Conference PowerPoint Presentations Please Note: This page will be updated as presentations become available. Some presentations will not be available online due to the speaker requirements. Presentations remain intellectual properties of speakers and can only be used for viewing and reference. Day 1 - Thursday, 3 August 2006 Keynote: Dr Nicholas Colangelo, University of Iowa, United States of America  "The future of Gifted Education: Enhancing the Individual & the Community" Presentation CONCURRENT SESSIONS 1 Spotlight Session 1: Dr Tracy Riley, Massey University "Going for Gold: Competitions for Gifted & Talented Students" Presentation Handouts Breakout 1: Glenis Martin, Northcross Intermediate School, GATE Co-Ordinator "Star Belly Sneetches on Beaches" Presentation Breakout 2: Jenny Smith & Louise Tapper, Christchurch College of Education "Gifted Boys' Understanding of Their School" Presentation Breakout 3: Melinda Webber, University of Auckland "Whakapapa & Identity - A Curriculum for the Gifted Maori Child" Presentation Breakout 4: Dr Michael Faulkner & Pam Lyons, La Trobe University, Australia "La Trobe University's Able Learners' Enrichment Programmes. An Innovation in Regional Australia" Presentation Breakout 5: Joan Middlemiss & Students, KeriKeri High School "Never Underestimate What Kids Can Achieve" Presentation - not available at this stage Breakout 6: Barbara Allan, NZ Childcare Association "Giftedness in NZ Early Childhood Centres" Presentation Breakout 7: Sonia White, TEAM Solutions, University of Auckland "Citizenship by Design: Putting Humanity into Thinking" Presentation - will not be available Breakout 8: Jill Bevan-Brown, Massey University; Shirley Taylor, Educational Psychologist & Nikki Fraser, Parent "A Parent - Teacher Partnership" Presentation - not available at this stage CONCURRENT SESSIONS 2 Breakout 1: Robyn Boswell, TEAM Solutions, University of Auckland "Humour & the Gifted" Presentation - will not be available online Breakout 2: Pat Hargreaves, Alastair Cockrane & Margaret Taitoko, CoroNet TDI "Pathfinders Cluster of Schools" Presentation - not available at this stage Breakout 3: Dr Cheryl Doig, Annie Bonifant & Toby Stokes, Fendalton School "Pure Madness - The Fendalton Way" Presentation 1 Presentation 2 Breakout 4:  Marjory Woodfield, Literacy Consultant, Christchurch "Shakespeare & Children - Charting a Course Through "The Tempest" Presentation - not available at this stage Breakout 5: Graham Watts, St Cuthbert's College "Meeting the Needs of the Gifted in the Regular Classroom" Presentation - not available at this stage Breakout 6: Gay Gallagher, University of Auckland "Challenged by Chance? How Can we Improve the Odds for Gifted Children in Their Transition to School?" Presentation Breakout 7: Brenda Bicknell, College of Education, Massey University "Multiple Perspectives on a Withdrawal Programme in Mathematics" Presentation Breakout 8: Dr Tracy Riley, Massey University & Dr Catherine Rawlinson, Auckland University "Teacher Education in Gifted & Talented Education in New Zealand" Presentation Breakout 9: Indira Neville, Glen Eden Intermediate School "High End Creativity" Presentation - not available at this stage