Carmen Smith-Webb Teacher and Director of Gifted Summer Program Pitt County Schools and East Carolina University Julie Howard Teacher of Academically Gifted and Master Teacher In Gifted Summer Program Pitt County Schools and East Carolina University Karen Eberenz Teacher of Academically Gifted and Master Teacher in Gifted Summer Program Pitt County Schools and East Carolina University Join us as we shine a light on adding SWAG to simulations with gifted students! Our simulations are designed with Story-line, Wonder, Authenticity, and Grit to provide rigor, require social interaction, integrate technology, and stimulate creative thinking and problem solving. In this session, participants will investigate how to implement simulations with SWAG to stimulate student engagement. Simulation definitions, basic design and each tenet of SWAG will be explored. Practical “how-to” materials to implement critical and creative thinking and problem solving, or modified for curriculum content, will be included. Come learn how to successfully implement simulations with SWAG!

1. Adding SWAG to
Story Wonder Authenticity Grit

5. DIRECTOR EBERENZCODE NAME:
THE PINK COBRA STALKER
SKILLS:
CODE BREAKING, PUZZLE SOLVING, AND
BRAIN TEASING
LIKES:
DOGS, PUZZLES, AND EVERYTHING CHOCOLATE
DISLIKES:
CATS, MORNINGS AND EVERYTHING SIMPLE
MOTTO:
WITH GREAT PUZZLE SOLVING SKILLS COME
GREAT RESPONSIBILITY.

6. DIRECTOR HOWARD
CODENAME:
FIX IT PHANTOM
SKILLS:
RESEARCHING, CLARIFYING, AND GETTING
THINGS DONE
LIKES:
CATS, THE BEACH, AND COFFEE
DISLIKES:
DOGS, CARELESSNESS, AND CHOCOLATE WITH
MINT
MOTTO:
DO IT RIGHT OR YOU WILL DO IT OVER.

8. Adding SWAG to
Story Wonder Authenticity Grit

9. INTRODUCTIONS

10. Let’s begin!!!
Does everyone have a ticket for
door prizes at the end?

12. Why should you implement

14. ...
it's a
process!

15. SWAG
Story Wonder Authenticity Grit

16. Storyline

28. Wonder

32. SURPRISE!
SURPRISE!
STUDENTS WITH THE MOST BADGES
CHOOSE WHICH SIDE THEY WANT TO
WORK ON, AND WHICH PUZZLE THEY WANT
TO SOLVE FIRST.

36. Authenticity

47. Grit

58. Adding SWAG to
Story Wonder Authenticity Grit
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