VISIONS OF THE FUTURE Little Rock 2016
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This document discusses perspectives on the role of technology in developing giftedness and talent. It explores how technology can transform education from a focus on hunting and gathering information to curating content. Examples are given of technological tools and platforms that can serve as playgrounds for creativity, exploration and discovery. The importance of cultivating curiosity, courage and constancy is emphasized. Overall, the document advocates embracing technology to fuel curiosity and prepare students for an unknown future.
VISIONS OF THE FUTURE Little Rock 2016
- 1. VISIONS OF THE FUTURE brianhousand.com/lrsd2016 Perspectives on the Role of Technology in the Future of Gifted Education and Talent Development
- 3. NEW
- 4. FROM CURIOUS TO CREATIVE
- 8. 2005
- 15. IQ = Curiosity + Effort (von Stumm, Hell, and Camorro-Premuzic, 2011)
- 16. “I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.”
- 20. Cat killer or Breeder of invention? Curiosity,
- 23. These devices are designed to present material to the student of a kind that would not be available to him in his ordinary school experience.
- 25. GO
- 26. GO
- 28. I am interested in _______________.
- 29. I am interested in _______________.EVERYTHING!
- 35. I am interested in _______________.LANGUAGES
- 39. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE STUCK?
- 47. HEIGHTEN ANTICIPATION STIMULATE INTEREST DEEPEN UNDERSTANDING EXTEND THE EXPERIENCE
- 49. 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)
- 57. diy.org
- 60. BUT…
- 61. I am interested in _______________.NOTHING
- 66. Address the emotional impact of uncertainty. I
- 67. SURPRISE AWE INTEREST CONFUSION
- 72. NO ONE - not Walt, not Steve, not the people of Pixar - ever achieved creative success by clinging to what used to work.
- 74. LESSON IDEA #1 INVITE STUDENTS TO FIND MISTAKES
- 78. LESSON IDEA #2 ARGUE FROM AN ALIEN VIEWPOINT
- 81. LESSON IDEA #3 PROVIDE ASSIGNMENTS THAT STUDENTS WILL FAIL
- 84. SAGE ON THE STAGE GUIDE ON THE SIDE
- 87. Emphasize the current topics of debate in a field. 4
- 88. TEDTalks
- 90. Invite guest speakers to share the mysteries they’re exploring. 5
- 93. Show how the process of discovery is often messy and non-linear. 6
- 100. As the volume of media has grown exponentially, our propensity to explore it is diminishing. Danny Cohen / BBC1
- 102. BROWSE SEARCH
- 104. “The most successful Imagineers are those who see ‘this is new to me’ as an opportunity, not a barrier. Josh Gorin
- 105. They are willing to go outside their comfort zone in the interest of expanding their horizons and gaining new perspectives.” Josh Gorin
- 106. “Constantly ask questions, learn how things work, try new and exciting things, and you’ll build up a strong base of experiences and an ongoing curiosity that will serve you well at WDI and in life.” Josh Gorin
- 107. Around here we don’t look backwards for very long… We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things because we’re curious, and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.
- 110. makeymakey.com
- 111. codecombat.com
- 112. LEGO Movie Maker
- 114. bitmoji.com
- 123. Everything is amazing.... and nobody’s happy. Louis C.K.
- 124. DYUTOPIA
- 125. DYSTOPIA
- 126. DYSTOPIA
- 127. IT’S TIME TO TAKE THE FUTURE BACK!
- 134. September 12, 1962 Rice University
- 135. July 21, 1969 The Moon
- 138. There's a great big beautiful tomorrow, Shining at the end of every day, There's a great big beautiful tomorrow, And tomorrow's just a dream away.
- 139. rst, THINK. Second, BELIEVE. Third, DREAM. And finally, DARE.
- 140. YOU
- 142. “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.”
- 143. She breathed curiosity into us so that we brought in facts or truths shielded in our hands like captured butterflies.
- 145. LOVE WHAT YOU DO
- 149. If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember that this whole thing was started by a mouse.