You know the work: build complexity, not busywork. Create extensions that truly extend thinking. Support twice-exceptional learners without lowering rigor. Balance acceleration with depth.
And now AI is on your plate, too.
This ebook cuts through the noise. It’s a practical guide written by educators who train educators—no sales spin, no shortcuts. Just clear, honest guidance on where tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini can genuinely strengthen your GT program… and where they simply won’t.
What’s Inside?
🚀 Part I: Foundation
- Understanding Gifted Learner Characteristics in Relation to AI – Explore how AI interacts with GT learner profiles.
- Aligning AI to Gifted Education Best Practices – Connect AI use to differentiation, Bloom’s, and depth & complexity.
- The “Clarify → Create → Check → Challenge” Framework – A simple filter for using AI to expand student thinking.
- Ethical AI Use in Gifted Education – Ensure responsible and intentional implementation.
🚀 Part II: Implementation Pathways
- Building AI Fluency: A Staged Roadmap – Step-by-step integration for teachers and coordinators.
🚀 Part III: Role-Specific Guidance
- Strategic Implementation for GT Coordinators – District-level planning and leadership guidance.
- Strategic Implementation for GT Teachers – Classroom strategies tailored to gifted learners.
- Strategic Implementation for GT Students – Practical support for student-centered AI learning.
🚀 Part IV: Specialized Applications
- Supporting Twice-Exceptional (2e) Students with AI – Techniques to scaffold without diluting rigor.
- Future-Proofing Your GT Program – Build sustainable, technology-enhanced practices.
- Building an AI Learning Community – Cultivate collaboration among educators and learners.
🚀 Part V: Next Steps
- Your Implementation Action Plan – 90-day roadmap with “Try This Tomorrow” strategies, decision frameworks, and realistic timelines.
What You’ll Get
- 12 chapters covering foundations, implementation pathways, and specialized applications
- 130 pages of practical, ready-to-use strategies
- Prompts you can adapt immediately to your classroom or GT program
- Strategy tables and decision frameworks for common GT scenarios
💡 Who This Is For
- GT coordinators building district-wide AI guidance
- Classroom teachers differentiating for gifted learners
- GT specialists designing enrichment programming
- Anyone supporting twice-exceptional students
📌 Bottom Line:
This guide won’t solve every GT challenge—but it provides a practical, realistic starting point for using AI where it truly helps, plus the judgment to know when traditional methods work best.