Welcome to Our Gifted Online Conferences/Webinars -A place to join together to meet, share, learn, and discuss issues pertaining to giftedness and talent of all individuals regardless of race, age, gender, economic status, and/or twice/thrice exceptionalities.If your children did not come with instructions, then OGTOC will be a resource you will find very beneficial. In the past the OGTOC group was only active on an email list serv during conferences. Now OGTOC is 24/7 with many groups to join so you can talk with others with that interest 24/7. OGTOC now has expanded to hold conferences, book clubs, workshops, fireside chats, etc
As mentioned OGTOC holds conferences/webinars wherein you can signup and then receive an email with details how to participate with that guest expert and chosen topic. This information will be sent to the whole list in addition being posted to the group Gifted Online Conferences on this Ning platform which is one of the 113 groups you can join.. Information with details how to sign up and pay for any conference/webinar is located here

Mary Ruth Coleman, Ph.D., is a senior scientist at the FPG Child Development Institute at the The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and research associate professor in the School of Education. Her research focuses on students with exceptional learning needs, in particular students with learning disabilities and students with gifts. She directs several FPG projects. Project U-STARS~PLUS, (Using Science, Talents and Abilities to Recognize Students ~ Promoting Learning in Under-served Students) is a Javits Gifted and Talented Student Education Program. Project ACCESS (Achievement in Content and Curriculum for Every Student's Success) is funded by the US Department of Education. She is Co-Principal Investigator for the Early Learning Disabilities Initiative sponsored by the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation. From 1994 to 1998, she Co-Directed North Carolina’s Statewide Technical Assistance for Gifted Education Center. Prior to this, she was Associate Director of the Gifted Education Policy Studies Program at the Frank Porter Graham Center. Dr. Coleman has numerous publications and is the junior author on the 11th Edition of the seminal textbook, “Teaching Exceptional Children” by Samuel A. Kirk, James J. Gallagher, and Nicholas J. Anastasiow (2006). Dr. Coleman served three terms on the Board of Directors for the Association for Gifted (TAG) one of which she was President and recently completed her third term on the Board of the National Association for Gifted Children. She is currently President of the Council for Exceptional Children. Dr. Coleman began her career as a teacher in public and private elementary schools, with both regular classroom and special education assignments.

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This will be populated with FAQ. Rules, Important Info to know about OGTOC

Accolades to Julie of the Homeschool Diner who has so kindly written up HELPFUL HINTS: Thank YOU Julie!!!

New to NING OGTOC?
> Following the link Sally first e-mailed, you can sign up for the
OGTOC group. (Just follow the directions).
>
> To get back on NING, any time after you have signed up, you can
simply type ning.com in your browser, click "go" or the green arrow,
and it will take you to the NING homepage. You can save this page as a
Favorite or bookmark the page, if you don't want to re-type the
address each time.
>
> On the NING homepage, click on the tab in the upper right that
says, "My Networks" and you will be taken to a page that shows all the
networks you have joined, so far. (probably only OGTOC, at this point
;-) but there are many other fun and informational groups you may be
interested in joining! )
>
> Click on the adorable "flower baby" to be taken to the group
sign-in page. You may or may not need to sign in, using your chosen
password.
>
> After signing in, you will find that you have been taken to the
"Main" homepage for the group.
>
> This page has a lot of information. Here, you can see who has
joined so far (by clicking on the View All option in the Members
sidebar or by clicking on the "Members" tab at the top), and, if you
scroll down, you will see the options for different sub-groups that
Sally has set up (or, you can click on the "Groups" tab at the top of
the page). You can join any groups that interest you. The up-coming
online conference groups will be listed here, too, and you must join
each to participate in each.
>
> If you click on the tab called "My Page" you will be taken to a
page that has been set aside for you. Here, you can change settings,
add to or delete info in your personal profile, add a link to your
website or blog, change your password, or add a photo that will appear
in place of the generic gray head and shoulders that is currently
displayed.
>
> To add a photo -- it can be a picture of you, or just a photo you
enjoy -- click on Add Photo then click on the Browse button. This
will take you to your own computer files, where you can go to the
place where you store your photos and search for the one you want to
add. Double-click on the photo file name and it will add the file
name to the blank for you.
>
> In this group, you can also ask people to be your "friends". If
you click on the "Members" tab, you can scroll thru the members photos
(and generic gray heads) and see if there is anyone you know or are
curious about. You can click on their photo square or name to see any
more info they have provided in their profile. If this is a person you
would like to be a friend, click on 'Add as Friend" Clicking on this
will send an e-mail to that person asking if they want to accept. If
they do, their photo will appear in the friends section on your My
Page. They may send you a request to be a friend as well.
>
> You can send a comment to anyone in the group, by clicking on
their photo or name. The comments are private (not viewable by
others) but that fact that you have commented will be listed in both
your Activity Logs on your "My Pages". I'm not sure how this function
will work during conferences - as we have been previously asked not to
contact anyone privately without first asking for permission on
list... Any input, Sally? :-)
>
> Sally has also added some informational and entertaining "Photos"
and "Videos" for the group -- click on the tabs at the top to explore.
>
> Hope this Helps! :-)
>
> -julie knapp

Here is the official Help page for Commenting --
http://help.ning.com/?cat=30

The short story seems to be -- no one from outside our network (OGTOC) will be able to view comments. Those in our network can view comments, unless you choose not to let others see. To set your settings so that only you see the comments you receive (and can then delete these comments, without displaying them): scroll down on your My Page to the Comments Wall -- click on the Edit button, and choose the "Yes - approve comments first" option. Then click Save.

You can do the same thing for your Activity Log, if you don't want others to see who you have traded messages with.

For all comments and activity logs -- the red x at the upper right can be clicked on to delete the item.
After you've made changes to your page and want to know how others will see it, go to your My Page. Under your profile photo box (to the left), click the "View Page As Others See It" link.

Also, here is the general help page with a bunch of topics you can explore to find out more about how NING works --
http://help.ning.com/index.php

hope this helps!

-julie
The Homeschool Diner
"homeschool resources served up with a smile"
http://www.homeschooldiner.com/

Here is some more information from another list member who thought this would also be helpful to newbies.
Gifted - OGTOC

Our Gifted Online Conferences: A Gathering Place for All Gifted

A place to join together to meet, share, learn, and discuss issues pertaining to giftedness and talent of all individuals regardless of race, age, gender, economic status, and/or twice/thrice exceptionalities.

A newbie was confused by the word “conferences” so I thought we might explain it something like this:

OGTOC began several years ago as an online conference and has become a virtual international community of individuals who meet, share, learn, and discuss issues pertaining to giftedness and talent of all individuals regardless of race, age, gender, economic status, and/or twice/thrice exceptionalities. Sign up for the Gifted-OGTOC ning community to participate in subject-specific groups on an ongoing basis or to join an expert guest speaker’s conference when they occur in real time.

On another page you might have a section that gives specifics like:

1) First sign up for the Gifted – OGTOC ning group.

2) Create your personal page

3) Explore the GROUPS tab and join subject-specific groups that interest you. Post your questions and comments in those groups. Choose how you receive information using your personal page: login and go to - http://giftedonlineconferences.ning.com/profiles/profile/emailSettings

4) The Gifted-OGTOC community is evolving so be patient with one another as we learn!

Thanks Teri for your help:)

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