Multinational activity on the top of opportunities for gifted - the case of the project Talnet Intenational

Abstract

The paper presents an experience of international cooperative online and face to face activities for gifted youth in a context of systematic care. We present the main benefits of the project Talnet-International with respect to giftedness and Talnet activities. Talnet (since 2003) is a project of identification and work with gifted youth (13 – 19, interested in science) that applies educational online activities combined with face to face activities. The international project joined youth from Czechia, Germany, Spain and Slovakia: 40 participants in face to face and 75 participants online. It provided opportunities to work in multinational teams on professional matters (constructing and programming robots, EU matters etc.). It is the most challenging and complex activity among Talnet educational activities by providing opportunities to apply the potential of gifted ones in highly demanding international team activities. We confront these educational intentions and participants’ experience - in some aspects (self-activity), communicative, cooperative skills.