Answering Your Own Questions - Overexcitabilities and Resilience

After reading Chapter 1, you should have begun to develop an understanding of the social and emotional needs of gifted and talented children. Information about overexcitabilities and resilience should have piqued your interests. For this blog posting, you will use the content from the textbook and the presentation in this video to develop new ideas.

Before watching this video, write down three questions you have for the author of the textbook about what you have read. During the video, think about how the author might respond to your questions. After watching, post your questions and then describe how you think the author might respond to your questions.

Personal Introductions

Introducing yourself to your classmates can be an intimidating experience. However, in a fully online class, it is essential for everyone to become familiar with each other. Doing so will create a more collaborative classroom environment. Please watch this video and draw some inspiration. After watching, post a brief introduction about yourself. Make sure to include information about your childhood, your hobbies, and one interesting fact about yourself that you have never shared with classmates before.