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=Welcome to Home Base of #gtala =

What is this? It's a hashtag teachers, parents, or anyone else can use in Twitter to talk about educational issues and advocacy specific to Gifted and Talented in Alabama. Twitter is a wonderful way to create your own Personal Learning Network (PLN).

What is the purpose of #gtala?


 * 1) gtala creates a network of gifted teachers or parents working and living with gifted children across the state.

Who can participate? We welcome anyone who.... 1. Teaches gifted 2 .Works with gifted students 3. Lives with gifted children 4. Likes gifted teachers and gifted students (Groupies are encouraged)

Are new teachers or parents of gifted welcome? Most certainly......YES! If I was in my first teacher years again I would have loved to have this resource to lean upon. #gtala will be a great way to find teachers who you could follow or ask questions that could be answered by others outside your school walls. If I were a parent who just found out that their child was identified as gifted, I would want to network with other parents of gifted.

When does #gtala meet? Every Thursday 7:00 to 8:00 pm central time. If you have a topic of interest please send it to http://twitter.com/teachfine

Our next chat is Thursday, December 6 at 7:00 pm. We will discussing what is going on in our newly forming parent advocacy groups across the state for gifted children.
How does it work? 1. Log onto Twitter 2. Use the #gtala hashtag on all of your tweets. 3. Join in the conversation / add input/ ask questions.

Follow these moderators below on Twitter.

Moderators


 * [[image:me.jpg caption="Audrey Fine" link="https://twitter.com/#!/teachfine"]] || [[image:Amy.jpg caption="Amy Waine" link="https://twitter.com/#!/sniarb"]] || [[image:Mandy.jpg caption="Mandy Fox" link="https://twitter.com/#!/mandybfox"]] ||

Audrey Fine is a gifted specialist in Birmingham, Alabama and is president of AAGC Amy Waine is a gifted specialist in Birmingham, Alabama and is president-elect of AAGC. Mandy Fox is a gifted specialist in Hoover, Alabama and is one the four finalist for Alabama's Teacher of the Year.

Thanks for #4thchat for inspiration and #[|gtchat]