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Gifted Awareness Week 2011
13-19 June
#NZGAW
More than 6,000 blog page views!
Blog Tour contributions organised by date - we would love to schedule as many blog posts on giftedness as we can, to help organise wide readership for every post. Book by e-mailing mail4mary@xtra.co.nz.

For maximum exposure, it will be useful if all blog posts can link back to this page, http://ultranet.giftededucation.org.nz/WebSpace/443/. Use any of the images on this page, or a plain text link. If a button style is preferred, you could use the button below:

Thanks to all supporting the blog tour on Twitter! This is not just mine, it is all of yours as well!

Posts by Members of Parliament will be in bold type, to help you with your voting decision this year.
Posts already published are in italics. Some may need to start early due to commitments during GAW.

Name of blogger or organisation

Date of post

URL of blog

Likely topic connected with giftedness

Comments

WAGC

29 May

http://waikatogifted.wordpress.com
/2011/05/29/whats-in-a-name/

Is "gifted" the right word?

Waikato
guest bloggers welcome

giftEDnz

30 May

http://www.vln.school.nz/pg/blog/
anne.sturgess/read/55922/whats-
meaningful-about-meaningful-learning

Meaningful learning

giftEDnz

31 May

http://www.vln.school.nz/pg/blog/
anne.sturgess/read/56490/did-you-
know-that

Did you know?

Hon. Sue Moroney

1 June

http://blog.labour.org.nz/index.php/
2011/06/01/gifted-awareness-week-a
-time-for-questions/

Labour raises key questions about gifted children's needs not being met in some schools.

WAGC

2 June

http://waikatogifted.wordpress.com/2011/06/02/
replying-to-hon-sue-moroney/

Replying to Sue Moroney

Waikato guest bloggers welcome

Tracy Riley

2 June

http://creatingcurriculum.wordpress.com/2011/06
/02/tracy-riley-responds-to-sue-moroney/

Replying to Sue Moroney

Guest blogger

Mary St George

4 June

http://creatingcurriculum.wordpress.com/2011/06
/04/are-rural-needs-different-in-gifted-education/

Rural needs.

Will host

Mary St George

4 June

http://creatingcurriculum.wordpress.com/2011/06
/04/gifted-resources-online-where-to-start/

Gifted resources online – where to start?

Will host

Sue Breen

5 June

http://creatingcurriculum.wordpress.com/2011/06
/05/gifted-and-sidelined/

Gifted and Sidelined!

Guest blogger

WAGC

6 June

http://waikatogifted.wordpress.com/2011/06/06
/graphic-advocacy-for-gifted-kids/

Graphic Advocacy for Gifted Kids

Will host

Debbie Smith

6 June

http://thinkersonline.wordpress.com/2011/06/06
/gifted-awareness-week-new-zealand/

Thoughts on cultural shift, between understandings, learning environments and nations.

Janine Logan

7 June

http://waikatogifted.wordpress.com/2011/06/06
/national-standards-and-the-gifted-child-from-a-parents-perspective/

Questions on testing to inform from a parent's perspective.

Mona Chicks

8 June

http://lifewithintensity.blogspot.com/2011/06
/top-ten-things-i-wish-teachers.html

An international parent's perspective.

1000+ views

Rochelle Campbell

9 June

http://creatingcurriculum.wordpress.com/2011/06
/09/in-search-of-the-right-soil/

Parenting a gifted preschooler with intense sensitivity to sound.

Guest blogger.

Sonia White

9 June

http://giftedchatter.blogspot.com/2011/06
/gifted-awareness-week-what-value.html

An education consultant explores the value of giftedness.

Lynley McMillan

9 June

http://waikatogifted.wordpress.com/2011/06
/09/workaholics-were-sure-theyre-bad-right/

Workaholism 1 of 3
Likely to be of high interest to parents of gifted kids.

Guest blogger.

Lynley McMillan

10 June

http://waikatogifted.wordpress.com/2011/06
/09/when-opposites-attract/

Workaholism 2 of 3
When you are workaholic and your partner isn't.

Guest blogger.

Mona Chicks

10 June

http://lifewithintensity.blogspot.com/2011/06
/living-with-sensory-intensity.html

Sensory intensity, a parent's view. International contributor.

Mary St George

10 June

http://creatingcurriculum.wordpress.com/2011/06
/10/nzgaw-the-other-online-dimension/

Skype Chats - the other online dimension of #NZGAW

Will host

Hon. Rodney Hide

10 June

http://creatingcurriculum.wordpress.com/
2011/06/10/guest-blogger-hon-rodney-hide/

The Associate Minister of Education expresses his support.

Guest

Lynley McMillan

11 June

http://waikatogifted.wordpress.com/2011/06
/10/is-it-natural/

Workaholism 3 of 3 - Could workaholism be natural, or even adaptive?

Guest blogger.

Janine Logan

11 June

http://creatingcurriculum.wordpress.com/2011/06
/11/parenting-the-gifted-the-challenge-of-perfectionism/

Parenting the Gifted – the Challenge of Perfectionism

Guest blogger.

Mona Chicks

11 June

http://lifewithintensity.blogspot.com/2011/06
/psycho-motor-intensity-keeps-us-moving.html

Psychomotor intensity: a child in constant motion.

Lynley McMillan

12 June

http://waikatogifted.wordpress.com/2011/06
/11/relentless-perfectionism/

Perfectionism 1 of 2
Relentless Perfectionism

Guest blogger.

Mary St George

12 June

http://creatingcurriculum.wordpress.com/2011/06
/12/what-do-twice-exceptional-children-need/

How are twice exceptional children best supported by teachers, friends and family?

1000+ views

Kathy Williams

13 June

http://creatingcurriculum.wordpress.com/2011/06
/13/welcome-to-gifted-awareness-week/

Gifted Awareness Week officially begins today. Kathy sends a word of welcome.

Guest blogger.

Lynley McMillan

13 June

http://waikatogifted.wordpress.com/2011/06
/12/perfectionism-and-the-art-of-discernment/

Perfectionism 2 of 3
How discerning use of perfectionism can work in our favour.

Guest blogger.

Elaine Le Sueur

13 June

http://www.universityonwheels.org/blog/2011_06
_gifted-awareness-week-2011.html

Recognising and differentiating for high potential.

Elaine Le Sueur

13 June

http://www.universityonwheels.org/blog/2011_06
_ignorance-is-bliss-yeah-right.html

The importance of teacher professional development.

Brainhugger

13 June

http://brainhugger.com/2011/06/12/2e-creativity
-twice-exceptional/

The Gift of Creativity - On Creative Twice Exceptional People. International.

Anne Sturgess

13 June

http://www.vln.school.nz/pg/blog/anne.sturgess/
read/61634/to-praise-or-not-to-praise

How not to talk to your kids - On praise.

Anne Sturgess
via
Robyn Boswell

13 June

http://www.vln.school.nz/pg/blog/anne.sturgess/
read/61652/future-problem-solving-results-from-robyn-boswell

Amazing results from New Zealand's Future Problem Solving teams - Congratulations!

Congrat-
ulations!

Sonia White

13 June

http://giftedchatter.blogspot.com/2011/06/nz-gifted-students-world-beaters-again.html

Further Congratulations to our teams.

Congrat-
ulations!

David Whitehead

14 June

http://waikatogifted.wordpress.com/2011/06
/13/of-little-birds-and-no-fly-zones/

A lecturer in education shares a memory as the parent of a gifted child.

Guest blogger

Jo Freitag

14 June

http://www.giftedresources.org/jo/blog/?p=2371

Greetings from a fabulous online collaborator across the ditch!

Tracy Riley

14 June

http://www.vln.school.nz/pg/blog/TracyRiley/read
/61916/teachers-of-the-gifted-or-gifted-teachers

Associate Professor Tracy Riley remembers a teacher who inspired her and poses questions.

Mary St George

14 June

http://creatingcurriculum.wordpress.com/2011/06
/14/celebrating-collaboration/

Great teamwork for a great event this Saturday.

Elaine le Sueur

14 June

http://universityonwheelsorg.blogspot.com/
2011/06/making-difference.html

Making a difference - have you tended your garden yet today?

Mona Chicks

14 June

http://lifewithintensity.blogspot.com/2011/06/
creating-is-way-of-life.html

Imaginational Intensity. "Reality feeds his imagination. Soon his imagination will be feeding reality."

Susanne Thomas

15 June

http://buildingwingspan.blogspot.com/2011/06/
building-wing-span-finding-curriculum.html

Finding curricular materials to homeschool gifted children. International Perspective.

Will host

Tim Dracup

15 June

http://giftedphoenix.wordpress.com/2011/06/14/
school-vouchers-and-gifted-education-part-one/

International Perspective on a proposed NZ Policy. Useful to consider in an election year.

Rebecca Howell

15 June

http://creatingcurriculum.wordpress.com/2011/06
/15/gifted-and-very-active-young-children/

Gifted and very active young children. International Perspective.

Guest blogger

Lisa Lauffer

15 June

http://deepwaterscoaching.com/blog/?p=111

Parents of the gifted often become aware of their own gifts. International perspective.

Elaine Le Sueur

15 June

http://universityonwheelsorg.blogspot.com/
2011/06/super-learning-environment.html

Social Emotional needs and learning environment.

Rosemary Cathcart

15 June

http://creatingcurriculum.wordpress.com/2011/06
/15/why-are-we-still-asking-questions-the-real-challenge-for-teachers/

On perennial questions in gifted education.

Guest blogger

Leslinks

15 June

http://innreach.wordpress.com/2011/06/12/
on-giftedness-a-few-activities-a-little-fun-and-keeping-the-spark-alive/

International Perspective, with suggested activities for children

Elaine Le Sueur

16 June

http://universityonwheelsorg.blogspot.com/2011/
06/recognising-gifted-sense-of-humour.html

Appealing to gifted children's sense of humour.

Marg Frauenstein

16 June

http://creatingcurriculum.wordpress.com/2011/06
/16/when-paths-merge-homeschooled-students-joining-the-mainstream/

An ex-homeschool parent's perspective, about her children's transition to school when the need arose.

Guest blogger

Hon. Catherine Delahunty

16 June

http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/06/16/
gifted-awareness-week/

The Green Party's spokesperson for education acknowledges the impact of cuts and National Standards.

Paul, father of two.

16 June

http://creatingcurriculum.wordpress.com/2011/06
/16/gifted-%E2%80%93-a-parent%E2%80%99s-perspective/

Parenting perspective, including why one lad refused to write!

Roya Klingner

16 June

http://begabungs.wordpress.com/2011/06/15/the-gifted-awareness-week-in-new-zealand-2011/

Solution Oriented Coaching for gifted kids. International Perspective.

Lisa Rivero

16 June

http://everydayintensity.com/2011/06/16/
raising-gifted-children-proof-and-patience/

International perspective on patience, parenting, and one man's passion.

Lisa Conrad

16 June

http://giftedparentingsupport.blogspot.com/2011/
06/this-is-our-moment-retrospective.html

International Perspective. "This is our moment," writes Lisa. My response? Carpe diem!

IMACS

16 June

http://www.eimacs.com/blog/?p=151

International Parenting Perspective on mathematically gifted preschoolers.

Guest blogger

Elaine Le Sueur

17 June

http://universityonwheelsorg.blogspot.com/2011/
06/provoking-change.html

Provoking change.

Janine Logan

17 June

http://creatingcurriculum.wordpress.com/2011/06/
18/a-parent’s-perspective-the-education-system-and-the-gifted-child-in-nz/

Parenting perspective.

Guest blogger

Rachel Burnett

17 June

http://waikatogifted.wordpress.com/2011/06/
17/drama-for-the-gifted-student/

Young adult perspective on drama for the gifted student.

Guest blogger

Carol Fertig

17 June

http://resources.prufrock.com/GiftedChildInformat
ionBlog/tabid/57/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/
472/Default.aspx

Careers in science and engineering for the gifted.

Shane Ngatai

17 June

http://waikatogifted.wordpress.com/2011/06/
17/maori-dimensions-of-leadership-and-giftedness/

Maori dimensions of leadership and giftedness.

Tim Dracup

17 June

http://giftedphoenix.wordpress.com/2011/06/17
/school-vouchers-and-gifted-education-part-two/

Tim's analysis of the possibilities of voucher scheme policies for gifted education, part 2.

Jim Langabeer

18 June

http://creatingcurriculum.wordpress.com/2011/06
/18/music-a-safe-haven/

A musician shares some thoughts on teaching music and some childhood memories.

Guest blogger

Jack Logan

18 June

http://waikatogifted.wordpress.com/2011/06
/18/a-childs-perspective/

Art, photographs and opinions from a ten-year-old.

Guest blogger

Susanne Thomas

18 June

http://buildingwingspan.blogspot.com/2011/06
/building-wing-span-adapting-curriculum.html

Adapting curriculum for the gifted. International homeschool perspective.

Kim Ngoc Minh

18 June

http://www.1vietnamedu.com/2011/06/
gifted-education-vietnam-and.html

An Asian Perspective. Kim Ngoc Minh is a Master's degree candidate in gifted education.

Stephanie St George

18 June

http://waikatogifted.wordpress.com/2011/06
/18/an-opportunity-in-science-for-young-new-zealanders/

A science opportunity for young gifted New Zealanders.

Guest blogger

Karin Jury

19 June

http://waikatogifted.wordpress.com/2011/06/18
/whats-happening-in-schools/

An account of what is happening in one New Zealand school.

Guest blogger

Mary St George

19 June

http://creatingcurriculum.wordpress.com/2011/06
/19/the-next-big-thing/

The next big thing - passing the baton to the First World Gifted & Talented Awareness Day, 9 August, 2011, via the photoquotes project.

Jonathan Wai

19 June

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/finding-the-next-einstein/201106/how-do-you-measure-intellectual-giant

How do you measure an intellectual giant? International Perspective.

It is possible that we may still hear from a few bloggers who found that they were busier that expected during the blog tour. These include Zoe, a young musician; Lea, a creative teacher who may share a Maori perspective; Jessie Fuamatu, with a Pasifika perspective; and Prof. Roger Moltzen, someone we all know and love within the gifted advocacy movement in New Zealand.

If you plan to run your own blog tour, here are my comments based on the lessons learnt in this one:
http://creatingcurriculum.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/nzgaw-blog-tour-the-lessons-learnt/

Blog Posts from GAWs past
2009
Hon. Heather Roy: http://roy.org.nz/royters/gifted-awareness-week and http://roy.org.nz/royters/gifted-and-talented-wilford-school
Hon. Trevor Mallard: http://blog.labour.org.nz/index.php/2009/06/08/talented-tolley-will-cut-your-funding/comment-page-1/
Upper Clutha S.T.A.R. Programme: http://staruc.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/celebrating-gifted-awareness-week-14-20-june/
Waikato Association for Gifted Children: http://waikatogifted.wordpress.com/category/gifted-awareness-week/
2010
Hon. Heather Roy: http://roy.org.nz/royters/gifted-awareness-week-0 and http://www.roy.org.nz/royters/new-zealands-gifted-and-talented-students-are-world-leaders
Hon. Trevor Mallard: http://blog.labour.org.nz/index.php/2010/04/07/gifted-and-talented-what-do-standards-mean-for-these-kids/
Hon. Catherine Delahunty: http://blog.greens.org.nz/2010/06/16/gifted-awareness-week-despite-funding-cuts/
Gifted in SA: http://giftedinsa.blogspot.com/2010/06/new-zealand-question-answer-time.html
St Francis Diving Deeper: http://sfxdivivgdeeper.blogspot.com/2011/05/collectors-day-2010.html
Hands UP!: http://handsupnz.wordpress.com/2010/06/14/gifted-awareness-week-june-14-20/
Central Stars: http://staronedayschool.blogspot.com/2010/06/gifted-awareness-week-what-does-it-mean.html

If you've blogged fabulously in previous GAWs, and I've missed it, just drop me a link. Now let's create a blogstorm for GAW 2011!

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