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Bulletin boards are an important component of classrooms. They provide a way to introduce new material or display student work. Educators should create boards that are equally engaging and educational. The use of interactive boards in the classroom ensures that students recognize the importance of the posted materials. Bulletin boards should be changed frequently and relate to concepts currently being covered in class.

Bulletin boards function as the perfect vehicle for integrating the four tenets of gifted instruction: Acceleration, Depth, Complexity, and Novelty into the core content standards. Bulletin boards created around a universal concept (acceleration) can help students see the connections that exist between and across the various disciplines. The prompts of depth and complexity can be integrated into the construction of a bulletin board to further focus students’ study of the core content materials. Bulletin boards can also serve as the catalyst to independent study projects based on student interest, choice, and aptitude (novelty).

Informational bulletin boards, as the name suggests, provide students with key pieces of information that can be narrow (specific classroom events) or broad (current events happening in various parts of the country or world) in scope. Informational bulletin boards serve as a means of communication between several different classroom stakeholders: teacher, students, school administration, parents, and community members. Back to school night, school fundraisers, PTA meetings, and community events can be continuously updated using an informational bulletin board. Informational bulletin boards also provide directions to students and can act as a place where previously taught information can be retrieved for use on current and future tasks.

 

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