ICT can play a vital role in meeting the individual needs of gifted and talented students across phases of development in and out of the classroom. It can provide enrichment opportunities for students to engage in and is one strategy for providing differentiated curriculum opportunities.
It is important that the use of ICT is educationally led rather than technology driven and it should only be used where it provides the best possible solution to meet individual student needs. The following overview and external link from the National Centre for Technology in Education [Ireland] provides an excellent overview of ICT and gifted and talented students.
How can ICT benefit students with exceptional abilities?
CMIS (Western Australia)
The following CMIS sites provide online portals to the some of the best starting points on the Web for ICT including:
Curriculum Through ICT
This new and growing Department of Education and Training WA website will help you find out how ICT can be used to maximise student learning. Aspects of effective teaching practice have been explored, professional learning opportunities identified and Department approved curriculum resources can be accessed.
Filamentality
'Filamentality is a fill-in-the-blank tool that guides you through picking a topic, searching the Web, gathering good Internet links, and turning them into learning activities.' This site is part of the Knowledge Network Explorer (KNE).
Technology School of the Future (South Australian)
A comprehensive Australian site including a Teaching Resource sectio with; A-Z Weblinks for teachers, online Learning Area resources, Problem Based Learning, Units of Work and Webquest information.
Inclusion: supporting individual learning needs [G&T]
Resource section provides links to items such as: How to use ICT to support gifted and talented children and Using digital video to support the gifted and talented