CT TALENTS AREAS
Academic
Creative
Communication
•Scholarship
•Music
•Art
•Drama
•Dance
•Creative writing
•Reading
•Writing
•Speaking
•Listening
•Viewing
CT TALENT AREAS
Forecasting
• The ability to make
reasonably accurate
predictions based on
data collection and
research, or upon
empirical knowledge.
Planning and
Organization
• Pejorative: Neat-nick
• A Must for
G&Ts…WHY?
Decision-making
or Wisdom
• Making GOOD life
choices.
ACADEMIC TALENT
LET’S PLAY FAMILY FEUD!
NAME THE PEJORATIVES WE USE TO TAUNT SMART PEOPLE.
TEAM ALPHA
“SMART______”
a. Smart Alec
b. Smart Cookie
c. Smarty Pants
d. Street Smart
e. Smart _____
TEAM BETA
FORECASTING TALENT
Definition: Predicting outcomes
based on data collection and
research.
For Example: In education we use predictors like SAT
and ACT scores as predictors of college success.
FORECASTING TALENT
WE ARE TOLD THAT WE
MUST EDUCATE STUDENTS
FOR CAREERS NO ONE
HAS INVENTED…YET!
H OW D O W E D O T H AT ?
Some careers requiring
FORECASTING TALENT
Astrophysics…
Economics…
Fashion…
Can you name others?
Politics...Urban Planning…
PLANNING AND ORGANIZATION TALENT
TIME MANAGEMENT is important for
everyone, but especially crucial for the
gifted and talented student, who MUST
quickly learn to…
KEEP AN AGENDA
STAY ON SCHEDULE
MEET DEADLINES
DECISION-MAKING TALENT [WISDOM]
Good Life Choices:
BE RESPECTFUL
BE RESPONSIBLE
BE PREPARED
Stay FOCUSED,
Stay CONNECTED,
Stay READY!
CREATIVE TALENT
MUSIC
ART
DRAMA
DANCE
CREATIVE WRITING
COMMUNICATION TALENT
NBCT Standards for English language arts are listed as
reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing;
however, natural HUMAN DEVELOPMENT language
acquisition goes this way…
WRITING/CREATIVE WRITING
WRITING…
…CREATIVE WRITING
CREATIVE WRITING ACTIVITY
Fiction
Poetry
Scriptwriting
Creative Non-fiction
CREATIVE NON-FICTION
Examples:
Nature Writing
Memoirs
Diaries & Journals
Travelogues
Can you name some others?
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON CALVIN TAYLOR
AND MULTIPLE TALENTS IDENTIFICATION…
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