Technology-based options are becoming more popular for students' participation in acceleration. What might be the advantages of this option for students with special gifts and talents? What are two examples of ways you could use technology in your profession to benefit children who are gifted and talented?
What will be an ideal response?
Technology-based options include Stanford University's Education Program for Gifted Youth which has kept as its goal making available to students who are gifted and talented advanced learning opportunities through distance education. More than 50,000 students from 35 countries have completed on-line courses since the programs' inception. Other similar innovative uses of technology for gifted programming are also growing. Examples will vary by students.
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