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1. Gifted Education In the 21st Century
a new
HOPE
Brian Housand, PhD
brianhousand.com
bit.ly/gagc2012

2. brianhousand.com

3. #cag2012

4. 21st
A NEW Creating
Century
Skills? HOPE Alliance

5. 1977

7. starwarsuncut.com

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

13. Benjamin
Bloom
1913 - 1999

14. E. Paul
Torrance
1915 - 2003

15. Julian
Stanley
1918 - 2005

18. >

19. p21.org

20. 4,447

24. “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.”

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

26. WE MUST
NOT
LET THIS
HAPPEN

27. AMERICA
MUST NOT
BECOME
AN INDUSTRIAL DINOSAUR

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

29. SepTEMBER 12
1983

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

31. =

32. 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.

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36. Knowledge)alone)is)NOT)enough.)

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

38. “Intelligence in the
age of the Internet,
where you're as only
smart as how quickly
you can use your
smart phone.”

40. www.google.com/
mobile/goggles/

41. bit.ly/renzulliempire

42. Keep
technology in
the hands of
students

44. Why
Do
We
Ask
Kids
To
UNPLUG
At
School?

45. DID

46. 80%

48. Tear down
the wall

50. 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.

52. RE:Search

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

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

56. I

58. RE:Connect

61. 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

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

63. Re:Create

65. Pianos
NOT
Stereos (Resnick, 1996)

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

67. 20%

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

70. Think GLOBAL
ACT Local

71. Partners
Advocating For
Gifted
Education

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

73. Googleable

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

78. tyvm
brianhousand.com

79. Gifted Education In the 21st Century
a new
HOPE
Brian Housand, PhD
brianhousand.com
bit.ly/gagc2012