Special Education Blog

Unwrapping the Gifted

Tamara Fisher was a K-12 gifted education specialist for a school district located on an Indian reservation in northwestern Montana and past president of the Montana Association of Gifted and Talented Education. This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: gifted education.

Education Opinion Happy Birthday, AGATE!
Tamara Fisher celebrates the 30th anniversary of the founding of her state's gifted education advocacy organization, and encourages others living where no such organizations exist to find one another and become pioneers themselves by founding new and much-needed organizations where they live.
Tamara Fisher, March 3, 2010
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Education Opinion What Brain Imaging Shows Us About Gifted Learners
Tamara Fisher scans available information regarding MRI's and what they indicate about developmental differences in the brains of gifted youth.
Tamara Fisher, February 9, 2010
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2 min read
Education Opinion Gifted Webinars
Gifted Education Specialist Tamara Fisher provides information about great opportunities for teachers and parents to learn more about educating gifted students
Tamara Fisher, January 27, 2010
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2 min read
Education Opinion All in the Name of "Fun"
Tamara Fisher asks her gifted students what they really mean when they say that something in school is "fun."
Tamara Fisher, January 13, 2010
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6 min read
Education Opinion Rush Hour to Go!
Tamara Fisher is excited that the ThinkFun company has created an iPhone/iPodTouch App of their famous - and deliciously challenging - Rush Hour game.
Tamara Fisher, December 26, 2009
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2 min read
Education Opinion Report from NAGC - Day 4
Tamara Fisher checks in with her report on the NAGC convention finale.
Tamara Fisher, December 8, 2009
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4 min read
Education Opinion Report from NAGC - Day 3
Tamara Fisher reports on her third day of learning at the National Association for Gifted Children convention.
Tamara Fisher, November 10, 2009
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6 min read
Education Opinion Report from NAGC - Day 2
Tamara Fisher reports in from her second day at the National Association for Gifted Children convention.
Tamara Fisher, November 6, 2009
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2 min read
Education Opinion Report from NAGC - Day 1
Tamara Fisher reports in from her first day at the National Association for Gifted Children convention.
Tamara Fisher, November 5, 2009
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2 min read
Education Opinion Survey Results
Tamara Fisher posts the results of her reader survey.
Tamara Fisher, November 1, 2009
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2 min read
Education Opinion Getting to Square Two
K-12 Gifted Education Specialist Tamara Fisher reflects on the on-going process of helping rural, often isolated, Montana schools develop services for their gifted students.
Tamara Fisher, October 21, 2009
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3 min read
Education Opinion Subject Acceleration
Tamara's students talk about the benefits subject acceleration has had on their learning and motivation.
Tamara Fisher, September 30, 2009
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Education Opinion Gateway to Gifted
Anticipating the upcoming national gifted education conference, Tamara encourages her readers to use the experience as their Gateway to Gifted.
Tamara Fisher, September 15, 2009
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4 min read
Education Opinion RTI for Gifted? Are You Sure?!?!?
Tamara Fisher wonders if the Response to Intervention model overlooks the needs of gifted students in favor of those who struggle academically.
Tamara Fisher, August 24, 2009
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10 min read
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