international day of the gifted 2011 wcgtc

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIFTED

2011WCGTC

Celebrating Giftedness, Creativity, Talent, Awareness and Youth

Moving forward into the 21st Century

Being Gifted sometimes means daring to be different........

Leslie S. Graves 2011 (Photo by Caroline S. Gowan 2011)

EU TALENT DAY

European day of the Talented and Gifted

March 25th

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EU_Talent_Day

U.S.A.

NGPWNATIONAL GIFTED PARENTING WEEK

JULY 17-JULY 23

http://www.sengifted.org/npgc_media_release.pdf

United Kingdom - england

It’s alright to be bright- week

Oct. 15th- oct 22nd

Shine week

First week in july

http://www.itsalrighttobebright.com/

THE PHILIPPINES

NATIONAL WEEK OF THE GIFTED

LAST WEEK IN NOVEMBER

IRELAND

NATIONAL GIFTED EDUCATION AWARENESS DAY

FIRST CELEBRATEDAPRIL 8TH 2011

http://www.facebook.com/GiftedandTalentedIreland2011

GERMANY

EUROPEAN TALENT DAY EVENTBAVARIA

MAY 20 2011

http://talentday.eu/content/third-conference-bavarian-center-gifted-and-talented-children

NEW ZEALAND

NATIONAL GIFTED AWARENESS WEEK

JUNE 17TH TO JUNE 23RD

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gifted_Awareness_Week

Images provided by:Members of

theGlobal Gifted Community

For use underCreative Commons Licence (s)

Found at the following linkhttp://tinyurl.com/3s9ek4n

(Initiated originally by Mary St. George- NZ) http://tinyurl.com/3zxx8fh

Examples of ways New media, social networking, collaborative tools and platforms for 21st (and

22nd) century for support Websites / Webinars/Forums – Giftedkids.ie Websites/Resources/Giftedteacherlistserves- Hoagies page Facebook/Google Plus

Networking/connecting Mary’s Gifted Contacts-Global Community Photo Quote Project- Begabungs- 3D Virtual Global Meetings in Second Life

Twitter #Gtchat- Weekly Global Gifted Community live chats

Blogs Blogs and Blog tours to raise awareness

Linked In/Branch out Professional Networks/Networking