This presentation was given at the 2010 NCAGT Conference. It shares resources and the necessity for teaching Environmental Education to Gifted Students.
The document discusses the benefits of meditation for reducing stress and anxiety. It notes that meditation helps calm the mind and body by lowering heart rate and metabolism. Regular meditation of 10-20 minutes per day is recommended to experience stress relief and an overall sense of well-being.
These four documents cover various topics related to bats, including their spatial orientation abilities, foraging behaviors, macroecology, and acoustic behaviors. The documents present research on how bats navigate environments to find food, analyze bat population patterns across large geographic areas, and examine the sounds bats use to locate prey and communicate.
These three documents provide resources for teachers to help students learn vocabulary and reading comprehension strategies. They include ideas for teaching vocabulary through word maps, Frayer models, and generating examples and non-examples. Strategies for reading comprehension incorporate the use of graphic organizers, note-taking techniques, and questioning. Overall, the documents offer various methods and tools to assist students in building vocabulary skills and understanding what they read.
The document contains random words and symbols with no clear meaning or message. It does not provide any essential information that can be summarized coherently in 3 sentences or less.
3D printing is a rapidly changing technology that allows for the design and fabrication of objects through additive manufacturing processes and provides new opportunities for designing objects. It has applications for printing food, replacement parts, and for constructing buildings in space.
Home-School Communications Research Presentationgjducamp
This document summarizes a study examining patterns of communication between families and staff at Ashley Elementary School. Surveys were distributed to families and staff to understand preferred communication methods and their effectiveness. Key findings included that phone calls and notes were most common from both families and staff. Suggestions to improve communication included providing more regular academic updates, explaining directions clearly, and emphasizing student strengths in addition to weaknesses. Staff requested that families initiate contact more and prioritize their child's education. Overall the study aimed to discover current practices and ways to enhance home-school connections.
The document discusses the benefits of meditation for reducing stress and anxiety. It notes that meditation helps calm the mind and body by lowering heart rate and metabolism. Regular meditation of 10-20 minutes per day is recommended to experience stress relief and an overall sense of well-being.
These four documents cover various topics related to bats, including their spatial orientation abilities, foraging behaviors, macroecology, and acoustic behaviors. The documents present research on how bats navigate environments to find food, analyze bat population patterns across large geographic areas, and examine the sounds bats use to locate prey and communicate.
These three documents provide resources for teachers to help students learn vocabulary and reading comprehension strategies. They include ideas for teaching vocabulary through word maps, Frayer models, and generating examples and non-examples. Strategies for reading comprehension incorporate the use of graphic organizers, note-taking techniques, and questioning. Overall, the documents offer various methods and tools to assist students in building vocabulary skills and understanding what they read.
The document contains random words and symbols with no clear meaning or message. It does not provide any essential information that can be summarized coherently in 3 sentences or less.
3D printing is a rapidly changing technology that allows for the design and fabrication of objects through additive manufacturing processes and provides new opportunities for designing objects. It has applications for printing food, replacement parts, and for constructing buildings in space.
Home-School Communications Research Presentationgjducamp
This document summarizes a study examining patterns of communication between families and staff at Ashley Elementary School. Surveys were distributed to families and staff to understand preferred communication methods and their effectiveness. Key findings included that phone calls and notes were most common from both families and staff. Suggestions to improve communication included providing more regular academic updates, explaining directions clearly, and emphasizing student strengths in addition to weaknesses. Staff requested that families initiate contact more and prioritize their child's education. Overall the study aimed to discover current practices and ways to enhance home-school connections.
Creating a Community Timeline Part 2 - Student Activitygjducamp
The document provides instructions and links for three activities related to incorporating digital resources about the local community into a timeline project. Students are asked to analyze an artwork from an online exhibit of John Sloan's paintings of New York, select and analyze photographs from the county's digital archive, and create a found poem from information on historical highway markers. The activities aim to have students explore representations of the community in the past and reflect on how the community has changed over time.
This document provides context about an instructional activity with 21 third grade students in a gifted program. The goal was for students to create a class timeline of their community's history by analyzing visual and auditory information from online sources. Students contributed individually but to a shared collaborative product using software like xTimeline and VoiceThread. The teacher provided guidance and accommodated different learning styles. Student skills like analyzing digital texts, gathering online information, and presenting ideas improved, but relying on authoritative sources remains a work in progress.
Gabriella Ducamp, a 3rd grade teacher at Brunson Elementary, is requesting $2,082.83 from Ecolab's grant program to purchase materials for her "Flip for Math" project. The project aims to improve students' math skills and motivation by having them read storybooks applying math concepts, complete related activities, then create video lessons teaching the concepts to other students. The requested materials include math storybooks, recording devices, and supplementary books and will impact approximately 25 students initially and more through online lessons. The project is intended to help students see the real-world applications of math and improve their presentation and teaching skills.
Blanch Raper Zimmerman Grant to Attend Confratutegjducamp
Gabriella Ducamp, a teacher at Ashley I.B. Magnet School, is requesting funding from the Blanche Raper Zimmerman Scholarship to attend Confratute, a gifted education conference. She teaches at an at-risk elementary school implementing an International Baccalaureate program to enrich student learning. While students are gaining knowledge, they still struggle with higher-order thinking skills needed to compete globally. Confratute will help Ducamp learn strategies to nurture student potential and instill a vision of life-long learning and acceptance of higher education culture.
North Carolina Science Leadership Fellows Program Applicationgjducamp
This educator has continually pursued education to strengthen their teaching skills. They earned a Master's in Education in Language and Literacy, and licensure in gifted education. They lead many math and science workshops and programs to help other teachers. Their goals are to stay knowledgeable about current science issues to discuss with students, form relationships with scientists, and share strategies as curriculum standards change. As a science leader, they helped their school earn grants for outdoor learning spaces to teach about the environment.
Students will spend several months observing and studying an individual tree to learn about plant life cycles, ecology, and the importance of environmental stewardship. They will record weekly observations of their tree, write stories from the tree's perspective, and create artistic representations of their tree. Students will also complete a community service project related to local conservation efforts. Finally, students will create a multimedia presentation incorporating their research, writings, artwork, and reflections on connecting with nature to share what they've learned.
This document summarizes changes made to a classroom layout over the course of a school year. The goals were to create a flexible environment that facilitates learning while also providing predictability. Materials and resources were reorganized throughout the year to be more accessible to students and efficiently used, including the addition of new literacy resources. The most significant change was to the classroom library, which was expanded and designated its own clear space, with books organized by genre and features added to create a welcoming reading environment. Further changes are planned to continue improving the classroom to meet students' needs.
Esperanza Rising Voice Thread Class Activitygjducamp
The document outlines an assignment for students to analyze the novel Esperanza Rising through creating an online "virtual quilt" using VoiceThread. Students will read the novel and reflect on each chapter by writing summaries, illustrating key events, and quoting passages. They will then upload their work to VoiceThread for classmates and others to view and comment on. The assignment is meant to deepen students' understanding of immigration and tolerance through examining the story and characters.
Students are reading My Side of the Mountain and will create a 2-3 minute film about a survival skill featured in the book. They will research their topic, film their piece using a borrowed Flip camera, and have their work graded based on a rubric assessing significance, accuracy, graphics/props, voice, non-verbal communication, awareness of audience, point of view, duration, script, and research. Students will learn video editing after winter break and have their finished videos posted online.
Utilizing Technology to Design Learning Environments that Enhance the Creativ...gjducamp
Gabriella Ducamp is an elementary school teacher interested in enhancing creativity in gifted learners. She believes creativity is being stifled in traditional classrooms and wants to utilize technology to design innovative learning environments. Her goals are to develop reliable identification measures for giftedness, conduct research on how early identification impacts student growth, and ultimately serve as a consultant to better identify gifted students and develop new curriculum materials using technology.
This document is a grant application for the 2010-2011 ARTStem Project seeking $3,000 to create a 30-minute educational television program about electricity and magnetism for 4th grade students. It outlines the project leaders and collaborators from UNC School of the Arts, UNC Greensboro, a local elementary school, and film festival. The program will be created through puppetry, animation, and experiments filmed with students to explain science concepts in an engaging way. The timeline details development from September to May to be completed for the October 1st deadline.
Temple of Asclepius in Thrace. Excavation resultsKrassimira Luka
The temple and the sanctuary around were dedicated to Asklepios Zmidrenus. This name has been known since 1875 when an inscription dedicated to him was discovered in Rome. The inscription is dated in 227 AD and was left by soldiers originating from the city of Philippopolis (modern Plovdiv).
This document provides an overview of wound healing, its functions, stages, mechanisms, factors affecting it, and complications.
A wound is a break in the integrity of the skin or tissues, which may be associated with disruption of the structure and function.
Healing is the body’s response to injury in an attempt to restore normal structure and functions.
Healing can occur in two ways: Regeneration and Repair
There are 4 phases of wound healing: hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. This document also describes the mechanism of wound healing. Factors that affect healing include infection, uncontrolled diabetes, poor nutrition, age, anemia, the presence of foreign bodies, etc.
Complications of wound healing like infection, hyperpigmentation of scar, contractures, and keloid formation.
Creating a Community Timeline Part 2 - Student Activitygjducamp
The document provides instructions and links for three activities related to incorporating digital resources about the local community into a timeline project. Students are asked to analyze an artwork from an online exhibit of John Sloan's paintings of New York, select and analyze photographs from the county's digital archive, and create a found poem from information on historical highway markers. The activities aim to have students explore representations of the community in the past and reflect on how the community has changed over time.
This document provides context about an instructional activity with 21 third grade students in a gifted program. The goal was for students to create a class timeline of their community's history by analyzing visual and auditory information from online sources. Students contributed individually but to a shared collaborative product using software like xTimeline and VoiceThread. The teacher provided guidance and accommodated different learning styles. Student skills like analyzing digital texts, gathering online information, and presenting ideas improved, but relying on authoritative sources remains a work in progress.
Gabriella Ducamp, a 3rd grade teacher at Brunson Elementary, is requesting $2,082.83 from Ecolab's grant program to purchase materials for her "Flip for Math" project. The project aims to improve students' math skills and motivation by having them read storybooks applying math concepts, complete related activities, then create video lessons teaching the concepts to other students. The requested materials include math storybooks, recording devices, and supplementary books and will impact approximately 25 students initially and more through online lessons. The project is intended to help students see the real-world applications of math and improve their presentation and teaching skills.
Blanch Raper Zimmerman Grant to Attend Confratutegjducamp
Gabriella Ducamp, a teacher at Ashley I.B. Magnet School, is requesting funding from the Blanche Raper Zimmerman Scholarship to attend Confratute, a gifted education conference. She teaches at an at-risk elementary school implementing an International Baccalaureate program to enrich student learning. While students are gaining knowledge, they still struggle with higher-order thinking skills needed to compete globally. Confratute will help Ducamp learn strategies to nurture student potential and instill a vision of life-long learning and acceptance of higher education culture.
North Carolina Science Leadership Fellows Program Applicationgjducamp
This educator has continually pursued education to strengthen their teaching skills. They earned a Master's in Education in Language and Literacy, and licensure in gifted education. They lead many math and science workshops and programs to help other teachers. Their goals are to stay knowledgeable about current science issues to discuss with students, form relationships with scientists, and share strategies as curriculum standards change. As a science leader, they helped their school earn grants for outdoor learning spaces to teach about the environment.
Students will spend several months observing and studying an individual tree to learn about plant life cycles, ecology, and the importance of environmental stewardship. They will record weekly observations of their tree, write stories from the tree's perspective, and create artistic representations of their tree. Students will also complete a community service project related to local conservation efforts. Finally, students will create a multimedia presentation incorporating their research, writings, artwork, and reflections on connecting with nature to share what they've learned.
This document summarizes changes made to a classroom layout over the course of a school year. The goals were to create a flexible environment that facilitates learning while also providing predictability. Materials and resources were reorganized throughout the year to be more accessible to students and efficiently used, including the addition of new literacy resources. The most significant change was to the classroom library, which was expanded and designated its own clear space, with books organized by genre and features added to create a welcoming reading environment. Further changes are planned to continue improving the classroom to meet students' needs.
Esperanza Rising Voice Thread Class Activitygjducamp
The document outlines an assignment for students to analyze the novel Esperanza Rising through creating an online "virtual quilt" using VoiceThread. Students will read the novel and reflect on each chapter by writing summaries, illustrating key events, and quoting passages. They will then upload their work to VoiceThread for classmates and others to view and comment on. The assignment is meant to deepen students' understanding of immigration and tolerance through examining the story and characters.
Students are reading My Side of the Mountain and will create a 2-3 minute film about a survival skill featured in the book. They will research their topic, film their piece using a borrowed Flip camera, and have their work graded based on a rubric assessing significance, accuracy, graphics/props, voice, non-verbal communication, awareness of audience, point of view, duration, script, and research. Students will learn video editing after winter break and have their finished videos posted online.
Utilizing Technology to Design Learning Environments that Enhance the Creativ...gjducamp
Gabriella Ducamp is an elementary school teacher interested in enhancing creativity in gifted learners. She believes creativity is being stifled in traditional classrooms and wants to utilize technology to design innovative learning environments. Her goals are to develop reliable identification measures for giftedness, conduct research on how early identification impacts student growth, and ultimately serve as a consultant to better identify gifted students and develop new curriculum materials using technology.
This document is a grant application for the 2010-2011 ARTStem Project seeking $3,000 to create a 30-minute educational television program about electricity and magnetism for 4th grade students. It outlines the project leaders and collaborators from UNC School of the Arts, UNC Greensboro, a local elementary school, and film festival. The program will be created through puppetry, animation, and experiments filmed with students to explain science concepts in an engaging way. The timeline details development from September to May to be completed for the October 1st deadline.
Temple of Asclepius in Thrace. Excavation resultsKrassimira Luka
The temple and the sanctuary around were dedicated to Asklepios Zmidrenus. This name has been known since 1875 when an inscription dedicated to him was discovered in Rome. The inscription is dated in 227 AD and was left by soldiers originating from the city of Philippopolis (modern Plovdiv).
This document provides an overview of wound healing, its functions, stages, mechanisms, factors affecting it, and complications.
A wound is a break in the integrity of the skin or tissues, which may be associated with disruption of the structure and function.
Healing is the body’s response to injury in an attempt to restore normal structure and functions.
Healing can occur in two ways: Regeneration and Repair
There are 4 phases of wound healing: hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. This document also describes the mechanism of wound healing. Factors that affect healing include infection, uncontrolled diabetes, poor nutrition, age, anemia, the presence of foreign bodies, etc.
Complications of wound healing like infection, hyperpigmentation of scar, contractures, and keloid formation.
THE SACRIFICE HOW PRO-PALESTINE PROTESTS STUDENTS ARE SACRIFICING TO CHANGE T...indexPub
The recent surge in pro-Palestine student activism has prompted significant responses from universities, ranging from negotiations and divestment commitments to increased transparency about investments in companies supporting the war on Gaza. This activism has led to the cessation of student encampments but also highlighted the substantial sacrifices made by students, including academic disruptions and personal risks. The primary drivers of these protests are poor university administration, lack of transparency, and inadequate communication between officials and students. This study examines the profound emotional, psychological, and professional impacts on students engaged in pro-Palestine protests, focusing on Generation Z's (Gen-Z) activism dynamics. This paper explores the significant sacrifices made by these students and even the professors supporting the pro-Palestine movement, with a focus on recent global movements. Through an in-depth analysis of printed and electronic media, the study examines the impacts of these sacrifices on the academic and personal lives of those involved. The paper highlights examples from various universities, demonstrating student activism's long-term and short-term effects, including disciplinary actions, social backlash, and career implications. The researchers also explore the broader implications of student sacrifices. The findings reveal that these sacrifices are driven by a profound commitment to justice and human rights, and are influenced by the increasing availability of information, peer interactions, and personal convictions. The study also discusses the broader implications of this activism, comparing it to historical precedents and assessing its potential to influence policy and public opinion. The emotional and psychological toll on student activists is significant, but their sense of purpose and community support mitigates some of these challenges. However, the researchers call for acknowledging the broader Impact of these sacrifices on the future global movement of FreePalestine.
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