International Week of the Gifted (2012)

Celebrating Giftedness, Creativity, Talent, Awareness and Youth

paving the way forThe first

INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF GIFTEDNESS AND CREATIVITY

2013

Second week in August Celebrated by a Blog-tour Welcoming contributions from around the Globe Will be a spring board for ideas to celebrate the launch of the International Year of

Giftedness and Creativity (IYGC), which will carry a an underlying thread/theme of ‘Stories’ and Story Sharing

Contributions should include/share suggestions and ideas of how individuals/countries/cultures/schools/organisations/researchers/administrators/practitioners/ parents/ students might do thisover the next year in celebration of the IYGC.

Remember Stories can take many shapes and forms, hold an event or an activity and tell the story of how it unfolded, share stories of good practice, Art- a painting that tells it’s own story, or through music, the story of how an invention got built, a cultural story of giftedness, the stories of our children, developing stories/literature for gifted students, stories about creativity, creations and their creators, stories about gifted experiences... Stories of gifted awareness event and how they came to be..

They could be expressed/delivered though many mediums such a video, audio, written or drawn.

It is hoped that as these unfold/develop/take place during the coming year,, and are share d with the World Council and the New Zealand Partners, that this years long global festival of creating, celebrating, story making and telling, will become part of a collection/archive which will ultimately be shared , showcased and celebrated throughout the culminating event... ‘The Spirit of Giftedness’ World Conference in New Zealand 2013

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

http://www.worldgifted2013.com/

U. S. A.

SENGNGPWNATIONAL GIFTED PARENTING WEEK

JULY 1 5- JULY 21 st 201 2

http://www. sengifted. org/npgc- week- 201 2

The State of MARYLANDGifted Education Awareness Month – first celebrated in- FEBRUARY 2012

http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/pressrelease_details/2012_02_02a.htm

Gifted Education Week

KENTUCKY

First celebrated19th – 25th February 2012

http://kagegifted.org/legislative-news/

–GIFTED EDUCATION DAY JANUARY 23RD

WASHINGTON STATE – GIFTED EDUCATION DAY- 2012 www.facebook.com/wgifted & Blog at http.wcpe.wordpress

ILLINOIS

GIFTED EDUCATION WEEK

FEBRUARY 12TH-18TH

http://tinyurl.com/8yx4kq7http://tinyurl.com/757dkkq

EU TALENT DAY

EUropEAN DAY of ThE TALENTED AND GifTED

MArch 25Th

hTTp://EN.wikipEDiA.orG/wiki/EU_TALENT_DAY

HUNGARIAN TALENTDAY (since 2006) MARCH 25TH 2012

UNiTED kiNGDoM - ENGLAND

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ocT. 15Th- ocT 22ND 2011ocT. 20Th- ocT 27Th 2012

shiNE wEEk

firsT wEEk iN jULY

hTTp://www.iTsALriGhTTobEbriGhT.coM/

IRELAND NATIONAL GIFTED EDUCATION AWARENESS

DAY

FIRST CELEBRATED APRIL 8TH 2011

National Gifted Education Awareness Week 27 Feb. – 3rd March 2012 http://www.gtnetwork.ie/

http://www.facebook.com/GiftedandTalentedIreland2011

GERMANY

EUROPEAN TALENT DAY EVENTBAVARIA – MUNICH- MAY 20 2011http://talentday.eu/content/third-conference-bavarian-center-gifted-and-talented-childrenECHA CONFERENCE 2012- MUNSTER –SEPTEMBER 12-15-2012http://www.echa2012.info/

HOLLAND –October 6th 2012

FESTIVAL OF TALENT

http://www.festivalvantalent.nl/

26th of May 2012 Dag

van de Hoogbegaafdheid,

Dutch Day of the Gifted

Centro Huerta del Rey – Eventos 2012 –http://www.centrohuertadelrey.com/es/eventos/

http://www.centrohuertadelrey.com/es/eventos/

G I F T E D N E S S 2 0 1 2 Nurturing Talent, Growing Potential

12TH ASIA PACIFIC CONFERENCE ON GIFTEDNESS

JULY 11- 18TH

DUBAI- UNITED ARAB EMERATES

NEW ZEALAND

NATIONAL GIFTED AWARENESS WEEK

JUNE 17TH TO JUNE 23RD

2012

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

AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GIFTEDNESS– JULY 12-15TH 2012http://www.sapmea.asn.au/conventions/gat2012/index.html

THE PHILIPPINES

NATIONAL WEEK OF THE GIFTED

LAST WEEK IN NOVEMBER

CHINA- APRIL- 19TH-22ND 2012IRATDE CONFERENCE http://tinyurl.com/bsyoszj

Latin America 2012

IBERO-AMERICANOCONGRESS

Argentina! 2012IX CongresoIberoamericano de FICOMUNDYT

(9th IberoamericanConference on Giftedness, Talent and Creativityhttp://www.ficomundyt.org/home/buenos-aires-18-y-19-de-octubre-de-2012/

October 18th-19th

A F R I C A

Namibia Gifted Education Awareness Week March 17th 2012http://tinyurl.com/cedyjqc

The African Council for Gifted and Talentedhttp://tinyurl.com/cl26yov

Conference 27-29th of August 2012‘Endangered Treasures...’

JERUSALEM 2012

ICIEINTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR INNOVATION AND EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION-CONFERENCEhttp://tinyurl.com/bo9z8yq

JULY 9TH-12TH

THEORY-RESEARCH-PRACTICE

A call out for information on awareness events went out over various mediums over the last year.

The events in this presentation are those that were made known to me

I am aware that there may be many more out there, and welcome more information on any others that should be added to this show, and am happy to add them.

The purpose of the slide show is to show that there is a growing number of gifted awareness events world over- and we should never feel alone

Second week in August Celebrated by a Blog-tour Welcoming contributions from around the Globe Will be a spring board for ideas to celebrate the launch of the International Year of

Giftedness and Creativity (IYGC), which will carry a an underlying thread/theme of ‘Stories’ and Story Sharing

Contributions should include/share suggestions and ideas of how individuals/countries/cultures/schools/organisations/researchers/administrators/practitioners/ parents/ students might do thisover the next year in celebration of the IYGC.

Remember Stories can take many shapes and forms, hold an event or an activity and tell the story of how it unfolded, share stories of good practice, Art- a painting that tells it’s own story, or through music, the story of how an invention got built, a cultural story of giftedness, the stories of our children, developing stories/literature for gifted students, stories about creativity, creations and their creators, stories about gifted experiences... Stories of gifted awareness event and how they came to be..

They could be expressed/delivered though many mediums such a video, audio, written or drawn.

It is hoped that as these unfold/develop/take place during the coming year,, and are share d with the World Council and the New Zealand Partners, that this years long global festival of creating, celebrating, story making and telling, will become part of a collection/archive which will ultimately be shared , showcased and celebrated throughout the culminating event... ‘The Spirit of Giftedness’ World Conference in New Zealand 2013

http://www.worldgifted2013.com/

Members of the

World Wide Gifted Community& Mary St. George-NZ

For use underCommons Licence (s) at

http://tinyurl.com/czd3hv3(Grateful thanks)

Information, Maps & Slideshow compiled and created by

Leslie S. Graves

The World Council for Gifted and Talented Children

Websites / Webinars/Forums – Giftedkids.ie Websites/Resources/Giftedteacherlistserves- Hoagies page Facebook/Google Plus/Skype/

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

Youtube/Vimo / Slideshare/Flicker - visual/video sharing