BRIAN HOUSAND, PHD brianhousand.com

1. IDEAS FOR ENGAGING
AND EMPOWERING
GIFTED KIDS
__________________________
Dr. Brian Housand
brianhousand.com
bit.ly/mt-agate

2. brianhousand.com

3. “Raising geeks goes beyond
teaching them the difference
between Darths Vader and Maul.
It means teaching them an
empowering worldview.”
WIRED - JUNE 2012

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

5. “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

7. REALITY

8. 3,339

10. EF
2 THEIR
OWN
DEVICES

12. DIGITAL
PARENTING
STYLE

13. PROTECT
AND LIMIT
Parents need to set boundaries to keep
children safe.
!
Digital media and technology are not
important for a child's healthy development.

14. PROTECT
Screen media needs to be balanced with
other activities.
!
Children are only one click away from a lot of
material that's inappropriate for them.

15. EMPOWER
Children can learn new things by using
online media.
!
Parents should offer guidance on how
to use the Internet for learning.

16. EMPOWER
AND ENGAGE
Children need to learn to navigate the digital
world and make choices for themselves.
!
Children can exercise their creativity by using
online media.

18. Show
Curiosity

19. I like that.
I don’t
like that.

20. House
Rules

21. “Show Me”

22. WONDER
AND LEARN

23. wonderopolis.org

24. coursera.org

25. iTunes U

26. KHANACADEMY

27. youtube.com/user/Vihart

28. FAMILY
MOVIE
NIGHT

30. !
!
!
!
We
are
educa)ng
people
out
of
their
crea)vity.
!
Crea)vity
is
as
important
in
educa)on
as
literacy.
Sir Ken Robinson

31. cosmosontv.com

32. CONSUMERS
PRODUCERS

33. MAKE A
MOVIE

34. iMovie Trailers

35. LEGO Movie Maker

37. VIDEO
GAMES

42. Jackson, L. A., Witt, E. A., Games, A. I., Fitzgerald, H. E., von Eye, A., & Zhao, Y. (2012). Information technology use and creativity: Findings from the Children and technology Project.
Computers in Human Behavior, 28(2), 370-376.
CREATIVITY
COMPUTER
USE
INTERNET
USE
CELL
PHONE
USE
VIDEO
GAME
PLAY

43. Jackson, L. A., Witt, E. A., Games, A. I., Fitzgerald, H. E., von Eye, A., & Zhao, Y. (2012). Information technology use and creativity: Findings from the Children and technology Project.
Computers in Human Behavior, 28(2), 370-376.
CREATIVITY
VIDEO
GAME
PLAY

44. Video games teach
children what computers
are beginning to teach
adults--that some forms of
learning are fast-paced,
immensely compelling,
and rewarding.
- Seymour Papert

45. The fact that they are
enormously demanding of
one's time and require new
ways of thinking remains a
small price to pay (and is
perhaps even an
advantage) to be vaulted
into the future. - Seymour Papert

46. Not surprisingly,
by comparison school strikes
many young people as
slow, boring, and frankly
out of touch.
- Seymour Papert

48. If you are
impatient
then this may
not be the
gAme for you

49. “There is
nothing
that is NOT
possible.”

50. SURVIVAL
OR
CREATIVE

51. UNLIMITED
You can make it into
whatever you want it to be.

52. FOR aLL INTENTS aND PURPOSES,
IT IS A SPACE WHERE
YOU ARE GOD

53. C R E A T I V I T Y
C R I T I C A L T H I N K I N G
C O O P E R A T I O N
C O L L A B O R A T I O N
C O M M U N I C A T I O N
C O N T R O L

54. stemchallenge.org

55. gamestarmechanic.com

56. www.truthandtrolls.com

57. LEARN
TO CODE

59. code.org/learn

60. codeacademy.com

61. D I Y

62. diy.org

70. “We may not be able to
prepare the future for
our children,
but at least we can
prepare our children
for the future.”
- Franklin D. Roosevelt

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72. IDEAS FOR ENGAGING
AND EMPOWERING
GIFTED KIDS
__________________________
Dr. Brian Housand
brianhousand.com
bit.ly/mt-agate