Activity Report 2015

During 2015 Jo Freitag /Gifted Resources has:

Continued to undertake project work with Borderlands http://www.borderlands.org.au/ 

Developed and maintained the website for Gifted Resources http://www.giftedresources.org 

and Jo Freitag’s website http://www.giftedresources.org/jo/
Written and distributed by email Gifted Resources Newsletter and Gifted Resources Newsletter Extension and Holiday programs

Maintained the Gifted Resources library
Updated the Gifted Resources Information Packs
Provided information and resources for teachers and parents during personal consultations, by phone, using Skype or Blackboard Collaborate webinars and by email
Provided information and resources for homeschooling families and those contemplating commencement of home schooling

Developed a set of Persona Dolls representing types of gifted student and a blog about them, Personas, Profiles and Portraits
https://jofreitag.wordpress.com/about-this-blog/
Completed the 2015 Edublogs Teacher Personal Blogging Challenge for developing the new blog
https://jofreitag.wordpress.com/tag/edublogs-teacher-challenge/

Provided resources and prayer support for mentors from All Saints Rosebud with St. Katherine’s McCrae http://www.rosebudmccrae.melbourneanglican.org.au/  serving in the Kids Hope Aus program http://www.kidshopeaus.org.au/

Participated in the VAGTC Conference Melbourne 21-22 May 2015
https://giftedresources.wordpress.com/2015/05/31/vagtc-conference-21-22-may-2015/

Participated in online conferences, webinars and weekly Twitter global #gtchat sessions
http://www.txgifted.org/gtchat
http://globalgtchatpoweredbytagt.wordpress.com/
https://globalgtchatpoweredbytagt.wordpress.com/?s=Jo+Freitag

Presented, volunteered and participated in OZeLive
https://giftedresources.wordpress.com/2015/03/04/ozelive-i-presented/
https://giftedresources.wordpress.com/2015/03/04/ozelive-i-volunteered/
https://giftedresources.wordpress.com/2015/03/04/ozelive-i-attended/

Presented and participated in Tech Talk Tuesday webinars
https://jofreitag.wordpress.com/2015/05/12/australia-e-series-tech-talk-tuesdays-webinar/
https://jofreitag.wordpress.com/2015/06/07/australia-e-series-tech-talk-tuesdays-webinar-part-2/

Participated in Global Collaboration Day September 2015
https://giftedresources.wordpress.com/2015/09/21/global-collaboration-day-sept-2015/  

Participated in Connected Educators Month
http://connectededucators.org/

Participated in Australia eSeries and Community Connect webinars https://australiaseries.wordpress.com/

Updated the Gifted Resources blog https://giftedresources.wordpress.com/ 
Sprite’s Site blog http://spritessite.wordpress.com/
Personas, Profiles and Portraits blog https://jofreitag.wordpress.com/ 

Participated in Gifted Homeschoolers Bloggers Forum Blog Hops  http://giftedhomeschoolers.org/blog-hops/

Participated in Hoagiesgifted Blog Hops
http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/blog_hops.htm

Participated in the first Gifted Awareness Week Australia March 2015
http://www.aaegt.net.au/?page_id=1170
https://jofreitag.wordpress.com/2015/05/12/australia-e-series-tech-talk-tuesdays-webinar/

Participated in Gifted Awareness Week New Zealand blog tour
https://spritessite.wordpress.com/2015/06/08/changing-the-way-you-see-us/

Participated in #30 Posts Hath September blog challenge
http://www.lisarivero.com/30postshathsept/

Participated in the Brilliant Chaos Group on Facebook monthly creating challenges
http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/brilliantchaosonline/doc/253263591368971/

Participated in 52 Illustrations Challenge Group on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/groups/418616991575037/
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.555220617914673&type=1

Participated in INKtober with the INKed Group on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1463633423897107/
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.1472995212960928&type=1
https://spritessite.wordpress.com/2015/10/31/inktober/

Updated the Appreciations page on Gifted Resources website
http://www.giftedresources.org/gr/appreciations.htm

Jo Freitag
Gifted Resources