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Mark Your Calendars!
Although it may be cold outside, we are already gearing up for spring and summer at the Belin-Blank Center! We are offering many exciting online opportunities for educators, students, families, and gifted education researchers. Mark your calendars with these upcoming … Continue reading
Mark Your Calendars for Summer!
Summer means sun, fun, and summer programs at the Belin-Blank Center! Check out our many classes and events for educators, students, families, and gifted education researchers. FOR EDUCATORS Professional Learning Courses / TAG Endorsement: Summit on the Neuroscience of Twice-Exceptionality May 17 – 18, … Continue reading
Posted in Belin-Blank Center News, Classes and events, Professional Development, Summer Programs
Tagged gifted and talented, gifted education, gifted endorsement, gifted students, online classes, online enrichment, online gifted education, online professional development, online professional learning, Online Student Programs, professional development, professional learning, summer programs
Important Dates for Student and Educator Programs
Mark your calendars for upcoming opportunities for students, families, and educators at the Belin-Blank Center! For Educators Professional Learning Courses / TAG Endorsement: Differentiation Instruction for Gifted: October 25 – November 12, 2021 Empowering Underrepresented Gifted Students: November 22 – … Continue reading
Coming Up at the Belin-Blank Center
Mark your calendars for the many exciting opportunities for students, families, and educators that are happening at the Belin-Blank Center this year! Even more to come soon. For Educators Professional Learning Courses / TAG Endorsement: Intro to Educating Gifted Students: … Continue reading
Welcome to Another Year of Invention!
Are you a teacher who works with students during the invention process? Invent Iowa will return in a virtual format on April 18, 2022. Now is a great time to make sure your budding inventors and entrepreneurs are getting started on … Continue reading
Coming Up at the Belin-Blank Center
Mark your calendars for upcoming opportunities for students, families, and educators at the Belin-Blank Center! For Educators Professional Learning Courses / TAG Endorsement: Current Readings and Research in Gifted Education: December 20, 2021 Program Models in Gifted Education: January 18, … Continue reading
Posted in Belin-Blank Center News, Classes and events, Professional Development, Summer Programs
Tagged gifted children, gifted education, gifted students, online enrichment, online gifted education, online professional development, online professional learning, professional development, professional learning, summer programs, TAG
Coming Up at the Belin-Blank Center
As the year comes to a close, we are looking forward to the many exciting online opportunities for educators, students, families, and gifted education researchers that are happening at the Belin-Blank Center in 2021! Mark your calendars with these upcoming … Continue reading
Posted in Belin-Blank Center News, Classes and events
Tagged enrichment, gifted, gifted and talented, gifted children, gifted education, gifted education research, gifted learners, gifted programs, gifted students, online enrichment, online gifted education, online professional development, online professional learning, professional development, professional learning, talented and gifted endorsement
Save the Date for the Iowa Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS)
Mark your calendars for March 1st and 2nd, 2021! The JSHS online symposium promises new ways for Iowa students to connect, learn, and share their research. If you are looking for research projects that do not require a lab setting, consider … Continue reading
Coming Up at the Belin-Blank Center
Mark your calendars for the many exciting online opportunities for educators, students, families, and gifted education researchers that are happening at the Belin-Blank Center this year! For Educators Professional Learning Courses / TAG Endorsement: Bibliotherapy: October 12, 2020 Academic Acceleration: … Continue reading
Invent Iowa…Online!
Welcome back to another year of inventing, Iowa! We are excited to announce that we will be hosting the Invent Iowa State Convention on April 19, 2021. Due to the ongoing nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, students will participate virtually. Invent Iowa … Continue reading
Going Back to School Gifted
A new school year can be an exciting or nerve-wracking endeavor for any child. Gifted children often have extra sensitivities or overexcitabilities that can intensify these feelings. Parents of gifted children can also have some apprehension about how best to help … Continue reading
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Mark Your Calendar!
We have WINGS coming up on March 5! Grades 2-4: You Scream, I Scream! The Science of Ice Cream Who doesn’t love ice cream!? Come learn about the science of ice cream, and maybe even get to do some taste … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Year Programs, Art, Classes and events, STEM
Mark Your Calendars for 2016 AP Exams!
The College Board’s 2016 AP Exam Schedule is out. Mark your calendars! Exam guidelines and more information on fees and fee reduction are on the College Board’s website. Start thinking about whether you want to take the AP exam in … Continue reading
Hey Inventors! Mark Your Calendars!
Invent Iowa is back! This year the State Invention Convention will return with new features. Inventors are invited to create inventions related to the convention theme, water sustainability. Within the context of the convention theme, there will also be invention … Continue reading
Mark Your Calendars for 2015 AP Exams!
The College Board’s 2015 AP Exam Schedule is out. Mark your calendars! Week 1 Test Date Morning (8am) Afternoon (12pm) Monday, May 4 AP Chemistry; AP Environmental Science AP Psychology Tuesday, May 5 AP Calculus AB; AP Calculus BC AP … Continue reading
Guest Post on Virtual Learning: 5 Tips for Time Management
by David Cicoletti, ALVS English Department, for the Iowa Online AP Academy It’s hard to beat the freedom and flexibility of the virtual learning environment. No one can mark you tardy or absent; no raising your hand for permission to … Continue reading
Posted in Acceleration, Advanced Placement, Iowa Online AP Academy
Tagged Time management, virtual class
AP Exam Review Slots Available
The Iowa Online Advanced Placement (APTM) Academy allows Iowa students to take APTMclasses online. The Iowa Online AP Academy is especially meant for rural schools that do not have the resources to support APTM classes. Educators can learn more here. Only one month to … Continue reading
Upcoming Webinar: Objective Decisions on Grade Acceleration
Mark your calendars for Tuesday, November 12, 4:30 – 6:00 p.m. The Iowa Acceleration Scale (IAS) has been successfully used by educators and administrators throughout the country since 1998 to objectively determine if a student would benefit from whole-grade acceleration. … Continue reading
Posted in Acceleration, Belin-Blank Center News
Tagged acceleration, gifted, IAS, Iowa Acceleration Scale, TAG, talented, webinar
CHESS Coming to the Des Moines Area
We are pleased to announce the establishment of a CHESS site in Ankeny, in the greater Des Moines area. The Ankeny CHESS classes will be held July 8-12 and will run from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, with an hour … Continue reading
Mark Your Calendars – Upcoming Talk on Asperger Syndrome and Marriage
David Finch, a best-selling author with Asperger Syndrome, will be giving a talk in October about his recent book, The Journal of Best Practices: A Memoir of Marriage, Asperger Syndrome, and One Man’s Quest to Be a Better Husband. Join … Continue reading
Develop Your Skills This Summer!
It’s never too early to think about your summer vacation—and your summer workshops to help you be even more effective next year with gifted and talented learners! Although the University of Iowa does not open summer registration until later in … Continue reading
Summer Psychology Workshops for Teachers
In addition to the workshops we highlighted last week, this June will also bring workshops in the Psychology strand: The FIRST workshop of the summer is Advanced Seminar: Recruitment and Retention of Underserved Students, offered by Dr. Malik Henfield. This … Continue reading
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