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| | * [[Online communities for gifted education]]: We list Cogito, Iggy, Brilliant, and Art of Problem Solving (forums). More details at the link. |
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| | Cogito || [http://cogito.org cogito.org] || The Center for Talented Youth (CTY) at John Hopkins University, located in the United States || Students ages 13-18 who have a sufficiently good recommendation from an educator. According to their [https://cogito.cty.jhu.edu/about-us/for-students/ About Us] page: "Membership is free, and open to students ages 13 to 18 who have a keen interest in math and science. Members are selected by invitation. We invite students from CTY and our partner organizations, students who participate in various academic competitions, and students from around the world who are nominated by an educator – be it a teacher, school administrator, or representative from a recognized academic organization. Educators who would like to nominate a student for membership should mail or email a letter on letterhead of their organization with the student’s name, e-mail address, date of birth and the city, state and country in which the student lives. Please also include a reason for the nomination, in 50 words or less. If you are a student who would like to join Cogito.org, ask a teacher or educator to nominate you by following the steps outlined above." ||
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| | Iggy || [http://www.iggy.net www.iggy.net] || The University of Warwick || Individuals can subscribe by paying 200 pounds (UK currency) per annum. There are special discounts for disadvantaged students as well as organizations such as schools. See [https://www.iggy.net/about here] for more.||
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| | Brilliant || [http://www.brilliant.org brilliant.org] || Private company || Anybody can sign up as a member.|| The site is focused around problems organized by topics, mostly in the subjects of mathematics, physics, and computer science as of January 2014. There are also discussion boards and forums for participants to interact.
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Revision as of 21:08, 15 January 2014
There are a number of organizations, communities, and online resources for gifted children. This page lists and describes some of them.
See: