ideas for empowering and engaging gifted kids

IDEAS FOR ENGAGING AND EMPOWERING GIFTED KIDS__________________________

GAGC Parent Day - March 9, 2014 Dr. Brian Housand

brianhousand.com

“Raising geeks goes beyond teaching them the difference

between Darths Vader and Maul. It means teaching them an

empowering worldview.” WIRED - JUNE 2012

WONDER AND LEARN

wonderopolis.com

coursera.org

iTunes U

youtube.com/user/Vihart

KHAN ACADEMY

duolingo.com

BECOME A BETTER

SEARCHER

The illiterate of the 21st Century will not be those who cannot read or write,

but those who cannot LEARN, UNLEARN

AND RELEARN.(Toffler, 1970)

Fiction f rom Truth using Evidence

agoogleaday.com

google.com/insidesearch/searcheducation

FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT

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  We  are  educa)ng  people  out  of  their  crea)vity.  

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  Crea)vity  is  as  important  in  educa)on  as  literacy.  

Sir Ken Robinson

cosmosontv.com

Rather than running the risk of having our students become !W A L K I N G

ENCYCLOPEDIAS! we need to TEACH them how to !THINK CREATIVELY.

(Sternberg,  2006)

CONSUMERS

PRODUCERS

MAKE A MOVIE

iMovie Trailers

LEGO Movie Maker

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PHOTO CHALLENGE

http://www.flickr.com/groups/visualstory/

five frames

flickr five frames

1st photo: !establish !

characters and location

flickr five frames2nd photo:

create a situation with possibilities of what might happen

flickr five frames

3rd photo: !involve the characters

in the situation

flickr five frames

4th photo: !build to !

probable outcomes

flickr five frames

5th photo: !have a logical !

but surprising end

!“Gifted  means  you  have  abilities  to  do  stuff  others  may  not  be  able  to  do,  even  if  they  are  not  

easy.    This  tree  is  growing  in  the  shade  under  a  step….that’s  not  easy.”

“As  a  gifted  learner  I  feel  that  I  am  different;    I  am  a  leader;  and  I  am  powerful!”  

“Giftedness  means  you  can  be  talented  in  some  things  but  not  at  others;  you  swing  back  and  forth  at  the  things  you  are  good  at  and  the  things  you  are  

not.”

VIDEO GAMES

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

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.

CREATIVITYVIDEO GAME PLAY

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

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

Not surprisingly, by comparison school strikes

many young people as slow, boring, and frankly

out of touch.

- Seymour Papert

If you are impatient

then this may not be the

gAme for you

“There is nothing

that is NOT possible.”

SURVIVAL OR

CREATIVE

UNLIMITED

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

FOR aLL INTENTS aND PURPOSES,

IT IS A SPACE WHERE YOU ARE GOD

teachwithportals.com

stemchallenge.org

gamestarmechanic.com

www.truthandtrolls.com

www.pinkiesquare.com

LEARN TO CODE

code.org/learn

codeacademy.com

D I Y

diy.org

MAKE A DIGITAL

FOOTPRINT

Googleable

“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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