THE AGE OF
ADAPTABILITYThe technology revolution’s new challenge for gifted education
Dr. Joe Renzulli
dr. Brian Housand

It is not the strongest that survives,
Nor the most intelligent….
It is the one that is most
ADAPTABLE TO CHANGE.
Those that have learned to
COLLABORATE
and IMPROVISE will prevail.

It is not the strongest that survives,
Nor the most intelligent….
It is the one that is most
ADAPTABLE TO CHANGE.
Those that have learned to
COLLABORATE
and IMPROVISE will prevail.

a world of
constant
uncertainty

ELEVATOR
OPERATOR

BOWLING PINSETTER

SWITCHBOARD OPERATORSWITCHBOARD OPERATOR

CLOCKWINDERS

KNOCKERUPPER
LAMPLIGHTER

THE PROMISE
OF TECHNOLOGY

1988

What do you notice?
What do you wonder?

What did you notice?
What did you wonder?

Wonder
is the
beginning
of wisdom.
SOCRATES

WHENEVER
WHEREVER
WHATEVER

Things I Don’t
Know About

RICHARD FEYNMAN
THE GREAT EXPLAINER

IIDENTIFY
THE CONCEPT

2
EXPLAIN
THE CONCEPT
USING SIMPLE
LANGUAGE

3IDENTIFY
KNOWLEDGE GAPS
AND REVIEW SOURCES

4
ORGANIZE
SIMPLIFY
TELL A STORY

1. IDENTIFY THE CONCEPT
2. EXPLAIN THE CONCEPT
IN SIMPLE LANGUAGE
3. IDENTIFY KNOWLEDGE
GAPS AND REVIEW
SOURCES
4. ORGANIZE,SIMPLIFY,
AND TELL A STORY

TYPE III
INDEPENDENT OR SMALL GROUP INVESTIGATIONS
PRODUCTS AND/OR PERFORMANCES
TYPE I
GENERAL
EXPLORATORY
ACTIVITIES
TYPE II
METHODOLOGICAL
TRAINING /
HOW-TO ACTIVITIES
(Renzulli, 1977)

JUST
IN
TIME

instructables.com/teachers

instructables.com/teachers

Know It All

It is impossible
for a man to
learn what he
thinks he already
knows.
Epictetus, Discourses, Book II, ch. 17

Know it AllLEARN

I used to think…
Now I think…

BECOME A SUPER CRITICAL CONSUMER OF INFORMATION
PUT ON YOUR CAPES!
C
A
P
E
S
REDENTIALS
CCURACY
URPOSE
MOTION
UPPORT
#FightingFakeNews
brianhousand.com/fakenews

HYPOTHESIS:
Repeatedly watching YouTube
instructional videos increases
confidence but not ability.

Table Cloth

DOSE
EFFECT

WATCH LEARN

WATCH LEARN≠

It's more complicated
than you think.

WHENEVER
WHEREVER
WHATEVER

THINKING
FEELING
DOING
Create situations where students are

CONSUMERS
PRODUCERS

THE AGE OF
ADAPTABILITYThe technology revolution’s new challenge for gifted education
brianhousand.com/ncagt2020