This article explores the role that global connections play in developing curriculum for gifted and talented students. It also examines how converging technology trends, or virtual connections, are impacting the daily lives and learning of gifted students that is accessible anywhere at any time. It also crosses boundaries, or authentic connectedness, as it examines trends in defining giftedness, particularly for marginalized groups, and the role of global and multicultural education for the gifted that includes the development of intercultural skills in gifted world citizenship. Opportunities to develop creative productivity through international service learning are explored.
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