Arthur Harkins John Moravec University of Minnesota College of Education + Human Development The LeapFrog Principles and Outcomes

Challenge: Living, learning and working in unpredictable futures

Opportunity: Living, learning and working in creatable futures

LeapFrogging : Bringing preferred futures into a welcoming present

What are the LeapFrog Principles?

Leadership instead of catching up

Developing the liberal skills

Developing new knowledge

Innovatively applying liberal skills and knowledge

Catching up with the workforce Teaming

Catching up with the workforce Teaming Leading

Creative children and youth contributing to communities & workforces

Bonding children, youth and adults

Developing an innovation society

Creating global collaborations

Leading a creative global economy

Do it now via LeapFrog Institutes

Don’t spend new money

Let people vote with their visions

Visions past or visions future? Let individuals and families choose

Acknowledging the pluralism of present reality

Using new technologies ubiquitously, creatively…

… and purposefully

Networked LeapFrog Institutes

Developing parallel schools

Connecting persons, families, work places and communities

Connecting hardware, software, netware, and mindware

Using volunteers

Why compete with traditional education?

Teaching kids to think

Helping kids teach adults how to innovate

… and how to think

Getting a head start on everyone ― including ourselves!

Helping create the 21 st Century 22 nd

Now.

Do it here, in Minnesota

Let children and youth help to create a 2nd Minnesota Miracle