Have you written an article, story, or poem that you'd like to share with others beyond the Talcott Mountain community? To find the right match for your work, start by becoming familiar with the subjects, authors, length, and style of projects previously accepted for presentation or publication. Ideally, attend seminars or conferences sponsored by the organization or review several issues of the journal in question. Use indexing tools and conference websites to evaluate the manner and extent of prior works related to your topic. Is your concept new and different? Does it update or shed new light on a previously discussed topic? Are the credentials of past presenters or authors comparable to yours?
Following a general survey of venues for your work, review the author submission guidelines and publication calendar (or conference timetable). Become familiar with the citation format used -- the American Psychological Association (APA) format is commonly used in education publications. Library and internet sites offer abbreviated summaries and examples of the scholarly formats. To ensure error-free submissions, it is prudent to obtain the complete current APA Style Manual. Citation manager programs (free and commerical) are also available which format and integrate your citations and footnotes in your word processing document. Some online subscription journal databases included functions which export citations from articles you select directly to your citation manager. If you choose to use one of these products, allow sufficient time in your project schedule to become familiar with the operation of the program.
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Presenting at Seminars and Conferences
Seminars, conferences, and workshops offer the opportunity to share your observations and teaching strategies in a more informal setting. You may use a PowerPoint® presentation or a few pages of handouts to illustrate your talk. These settings allow for an interactive approach, with questions and contributions from your peers. You can model the concept you're presenting, and audience members can try applying the concept as part of the workshop. Below are some of the leading professional learning opportunities for our region:
New England Conference on Gifted and Talented Education
Confratute (U. of Connecticut)
Connecticut Association for the Gifted
Poster session participants place materials such as pictures, data, graphs, diagrams and narrative text on boards that are usually 4' x 8' (dimensions vary slightly by Convention Center). During their assigned time periods, participants informally discuss their presentations with conference attendees and may hand out abstracts of their presentation, and lesson plans, forms, or checklists with which to implement a proposal.
Poster sessions may present any of the following:
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Educators' Professional Associations and Journals
These organizations sponsor state, local, and national professional meetings and conferences for classroom teachers and administrators, as well as association journals, which offer formal and informal opportunities for professional writing and presentation.
National Council for the Social Studies - http://www.ncss.org/
National Science Teachers Association - http://www.nsta.org/
Connecticut Science Teachers Association - http://www.csta-us.org/
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics - http://www.nctm.org/
ATOMIC: Associated Teachers of Mathematics in Connecticut - http://atomicmath.org/
National Council of Teachers of English - http://www.ncte.org/
National Council for Geographic Educaiton - http://www.ncge.org/
Connecticut Geographic Alliance - http://www.ctgeoalliance.org/index.html
International Reading Association - http://www.reading.org
National Association for Music Education - http://www.menc.org/
Connecticut Educators Computer Association - http://www.ceca-ct.org/
Academic and Education Research Magazines and Journals
These journals publish scholarly, research-based articles for advanced academic study and public information.
Advanced Development Journal: A Journal on Adult Giftedness (Institute for the Study of Advanced Development, Gifted Development Center) - http://www.gifteddevelopment.com/ADJ/adj.htm
Exceptionality - http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/0936-2835.asp
Submission guidelines - http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/hexcauth.asp
Gifted Child Quarterly (National Association for Gifted Children) (ERC, ERIC, CTSERC) - http://gcq.sagepub.com/
Submission guidelines - http://www.sagepub.com/journalsProdManSub.nav?prodId=Journal201850
Gifted Child Today - http://www.prufrock.com/client/client_pages/prufrock_jm_giftchild.cfm
Submission guidelines - http://www.prufrock.com/client/client_pages/prufrock_jm_gc_wg.cfm
Gifted Education Press Quarterly - http://www.giftededpress.com/
High Ability Studies: The Journal of the European Council for High Ability (ERIC) - http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13598139.asp
Submission guidelines - http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/chasauth.asp
Imagine (Center for Talented Youth, Johns Hopkins University); for gifted students gr. 7-12; - http://cty.jhu.edu/imagine/index.html
Journal of Advanced Academics - http://www.jaa.uconn.edu/index.htm (SHU - ASP)
Submission Guidelines - http://www.jaa.uconn.edu/guidelines.htm
Journal for the Education of the Gifted (The Association for the Gifted) (CTSERC) - http://www.prufrock.com/client/client_pages/prufrock_jm_jeg.cfm
Submission guidelines - http://www.prufrock.com/client/client_pages/JEG_Guidelines.cfm
Journal of Secondary Gifted Education (Expanded Academic ASAP, ERC, Gen OneFile; SHU -ASP)
Submission guidelines - http://www.prufrock.com/client/client_pages/prufrock_jm_jsge_wg.cfm
Roeper Review: A Journal of Gifted Education (Expanded Academic ASAP, ERC, Gen OneFile; SHU -ASP)
Teaching Exceptional Children - http://www.cec.sped.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Publications2/TEACHINGExceptionalChildren/
Submission guidelines - http://www.cec.sped.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Publications2/TEACHINGExceptionalChildren/author_guidelines_TEC.pdf
TECPlus (index, articles, & podcasts) - http://escholarship.bc.edu/cgi/query.cgi
Understanding Our Gifted (Open Space Communications) - http://www.our-gifted.com/
[Database codes: ERC = Educators Reference Complete 
; Expanded Academic ASAP ; Gen OneFile = General InfoTrac OneFile ; SHU-ASP = EBSCO Academic Search Premier]
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Students' Magazines and Journals
Publications for Student Writers
Kids Are Authors (Scholastic) - annual book publication contest
Neuroscience for Kids Poetry Contest -
Newsday Student Newspaper Program - tips on student journalism
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