1.
UTILIZING TECHNOLOGY TO CONSTRUCT
PERSONALIZED LEARNING EXPERIENCES
brianhousand.com/sc17

2.
SLIDES AND RESOURCES AVAILABLE AT
brianhousand.com/sc17

3.
UTILIZING
TECHNOLOGY TO
PERSONALIZE
LEARNING FOR
GIFTED KIDS

4.
TODAY TOMORROW
TO

5.
ACCESS

6.
EXPLORE
THE GARDEN

7.
thekidshouldseethis.com

8.
youtube.com/user/crashcourse

9.
youtube.com/user/crashcoursekids

10.
youtube.com/user/pbsdigitalstudios

11.
youtube.com/user/Vihart

12.
nerdybookclub.wordpress.com

13.
DON’T FORGET PODCASTS

14.
CREATE

15.
Summer 2013
T
he admonition that we should be preparing our
students for the 21st century is everywhere. There
are numerous books, blogs, and content resources
promoting and espousing the virtues of 21st cen-
tury learning. If one examines the titles and descriptions of
presentations at any gifted or general education conference,
reference to 21st century learning is prevalent. Most of us
in gifted education have regularly advocated for teaching
trace their origins back at least 30 years. In 1983, the Na-
tional Science Board Commission on Precollege Education
in Mathematics, Science and Technology published a report
entitled, Educating Americans for the 21st Century: A Plan
of Action for Improving Mathematics, Science, and Technol-
ogy Education for All American Elementary and Secondary
Students So that their Achievement is the Best in the World
by 1995. This publication outlined many of the same initia-
Quality Classroom Practice
for High-Abillity Students
Teaching for High Potential
THPThe 21st
Century
is SO Yesterday
Brian C. Housand, Ph.D.
East Carolina University
www.brianhousand.com
Brian Housand is an Assistant Professor at
East Carolina University in the department of
Elementary Education.
“The world is moving at a tremendous rate. No one knows where.
We must prepare our children, not for the world of the past,
not for our world, but for their world, the world of the future.”
— John Dewey

16.
CONSTRUCTING
SYNTHESIS

17.
Creativity is just
connecting things.
When you ask creative people
how they did something, they feel
a little guilty because they didn’t
really do it, they just saw
something. It seemed obvious to
them after a while.
That’s because they were able to
connect experiences they’ve had
and
SYNTHESIZE
new things.
- Steve Jobs, 1995

18.
An idea is nothing
more or less than
a new combination
of old elements.
new combination
old elements
James Webb Young, 1940
A Technique for Producing Ideas

19.
The capacity to bring
old elements into
new combinations
depends largely on
the ability to see
relationships.
new combination
old elements
James Webb Young, 1940
A Technique for Producing Ideas

20.
(Resnick, 1996)
NOT
Stereos
Pianos

21.
code.org/learn

22.
stemchallenge.org

23.
stemchallenge.org

24.
spark.adobe.com/features

25.
spark.adobe.com/edu

26.
designschool.canva.com

27.
diy.org

28.
@brianhousand #carpetdiem

29.
OPPORTUNITY

30.
CONTENT

31.
LiveBinders
bit.ly/contentbinder

32.
MASSIVE
OPEN
ONLINE
COURSES

33.
iTunes U

34.
SUPERHERO SCIENCE

35.
Suggested meeting time: 30-60 minutes (Some of you may choose to combine
this meeting with meeting #2.)
!
Before the meeting:
● Create a TED-Ed (ed.ted.com) account if you haven’t already. All members
over 13 should aim to have their own account.
● Watch the first TED-Ed Club Lesson (http://ed.ted.com/on/vaY6FipN). Your
group can choose to do this before or during the meeting.
!
Guiding questions
● What is your name? How would you describe yourself? What are three
things you are passionate about?
● What do you and your club members hope to get out of your TED-Ed Club
experience?
!
Materials
● A device to take pictures
● Index cards
● Pens
● Copies of this guidebook (one for each member)
!
Meeting activities
● Take a few minutes to create a name badge on an index card. Write your
name and at least 3 things that you are passionate about.
● Gather in small groups and introduce yourself to your fellow club members.
Learn each other’s names and get to know each other.
● Share your reasons for joining a TED-ED Club with the group. Let people
know what you’re interested in and what you’re passionate about. This will
help your club members give meaningful feedback when you begin
developing your presentation idea.
!
What will you have created by the end of your meeting?
A name badge that lists 3 things you are passionate about. You will bring this to
future meetings so that everyone in the club knows your name and interests.
!
After meeting #1:
● Browse through the TED Talks (www.ted.com) /TED-Ed Lessons (ed.ted.com)
to find ideas that speak to your passions.
● Facilitator: Please send a photo of the name badges from different club
members to TED-Ed at TEDEdClubs@ted.com.
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#1 Introduction week: What’s your passion?
It’s tough to give a good presentation on a topic that you’re not passionate about! This meeting is
all about getting to know your fellow club members and spending some time identifying and
articulating the ideas that motivate each member of your group. Later on, each club member will
present and record their own idea worth spreading in the form of a short TED-style Talk.

36.
RESPONSIBILITY

37.
With great power comes
great responsibility

38.
NEWS
FLASH

39.
commonsense.org/educators

40.
CRITICAL
CONSUMERS
RESPONSIBLE
PRODUCERS

41.
FALL
2017

42.
beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com

43.
NECESSITY

44.
“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

45.
“Every generation of
teenagers embraces
the freedoms and
possibilities wrought
by technology in ways
that shock the elders.”
Time
March 27, 2006

46.
ITECH

47.
M
E
A
N
I
N
G

48.
RIGOR

49.
VIGOR

50.
ACCESS
CREATE
OPPORTUNITY
RESPONSIBILITY
NECESSITY

51.
ACCESS
CREATE
OPPORTUNITY
RESPONSIBILITY
NECESSITY
A
C
O
R
N

52.
ACORN

53.
From little acorns
grow mighty oaks.

54.
When each of us
thinks about what
we can do in life,
chances are,
we can do it
because of a
teacher. Stephen Hawking

55.
BECOMING A
GREAT
TEACHER

56.
“I have come to believe that a
great teacher is a great artist
and that there are as few of
these as there are of any other
great artists. It might even be
the greatest of the arts since
the medium is the human mind
and spirit.”

57.
She breathed
curiosity into us so
that we brought in facts or
truths shielded in our hands
like captured butterflies.

58.
LOVE
WHAT
YOU
DO

59.
brianhousand.com
brianhousand@gmail.com
@brianhousand
brian.housand
bc1000