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 2 - Friday, 4 August 2006 Plenary Panel:  MC: Lyall Lukey, Smart Net/ Lukey Training; Facilitator: Gillian Heald, Unlimited Paenga Tawhiti; Panel: Peter Dixon, The Church Ltd; Gillian Vosper, Chrometaster; Mario Wynands, Sidhe Interactive; "Talent & Passion - Tales from Business World" Presentation - will not be available CONCURRENT SESSIONS 3 Spotlight Session 3: Dr Karen Rogers, GERRIC, University of New South Wales, Australia "Ten Options in Gifted Education that Produce the Greatest Effects for Gifted Learners for the Least Effort" Presentation Breakout 1: Debbie Green & Pam Scahill, TEAM Solutions, University of Auckland "Future Problem Solving" Presentation will not be availableonline. Information is available on their website. Click here to access the infomration. Breakout 2: Leeana Shepherd, Teraania Ormsby-Teki & laura Hawksworth, University of Waikato "Development of Gifted Education in Two Kura Kaupapa Maori"  Presentation 1 Presentation 2 Presentation 3 Breakout 3: Jo Gregory-Vince, Point Chevalier School "Point Chevalier Schools Thinking Infusion & Learning Discovery Pathways" Presentation Breakout 4: Lynn Berresford, The Assessment & Counselling Centre "Understanding & Meeting the Social & Emotional Needs of Gifted & Twice-Exceptional Children" Presentation - not available at this stage Breakout 5: Alan Parris, NZ Maths Olympiad Committee "NZ Mathematic Olympiad Programme" Presentation - not available at this stage Breakout 6: Kay Ellison, Palmerston North Girls' High School "Art & Culture Research Project" Presentation - not available at this stage Breakout 7: Dr Valerie Margrain, The Open Polytechnic "Adultocentrism? The Role of the Adult in Supporting Gifted Learners" Presentation Handouts Breakout 8: Kristin Joy, Massey University "Visual Spatial Giftedness: At School & Home" Presentation CONCURRENT SESSIONS 4 Spotlight Session 4: Dr Nicholas Colangelo, University of Iowa, United States of America "The Curious Legacy of Acceleration in Gifted Education" Presentation Breakout 1: Warren Spanhake, Whenuapai School "Quality Resources for Gifted & Talented Children"  Presentation Breakout 2: Tracey Hopkins, Shirley Tyson & Erin Walcroft, Hukanui Primary School "Integration & Authentic Contexts for Classroom practice, with Gifted & Talented Education (GATE) Clusters" Presentation 1 Presentation 2 Presentation 3 Breakout 3: Judi Rendall, Rikki Walsh, Penny Gordon, Christine Solomana & Karen Bush, Tairawhiti REAP "Turanga/ Gisborne TDI Initiative" Presentation - not available at this stage  Breakout 4:  Jeanette Christiansen, Christchurch College of Education "The Mixed Ability Classroom, Inquiry Learning & the Gifted Student" Presentation - will not be available online Breakout 5: Bruce Farthing, Mary Irvine, Gavin Morgan & Nick Page, Otumetai College "The Best Fit - Leading a Gifted & Talented programme in a Large State Secondary School" Presentation Breakout 6: Caterina Murphy, NZ Childcare Association "Play Patterns & Behaviours of Young Children who are Gifted in an Early Childhood Setting" Presentation - will not be available online Breakout 7: Shirley Taylor, Educational Psychologist "Gifted Children Not Only Think Differently, They Feel Differently" Presentation - not available at this stage  Breakout 8: David Keen, Dunedin College of Education "Tracking Talent" Presentation - not available at this stage  CONCURRENT SESSIONS 5 Spotlight Session 5: Robyn Boswell, TEAM Solutions, University of Auckland "Nurturing Giftedness in Maori Children" Presentation - will not be available online Breakout 1: Rosemary Cathcart, REACH Education Consultancy "A Great Ship Asks Deep Water" Presentation - not available at this stage To vist REACH website, click here. Breakout 2: Elaine Le Sueur, TEAM Solutions, University of Auckland "Minding Your Ps & Qs" Presentation - not available at this stage  Breakout 3: Mitzi Austin & Gill Heald, Secondary Futures "Secondary Futures" Presentation - not available at this stage  Breakout 4:  Adrian Vink & Rose Blackett, Fendalton RTLB Service "A Flotation Device for Schools - How One RTLB Cluster Supported Schools with Gifted Education" Presentation Breakout 5: Deb Clark, Gifted Kids Programme, Lower Hutt "Developing Partnerships: "Get Me Out of Here!" Education Outside the Classroom (EOTC) that gets Gifted Kids Going..." Presentation Breakout 6: Lesieli Macintyre & Ingrid Frangley-Vaipuna, Massey University "Gifted & Talented Pacific Students in NZ: A Case Study of Tongans at the Secondary School Level" Presentation Breakout 7: Cancelled Breakout 8: Jenny Horsley, Victoria University & Sally Smart, Ministry of Education "Nurturing Our Gifted Culture - What is Working & What Isn't? Presentation - will not be available online