmail.com - and we'll compile another list for a mailout next week.
UPDATED: A SELECTION OF RESOURCES FOR THE GIFTED COMMUNITY
Access "100 Free At-Home Learning Resources and Activities for kids of all ages" from Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth.
Free on-demand video from our partner SENG: "SENGinar: Parenting During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Curiosity, Creativity, and Concerns" with Dr. Joanne Foster.
Our friends at SoulSpark Learning are offering a free 30 minute consultation to help support the transition to homeschooling (now remote and digital learning), to support gifted and twice-exceptional identification, and so much more. Schedule a consultation with Dr. Kate Bachtel, who also happens to be an advisor to THE G WORD!
Register for a FREE webinar with Dr. MaryGrace Stewart, President of Massachusetts Association for Gifted Education (MAGE). Happens April 29th.
Our advisor Paula Prober has put together "A Quick Guide To Living With Uncertainty For Super Smart Overthinkers, Perfectionists, And HSPs."
It's a great time of year to check out the Cornell Lab Bird Cams.
Our friends at TECA (Twice Exceptional Children's Advocacy) are offering several online groups and events related to 2e kids and parenting them.
On April 14th, the California Association For The Gifted offers a webinar, "Things You Can Do Tomorrow to Help Students Develop Creative Skills for their Lifetimes."
Register for our partner GHF Learners’ upcoming Experts Series, created to engage our community through discussions with gifted education professionals and experts in a variety of fields as applicable to the gifted experience. First up is GHF board president Barry Gelston, M.Ed. on April 17th.
Paleontologist Joseph Kchodle - aka Paleo Joe - is offering free online classes daily, including "Fossil of the Day."
The Kentucky Association for Gifted Education has put together a helpful list of gifted and talented enrichment resources for everyone affected by COVID-19.
The lovely folks at Greater Good in Education have compiled a helpful list of resources for parents and educators.
And in case you missed it, below are several terrific resources we shared last week:
Outschool, founded by our advisor Amir Nathoo, has made $100k of classes available to families affected by the shutdown.
Our advisor Julie Skolnick has launched Let's Talk 2e, a free membership community for parents and educators of twice exceptional children.
Edward R. Amend, also an advisor, shared a video, "Coping With the Stress of COVID-19: Tips for Families with Gifted Children" in partnership with the Kentucky Association for Gifted Education, The Center For Gifted Studies, and the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children.
The Thomas B. Fordham Institute is compiling a comprehensive round-up of resources for home-learning.
Erin Jones, a Washington State-based educator and expert on equity and cultural-responsiveness is offering free Facebook Live classes for adults, teens and kids.
Tilt Parenting released a special podcast, Parenting in the Age of Coronavirus.
Leave Your Sleep for Education is an initiative created by Gifted Support Center -- a new member of THE G WORD's National Partnership Network -- to provide curriculum and music and arts enrichment to elementary school children. Take advantage of their free online curriculum platform.
Our partner the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented have been keeping a list of G/T resources that are helpful during school closures.
The Renzulli Learning platform is FREE for the remainder of the academic year.
Wendy Behrens, the Gifted and Talented Education Specialist for the Minnesota Department of Education, has compiled a list of social and emotional support resources for the Belin-Blank Center For Gifted Education.
PLUS, DON'T FORGET THE G WORD VIMEO GALLERY!
Our 44-minute collection of short videos is available for viewing on Vimeo now. Please share widely!
#MyGiftedStory - Accepting Submissions Soon!
#MyGiftedStory brings together neurodiverse stories of giftedness and twice-exceptionality from urban, suburban, and rural zip codes across all 50 states.
At a recent workshop led by Director/Producer Marc Smolowitz at the Minnesota Educators of the Gifted and Talented conference, dozens of attendees shared their experiences of giftedness living in Zip Codes throughout the Minneapolis, MN area.
#MyGiftedStory is a new photo-sharing initiative from THE G WORD that uses social media to put a face on giftedness across the nation. We're spotlighting stories of giftedness that represent cultural and gender diversity from a variety of perspectives, including but not limited to topics centered on discovery, neurodiversity, personal challenges, trauma, advocacy, education, equity, disability, and much more.
We'll begin to accept your submissions next week! Stay close for details coming soon - we'd love to share your story of giftedness with THE G WORD community!
Join THE G WORD National Partnership Network!
THE G WORD National Partnership Network is growing! We're working with nonprofits and education organizations to create an unprecedented national dialogue that invites people in all 50 states and every zip code to reconsider gifted/special education, learning differences, and neurodiversity, as well as the need for social justice, equity, and access associated with all types of intelligence in the 21st century.
Make sure you're following us on Facebook because over the next several days and weeks we'll be introducing you to each member of the National Partnership Network.
In the meantime, we invite you to learn more about the program and everything membership has to offer. Partnership starts at just $250 and comes with great benefits and recognition for participants. For those groups that are able to partner at $5,000 or higher, you will receive membership in our Major Donor Council.
Happy Passover and Easter to those observing. Here's to everyone's resilience in the days, weeks and months ahead!
Marc Smolowitz
Director / Producer, THE G WORD
https://TheGWordfilm.com
THE G WORD documentary film is fiscally sponsored by the Center for Independent Documentary (CID), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, one of the top fiscal sponsors for documentary films in the U.S. Donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Tax ID #: 04-2738458.
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