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		<title>Javitz funding jeopardized</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Reject Elimination of Gifted &#38; Talented Education Funding Urge Your Representative to Sign Letter to Restore Javits Funding With Congress on the verge of eliminating the Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act, the only federal program dedicated to identifying best practices in gifted education, we need everyone to ask your Representative to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.giftedkidsnetwork.com/blog/2010/07/30/javitz-funding-jeopardized/</link>
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		<title>Curious Kids</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most of the technology links that I write about are tools that gifted students can use to create projects and products on topics they are learning about. Today&#8217;s tech tools  are a bit different.   There are many websites to help curious kids investigate our world.  The Why Files can help students better understand current events [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.giftedkidsnetwork.com/blog/2010/07/30/curious-kids/</link>
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		<title>SENG Parent Group</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Parenting a gifted child can be a challenging experience.  The Gifted Kids Network sponsors a variety of parent book clubs and discussion groups.  Register for parent classes at http://www.giftedkidsnetwork.com/Parents.html SENG (Support the Emotional Needs of the Gifted) Online Parent Group SENG groups are guided discussion groups about the special Social and Emotional Needs of Gifted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.giftedkidsnetwork.com/blog/2010/07/15/seng-parent-group/</link>
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		<title>Fall Classes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gifted Kids Network (GKN) Fall 2010 Classes You can register on www.giftedkidsnetwork.com/fall.html Fall semester long classes are $250 for the semester. Classes run September 7, 2010 &#8211; December 23, 2010 Oh the Places We Will Go &#8212; Recommended for grades 3-5 Travel the world through virtual field trips to different countries and different time periods. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.giftedkidsnetwork.com/blog/2010/07/15/fall-classes/</link>
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		<title>Tech Tool of the Week &#8211; Museum Box</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s tech tool is Museum Box .  According to the web site &#8220;This site provides the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. What items, for example, would you put in a box to describe your life; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.giftedkidsnetwork.com/blog/2010/07/14/tech-tool-of-the-week/</link>
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		<title>Tech Tool of the Week – Glogster</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s been a while since I had the time to blog.  My summer goal is to blog at least a few times a week and share some of the great tools I’ve been using in my classes.  Tech Tool of the Week – Glogster I just discovered a new tech tool that I’m having fun [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.giftedkidsnetwork.com/blog/2010/06/08/tech-tool-of-the-week-%e2%80%93-glogster/</link>
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		<title>Technology and Primary Grade Students</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Technology is an exciting learning tool for most students, but for gifted and talented students it represents the opportunity to engage in deep and complex thinking on a wide variety of topics. In the primary grades, technology can be a powerful motivator. I don’t mean dangling a computer usage as a reward for compliance. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.giftedkidsnetwork.com/blog/2009/07/05/technology-and-primary-grade-students/</link>
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		<title>Olympics and Geography</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Carol Fertig recently posted Ideas for Studying the Olympics. She&#8217;s given some great links that I encourage teachers and parents to explore.  Personally I love the Olympics as a way to learn more about geography. Here are a few ideas: Plot the route of the torch on a map. Locate each country participating in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.giftedkidsnetwork.com/blog/2008/08/17/olympics-and-geography/</link>
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		<title>Gifted Kids Network makes the news</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been an exciting week for the Gifted Kids Network with two journals running stories about GKN. Read the article about GKN in Tempo Magazine. Read the article in Edweek.org  ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.giftedkidsnetwork.com/blog/2008/08/12/gifted-kids-network-makes-the-news/</link>
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		<title>Technology and Differentiation part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while since my last post on technology and differentiation.  As I was working on summer presentations, I came across a few additional sites that I&#8217;d like to share. Christina Laun writes 100 Helpful Web Tools for Every Kind of Learner.  This is post shares great tools for auditory learners, visual learners and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.giftedkidsnetwork.com/blog/2008/07/29/technology-and-differentiation-part-2/</link>
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