Gifted Education in the 21st Century: A NEW HOPE Minnesota Educators of the Gifted and Talented Conference Brainerd, MN February 5, 2012 Dr. Brian Housand East Carolina University http://brianhousand.com

1. Gifted Education In the 21st Century
a new
HOPE
Brian Housand, PhD
brianhousand.com
bit.ly/megt2012

2. brianhousand.com

3. #megt

4. Geek Gifted
Educator Researcher

5. Hawaii
Minnesota
North Carolina
California
2012
Georgia
Montana
Pennsylvania
New York
Nova Scotia
Connecticut
Idaho
Virginia
Colorado
Texas

6. I
Informing &
M
Motivating
2012 P
People
A
About
C
Creativity &
T
Technology

9. 21st
A NEW Creating
Century
Skills? HOPE Alliance

10. 1977

12. starwarsuncut.com

14. A long time ago in a school far,
far away...

17. Benjamin
Bloom
1913 - 1999

18. E. Paul
Torrance
1915 - 2003

19. Julian
Stanley
1918 - 2005

22. >

23. p21.org

24. 4,419

25. “The Nation that
dramatically and boldly
led the world into the
age of technology is
failing to provide its
own children with the
intellectual tools
needed for
the 21st century.”

26. We continue to lead
because our
best students
are still unsurpassed.
We we continue to lead because
our universities, industries,
resources, and affluence attract
the finest talent from throughout
the world.

27. BUT
this is a
PRECARIOUS
Advantage

28. The world is changing FAST.
Technological KNOW-HOW is
spreading throughout the world;
Along with the knowledge that such
SKILLS and SOPHISTICATION
are the basic CAPITAL of
tomorrow’s society.

29. Already the QUALITY of our
manufactured products,
the VIABILITY of our trade,
our leadership in
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT,
and our standards of living
are strongly challenged.

30. Our children could be
STRAGGLERS
in a world of technology.

31. WE MUST
NOT
LET THIS
HAPPEN

32. AMERICA
MUST NOT
BECOME
AN INDUSTRIAL DINOSAUR

33. WE MUST NOT
provide our children
a 1960s education
for a 21st Century WORLD.

34. SepTEMBER 12
1983

35. www.p21.org
Learning and Innovation Skills
Creativity and Innovation
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Communication and Collaboration

36. =

37. Creativity &
Innovation
1. Apply existing knowledge to generate new
ideas, products, or processes.
2. Create original works as a means of
personal or group expression.
3. Use models and simulations to explore
complex systems and issues.
4. Identify trends and forecast possibilities.

39. PK - 2
Identify, research, and
collect data on an
environmental issue using
digital resources and
propose a solution.

40. 3-5
Produce a media-rich
digital story about a
significant local event
based on first-person
interviews.

41. 6-8
Create original animations
or videos documenting
school, community, or
local events.

42. 9 - 12
Design, develop, and test
a digital learning game to
demonstrate knowledge
and skills related to
curriculum content.

43. 10,000

44. stemchallenge.org

45. <

47. Knowledge)alone)is)NOT)enough.)

48. If your students can
the answer, then you
may be asking the
wrong question.

50. www.google.com/
mobile/goggles/

51. bit.ly/renzulliempire

52. Keep
technology in
the hands of
students

54. Why+Do+We+Ask+
Kids+To+UNPLUG+
At+School?

55. DID

56. “Every generation of
teenagers embraces
the freedoms and
possibilities wrought
by technology in ways
that shock the elders.”
Time+
March+27,+2006

57. 80%

59. Tear down
the wall

61. We welcome change
and openness;
for we believe that
freedom and security
go together,
that the advance of
human liberty can
only strengthen the
cause of world
peace.

63. RE:Search

65. “Every man
should have a
built-in
automatic
crap detector
operating
inside of him.”
-- Ernest Hemingway

66. NEW LITERACIES
newliteracies.uconn.edu/
IDENTIFY Important Questions
LOCATE Information
CRITICALLY EVALUATE
SYNTHESIZE Information
COMMUNICATE Answers

67. I

68. RE:Connect

71. The whole process of
education should
thus be conceived as
the process of
learning to think
through the
solution of real
problems.
-- John Dewey, 1938

72. Real World Problems
Academic Rigor
Technology Integration
www.ecugifted.com

73. Re:Create

75. Pianos
NOT
Stereos (Resnick, 1996)

76. Plugging Into
Creative Outlets
Brian C. Housand
Angela M. Housand
Gifted Education
Communicator
Spring 2011
Vol. 42, No. 1

77. 20%

78. Computers
serve best
when they
allow
everything
to change.
(Papert, 1993)

80. Think GLOBAL
ACT Local

81. Partners
Advocating For
Gifted
Education

82. REPORT TO
THE PRINCIPAL’S
OFFICE
http://bit.ly/gt-office

83. Googleable

84. http://www.nagc.org/toolkit.aspx

85. #nagc
http://www.ingeniosus.net/gtchat

86. “We don’t
have the option
of turning away
from the future.
No one gets to
vote on whether
technology is
going to change
our lives.”
Bill Gates
The Road Ahead

87. tyvm
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