Current Exhibitors
Booth - Company/Organization/Institution
621 2e: Twice-Exceptional Newsletter
2e Newsletter is a bi-monthly electronic publication started in 2003. Its mission is to promote understanding of twice-exceptional children and what they need to reach their potential.
123 Accompany Publishing
613 American Mensa
American Mensa is an organization for anyone who scores in the top 2 percent on an accepted, standardized intelligence test. Members of all ages enjoy many opportunities to socialize and learn through various activities. More information at www.us.mensa.org.
215 Ball State University Center for Gifted Studies
503 Barnes and Noble Booksellers
321 Beacon College
417 Belin-Blank Center + GERRIC
120 Bilingual Books
Bilingual Books, Inc. publishes twelve 10 minutes a day® Series book/software titles for learning languages, used in classrooms or independently. Also the 10 minutes a day® AUDIO CD Series for four languages and the Language Map® Series for 20.
402 Bizworld Foundation
BizWorld's mission is to challenge and engage children across the cultural and economic spectrum through experiential learning programs that teach the basics of business, entrepreneurship, and money management and promote teamwork and leadership in the classroom.
313 Borenson and Associates, Inc.
119 Botball Educational Robotics Program
300 Bright Ideas/Educational Impressions
715 Camp Invention/Invent Now Kids, Inc.
Invent Now Kids provides quality, timely educational enrichment programs each year that nurture children’s innate curiosity through inquiry-based, hands-on FUN!
320 Capitol Debate
112 Center for Gifted Education - College of William and Mary
514 Center for Bright Kids
The Center for Bright Kids offers K-12 enrichment and acceleration programming for high interest and high ability kids. Our focus is not only on how kids think and learn, but how they discover ways to navigate the world while thinking and learning differently. CBK is centered on providing safe spaces for kids to laugh and play while being intellectually challenged and actively engaged in meaningful, authentic experiences. The Center for Bright Kids has offered the Western Academic Talent Search, Summer Programs, and other enrichment and acceleration youth programs for 28 years. Visit www.centerforbrightkids.org for more information.
512 Center for Talent Development at Northwestern University
The Summer Program at CTD offers students the chance to enjoy engaging courses on a college campus with intellectual peers. Enrichment, honors, and AP® courses are available for students completing PreK through grade 12. Residential opportunities begin in grade 4. Additionally, summer online courses are offered through CTD's Gifted LearningLinks program.
222 CLC Network
306 Corwin Press
309 Creative Learning Press
Creative Learning Press publishes resources for teachers and administrators that help them challenge and engage students in the classroom. We also carry a bounty of carefully selected how-to materials for gifted and talented students and their parents. Our bestselling authors include Joseph Renzulli, Sally Reis, Marcia Gentry, Susan Baum, and Nora Friedman. Flagship titles include Systems and Models for Developing Programs for the Gifted and Talented, The Schoolwide Enrichment Model, Curriculum Compacting, Total Talent Portfolio, Enrichment Clusters, Interest-a-Lyzer Family of Instruments, and Scales for Rating the Behavioral Characteristics of Superior Students. Please visit our website at www.creativelearningpress.com.
414 CTB/McGraw-Hill
419 Davidson Institute for Talent Development
A national nonprofit dedicated to supporting profoundly gifted youth, their families and educators. Programs include free consulting services and online resources, scholarships, summer camp, and The Davidson Academy, a public day school for profoundly gifted learners. Learn more at www.DavidsonGifted.org.
323 Destination ImagiNation
208 Dinah-Might Adventures
614 Disney Youth Group Programs
509 Drake University
518 Duke TIP
Duke TIP’s educational programs are residential summer programs designed to meet the intellectual and social needs of gifted students in grades 7-12. Programs are held on college campuses across the country and in field locations around the world. Duke TIP also offers an online e-Studies Program for 8-12 grade students. Financial aid is available for most programs. Applications, information and course offerings can be found at: www.tip.duke.edu.
113 Earth Foundation
Join the largest active network of gifted educators working to save endangered ecosystems and their species! This years exciting project: The Amazon! The Amazon is home to the highest rate of primate diversity in the world! Sadly over 20% of the forest has already been lost. And only 15% of what is left is protected. We desperately need you and your students help!
Hands-on, inter-disciplinary, solution-based curriculum and DVD's to all participating schools!
209 Ellison
Ellison pioneered reliable shape-cutting solutions for the classroom. Our compact Prestige® SpaceSaver™ and larger-sized Prestige® Pro are known for their long-lasting quality. The all-easy AllStar® Machine is also all affordable. And our most versatile RollModel™, works with any Ellison Die.
508 El Paso Independent School District
101 Engine-Uity
Engine-Uity specializes in differentiated resources, keyed to Bloom's Taxonomy of higher level thinking skills, that lead to independent studies. Engine-Uity has been providing quality supplemental teaching materials for grades K-12 since 1980.
501 Fox Imaging
106 Free Spirit Publishing
Since 1983 Free Spirit’s leading-edge resources have supported the social, emotional, and educational needs of gifted children and teens, educators, counselors and parents. Check out our books, games, posters, free downloads and more at www.freespirit.com.
117 Future Problem Solving International
Future Problem Solving Program International, a nonprofit educational organization created by Dr. E. Paul Torrance in 1974, offers three competitive components for grades 4-12: Global Issues Problem Solving, Community Problem Solving, and Scenario Writing. The program can also be integrated non-competitively into the curriculum. Participation in the program strongly supports the development of the 21st Century Skills.
717 Gifted Education Resource Institute - Purdue University
The Gifted Education Resource Institute (GERI) at Purdue University is committed to the holistic development of talented P-16 students. The Institute provides resources and programs to students and teachers, and through our research, acts as an advocate to the gifted community.
421 Gift of Logic, Inc.
Gift Of Logic (TM) is a comprehensive set of 12 workbooks for developing Critical thinking & Logical reasoning skills for K-12 students. Each workbook has three sections - Verbal reasoning, Analytical reasoning and Pictorial reasoning - to help develop cognitive skills. Lots of problem solving in a variety of topics. Highly recommended for K-12 Gifted and Talented students as well as parents, teachers and adults. Stop by and see why Gift Of Logic (TM) is the best resource for the Gifted and Talented student ! Please visit http://www.giftoflogic.com for ordering, samples and more information.
121 Goethe-Institut/Transatlantic Outreach Program
612 Gold Company
302 Great Books Foundation
The Great Books Foundation helps K-16 students read deeply for meaning, think critically, and focuses on written response and discussion. Award winning professional development combined with high-quality, unedited literature allow all children to reach their maximum potential. Participate in a hands-on demonstration at the Poster Session Nov. 7 at 1:45-2:45 in Plaza Lobby. www.greatbooks.org
308 Great Potential Press
Great Potential Press publishes award-winning books and materials for parents and teachers to provide the necessary knowledge to support, encourage, and foster growth in gifted children.
615 Green River Preserve
400 Hickory Grove Press
522 Innovention Toys
318 InspirEd Educators
InspirEd Educators publishes truly unique, creative, and practical instructional resources for all areas of the social studies as well as some language arts and crosss-disciplinary thematic units. Our mission is to provide student-centered, thought provoking materials that are easy to use, engaging, and make learning enjoyable! All InspirEd products are standards-based and emphasize critical and creative thinking, as well as a host of other skills.
502 INTERACT
520 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Young Scholars Program
516 Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth
513 K12, Inc.
108 Kendall-Hunt Publishing
Kendall/Hunt Publishing’s Talented and Gifted programs include the following:
The Center for Gifted Education at the College of William and Mary has developed exemplary curriculum frameworks and units of study in science, social studies and language arts for classroom use with high-ability learners since 1987. Project M3: Mentoring Mathematical Minds is a series of 12 award winning curriculum units developed to motivate and challenge promising students at the elementary level.
521 LEGO Education
LEGO Education provides hands-on science, math and technology curriculum. Our robotics, simple machines, energy, forces, and motion products and activities engage and motivate students while meeting and exceeding state and national content standards.
219 Lintor Make-A-Book
223 MatchWare, Inc.
Improve reading and writing skills by using MatchWare MindView which creates Mind Maps that increase retention, comprehension and the organization of main ideas. Tap into developing their Advanced Communication and Research Skills, Creative Thinking & Problem Solving Skills and Higher Order Critical Thinking Skills. Include images, text, videos and hyperlinks. Export to Word, PowerPoint, HTML and Mediator. FREE RAFFLE at exhibitor workshop!
218 MATHCOUNTS
The MATHCOUNTS Foundation is a non-profit organization that has been working with middle school students to promote excellence in mathematics for over a quarter century. MATHCOUNTS programs involve students and teachers in year-long coaching sessions and help middle school students at all learning levels improve their problem-solving skills. MATHCOUNTS materials are currently distributed to every middle school in the U.S., impacting the lives of over 250,000 U.S. middle school students annually.
507 MathWonders, LLC
328 Mindfull Games
Mindfull Games creates fun, award-winning games for vocabulary, brain fitness, and college prep. Top-seller Verbal Volley was designed by a speech pathologist, a classroom teacher and a professor of neurodevelopmental pediatrics to teach limitless vocabulary through evidence-based methods. Games meet multiple NCTE/IRA standards and are available in English and Spanish.
220 Mirman School for Gifted Children
616 Missouri Academy of Science, Mathematics and Computing
617 Nathan Levy Associates
420 The National Beta Club
The National Beta Club is committed to recognizing high academic achievement, encouraging service to others, and developing character and leadership skills. Since 1934, The National Beta Club has worked with over five and a half million students in grades 5-12.
506 NEAG Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development - University Of Connecticut
709 Northern Sun Merchandising
Since 1979, Northern Sun has been providing progressive messages on shirts, buttons, magnets, bumper stickers, posters and more. Often humorous, seldom dull, but always thought-provoking. Lots of great gift ideas for those back home, whether family, students or co-workers.
515 Northwest Evaluation Association
623 NOVA Southeastern University/ BrainSMART Programs
Earn your M.S. or Ed.S. from home in 12 months with a specialization in Brain-Based Teaching with Nova Southeastern University accredited through the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Join more than 2,300 classroom teachers nationally who have chosen to earn these practical graduate degrees since 2001. Meet Dr. Donna Wilson co-developer of these programs at the Lunch-n-Learn Friday 11:30-12:30 at Lunch Table 1 at the NAGC Annual Convention. Learn more at www.brainsmart.org . Call 1-866 SMART61 to request a brochure or e-mail nsu@brainsmart.org.
114 Open Space Communications
619 Opportunity Education - Sister Schools Program
206 Pearson
319 Phillips Exeter Academy
P.E.A. is one of our nation’s most prestigious boarding high schools, offering over 400 classes, 60 sports teams, 100 student clubs, and nearly $15 million in scholarships. Exeter’s commitment to “goodness and knowledge” draws students from across the country and around the world.
212 Pieces of Learning
From our first book The Faces of Gifted to our most recent book Differentiation, RTI, and Achievement: How They Work Together Pieces of Learning has provided educators and learners with high-quality products and practical staff development for 20 years. Please visit www.piecesoflearning.com for more information.
523 Pitsco Education
Pitsco’s innovative, hands-on products bring excitement and success to math, science and technology classrooms. Our activities make learning meaningful for students and rewarding for teachers.
418 Positive Diversity LLC
The mission of Positive Diversity is to lead teens and young adults to become skilled in the art of teamwork and discover the positive in others. Exploring Teamwork Essentials program combines a diversity and team performance education with listening and suspending judgment skill building. My View program examines spirituality and life purpose while also developing listening and suspending judgment skills. Both programs feature an award-winning documentary on oneness and empower students through small group discussions that build positive connections and inter-personal skill.
406 Professional Associates Publishing
316 Program for the Exceptionally Gifted - Mary Baldwin College
The only residential program of its kind in the country, the Program for the Exceptionally Gifted (PEG) at Mary Baldwin College offers academically talented young women the opportunity to accelerate their education, bypassing high school to advance directly to college.
100 Prufrock Press, Inc.
107 Renzulli Learning
403 Ricks Center for Gifted Children
200 Royal Fireworks/Trillium Press
Publisher of curricular and supplementary materials for the education of gifted children; books for parents and teachers of the gifted; novels for gifted children; the Michael Clay Thompson language arts curriculum for gifted kids; and the Royal Fireworks monographs on education.
517 Scholar Search Associates
116 Scholastic Testing Service, Inc.
627 Seacamp Association, Inc.
Seacamp Association, Inc. is a private, non-profit organization which operates two programs in the Florida Keys. Newfound Harbor Marine Institute is our school based program offering marine and environmental education programs to visiting school groups. Seacamp is our summer residential program for youth 12 to 17 years old with programs in marine science, SCUBA, sailing, and windsurfing.
500 SENG
SENG is the premier non-profit organization solely committed to supporting the social and emotional needs of gifted children and adults. SENG provides vital services to thousands of parents, children, educators and health professionals in the U.S. and abroad. Helpful resources including free newsletter are available at www.SENGifted.org.
412 SET Enterprises, Inc.
713 Stanford University EPGY
606 STR - School Technology Resources
STR specializes in hand-held digital and video cameras for the classroom – the Scope On A Rope and ProScope. These multi-function classroom cameras and combination new generation microscopes are fun, easy to use, versatile classroom tools. Use them as hand-held microscopes, document cameras, and digital classroom cameras. Our exclusive education kits include a variety of lenses, accesories, and curricular materials to provide engaging classroom experiences
213 Summer Institute for the Gifted
The Summer Institute for the Gifted offers prestigious & unique 3 week residential & day, co-educational, summer programs for gifted & talented students in grades K-11 at top institutions across the US. Campuses include Princeton University, UCLA, Amherst College, Vassar College, University of Texas at Austin, Emory University and more!
315 Suntex International - First in Math - 24 Game
221 Teacher Treasures
423 ThinkFun
ThinkFun is the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of innovative, educational games and programs. ThinkFun’s mind challenging games and programs teach critical thinking skills and motivate students to be persistent when confronted with difficult problems. Students learn to relish a tough challenge as they achieve success through perseverance! ThinkFun’s powerful education programs capitalize on the irresistible appeal of these games and help students build essential problem solving and strategic thinking skills. Learn more at www.thinkfuneducation.com
416 University of Missouri, Center for Distance and Independent Study
217 University of Arkansas at Little Rock - Center for Gifted Education
115 Usborne Books
317 Western Kentucky University, Center for Gifted Studies
528 Winston Churchill Museum
118 Wholemovement
Wholemovement is a unique approach to learning mathematics through folding circles. There are over one hundred mathematical functions in folding the circle one time in half. From there the process opens to an endless exploration of principled patterned in-formation.
519 World Scholar's Cup
322 YMIR, Inc/The Ultimate Puzzle
The Ultimate Puzzle is an educational and fun manipulative tool that shows combinations, permutations, probabilities and symbol recognition in a powerful demonstration. For all ages. Take the Challenge! "Solve our puzzle in 5 minutes or less and it's free!
109 You Can Do the Rubik's Cube
You Can Do the Rubik’s Cube Math Education Kit - Perfect for challenging your Gifted Child.
Teach Geometry, Algebra and General Math while promoting 21st century skills like problem solving and critical thinking. Kit includes all the materials needed, including a Math lesson CD with 9 lessons aligned to National and State Math Standards. www.YouCanDoTheRubik'sCube.com
Meet Me In Missouri Exhibits
The Quirkles/Creative3, LLC
Drury University Center for Gifted Education
Washington University High School Summer Scholars Program
Brennan Innovators, LLC
A Gifted Child in Foster Care, by Grace LaJoy
Maryville University School of Education