Students in our classrooms, known as Millennials, are confident, socially minded, and more connected than any generation before. Yet many of these future contributors lack the skills to leverage the abundant opportunities afforded them by a globalized society and ubiquitous access to information. This session provides a systematic framework of skills that enable gifted young people to navigate the environments they encounter and establish a network of support for both personal and “professional” advancement.

1. Millennials: !
!
The World is
Waiting

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4. 1. Online learning, hybrid learning, & collaborative models
2. Social media is changing communication
3. Openness is becoming a value
4. BYOD
5. Access to resources & relationships is challenging
status quo

5. 1. Need for ongoing professional development
2. Need for broader uptake of new technologies
3. Competition from new models of education
4. Need to blend formal and informal learning
5. Demand for personalized learning
6. Need to use digital media for formative assessment

6. Pew Research Center, 2010

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11. Past Generations

12. Millennials

13. Past Generations

14. Past Generations

26. Social
Capital

29. Relational & Egalitarian

30. Advantageous

31. Exchange
There must be an opportunity to exchange
skills and access information.

34. Don’t
you
think
!
if I were
wrong,
I’d
KNOW it?

35. SWOT
Analysis
Internal Origin
!
Attributes of the
Individual
External Origin
!
Helpful
to achieving the
objective
S W
O T
Strengths
Opportunities
Attributes of the
Environment
Harmful
to achieving the
objective
Weaknesses
Threats

36. Possibility
There must be the possibility of gaining
NEW knowledge and developing NEW skills.

39. All members must be motivated to engage
without knowing the outcome value.
Motivated

41. Achievement Motivation
• Tied to one’s identity
• Interesting
• Integral to one’s
vision of the
future
• Immediately
useful

42. MECHANISMS OF
MOTIVATION
BRIAN HOUSAND, PhD
East Carolina University
!
ANGELA HOUSAND, PhD
University of North Carolina Wilmington

43. All members must be capable of absorbing, applying,
and recognizing the value of new information.
Capable

45. Inputs
Motives
Social Roles!
& Interactions
Content
Network!
Structure
Outcomes

46. Inputs
Motives
Social Roles!
& Interactions
Content
Network!
Network!
Structure
Structure
Outcomes

48. Network Structure
The Pattern of Connection
•
The number of contacts
•
The diversity of the contacts
•
The configuration and stability of the network
•
Position within the network

51. Student Activity:
Meme
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59. Student Activity:
Map the Network
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60. Explicit Hierarchy

61. Explicit Hierarchy
Institutional Hierarchy

62. Implicit Hierarchy

65. Inputs
Motives
Social Roles!
& Interactions
Content
Network!
Structure
Outcomes

66. Inputs
Motives
Social Roles!
& Interactions
Content
Content
Network!
Structure
Outcomes

67. Valence
Volume
Quality

69. (bytelaunch.com)

77. Rigor
Conventions of a Discipline
Authentic Audience
Exploration
Differentiated
Interest Based
Creativity
Critical Thinking
Ascending Intellectual Demand
Authentic Problem to Solve

78. Joseph S. Renzulli
Sandra N. Kaplan
Sally Reis
Gifted Pedagogy
Carol Ann Tomlinson
Jann Leppien
Joyce VanTassel-Baska

79. Millennials

82. Future
Casting...
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83. FutureCasting.™
A Portfolio
Development Process
for Adolescents and
Emerging Adults
!
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84. FutureCasting.org
Who are you?
Control the Message
Casting Call
Action
Social Capital
!
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85. Thank You !!!