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NAME THAT WIKI
. . .It's your turn! We've had so much fun with "unearthed" this year, and we think you have too, that we want to set up something even bigger, even better for the 2008-2009 school year. We want your help in choosing a site name for our next project. All Gifted students in grades 5 through 8 will participate in the same space. What should we call it? What sort of username would you choose? Why? What topics should the "Discovery Pages" feature? Send your ideas to Carol Inian and Hap Wilson through the Discussion Tab on the "Name that Wiki" link. = = =media type="custom" key="185103"= = = =Welcome to the "Great Minds Think. . ." Project=

Member-contributors are grades 7 and 8 Gifted students primarily enrolled within Mrs. MacVoy's families of schools.

The aim of this project is to provide Gifted students at the intermediate level with a differentiated, on-line collaborative learning opportunity. Student work on this project will: - provide extension and enrichment opportunities; - encourage critical thinking; - increase media awareness; - build on student's current "e-knowledge".

Both students who participate in the Itinerant Gifted Program with Mrs. MacVoy, and those who have chosen not to do so, are eligible and encouraged to participate in learning with and from their like-minded peers through the "Great Minds Think" project.


 * This is the first time a project of this type has been attempted in this manner.**

With the cooperation and input of classroom teachers, administrators, Learning Support teachers and the students themselves, students will work in groups of two or three to answer a question that: - addresses a controversial issue; - extends the regular classroom curriculum; - challenges preconceptions; - and is of interest to them.

Students will generate and choose from their own list of questions to form the basis for their research topic.