dvc gifted symposium
DESCRIPTION
Presentation by Dr. Brian HousandDelaware Valley College 21st Annual Honors Network SymposiumTRANSCRIPT
the pursuit of happiness is at your fingertips
Growing UpIn the Age of
Dr. Brian C. Housand - Delaware Valley College
April 1, 2009
&
brianhousand.googlepages
.com1,000- T
Housand
Techie
Researcher
Educator
Gifted
There are 31 BILLION searches on Google every month
2.6 billionPer month in 2006
Who did we ask these questions B.G.?
Years it took to reach a market audience of 50 million
38 Years
Years it took to reach a market audience of 50 million
13 Years
Years it took to reach a market audience of 50 million
4 Years
Years it took to reach a market audience of 50 million
3 Years
Years it took to reach a market audience of 50 million
2 Years
China 1,334,962,000India 1,161,290,000United States 306,114,000My Space 253,000,000Indonesia 229,850,000Brazil 190,929,000FaceBook 175,000,000
The U.S. Department of Labor estimates that today’s high school seniors will have 10-14 jobs
By age
38
Motorola's first
commercial cell phone
cost $3,995
Today, the number of text messages sent and received everyday, exceeds the total
population of the planet.
First commercial text message was sent in December of 1992
Presidential Blackberry
http://cfa.media.mit.edu
It is estimated that a week’s worth of the New York Times contains more information that a person
was like to come across in a lifetime in the 18th century.
Literacy through the ages
What are New Literacies?
(Leu, Kinzer, Coiro, and Cammack, 2004)
IDENTIFYImportant
Questions
LOCATE
Information
CRITICALLYEVALUATE
Information
SYNTHESIZEInformation
COMMUNICATE Answers
I
This is as far as most people get.
This is where the REAL information is.
Your chance to share your knowledge.
Who said what and when.
It is estimated that 4 exabytes (4.0x10^19) of unique information
will be generated this year.
This is more than the previous 5000 years.
DIGITAL DIVIDE
NATIVES
IMMIGRANTS
Participatory
Forcing Us To Learn New Interfaces
Creating New Channels For Social
Interaction
The Internet is
Learning beyond the classroom.
Why Do We Ask Kids To UNPLUG At
School?
If technology is an event in your school,
you are doing it wrong.
Josh Allen
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
What role does technology play in your life?
How is your technology use in school different that you technology use outside of school?
What should teachers know about technology?
http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/
Learning and Innovation Skills
Creativity and Innovation
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Communication and Collaboration
21st Century Skills
Learning and Innovation
PianosNOT
Stereos
Computer Technology “is not a tool;
it is a new material for expression.”
(Maeda, 2001)
In a global digital economy, the
focus is no longer on using, it is creating and producing.
(Steinkuehler, Black, & Clinton, 2005)
Rather than running the risk of having our students become "walking encyclopedias," we need to teach them how to
think creatively.
(Sternberg, 2006)
We are educating people out of their
creativity.
Creativity is as important in education
as literacy.
Sir Ken Robinson
Knowledge alone is NOT enough.
Critical Consumers
ResponsibleProducers
1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 20000%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
Agriculture Working Service Creative
The Rise of the Creative Class
Florida, R. (2002). The rise of the creative class (p. 332). New York, NY: Basic Books.
ASIAAUTOMATIONABUNDANCE
Thanks to the Internet,
We Are NOT Alone
Creative Productivity=
Contributions to Social Capital
+
The Less You Share, The Less Power You Have.
One thing is clear. 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
Success is not the key to happiness.
Happiness is the key to success.
If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
Albert Schweitzer
"Many persons have a wrong idea of what
constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through
self-gratification but through fidelity to a
worthy purpose.”
Helen Keller
Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from
the achievement of one's values.
Ayn Rand
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
Mohandas K. Gandhi
+
E. Paul Torrance
Fluency Flexibility
ElaborationOriginality
Don't be afraid to fall in love with something and pursue it with intensity.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi FLOW1. Clear goals2. Concentrating and focusing3. A loss of the feeling of self-consciousness4. Distorted sense of time5. Direct and immediate feedback6. Balance between ability level and challenge7. A sense of personal control8. Intrinsically rewarding9. Action awareness merging
WorryControl
RelaxationBoredom
Apathy
Anxiety
Arousal FLOW
SKILLShighlow
highCH
ALLE
NG
ES
Know, understand, take pride in, practice,
develop, exploit and enjoy your greatest
strengths.
Learn to free yourself from the expectations of others and to walk away
from the games they impose on you.
Free yourself to play your own game.
Find a great
teacher or mentor who will
help you.
Don't waste energy trying to be well
rounded.
Do what you love and can do well.
Learn the skills of interdependence.
“If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.”
Abraham Maslow
The illiterate of the 21st Century will not be those who cannot read or write,
but those who cannot LEARN, UNLEARN AND
RELEARN.
My general formula for my students is
"Follow your bliss." Find where it is, and don't be afraid to follow it.
CONNECT
DISCOVER
INSPIRE
Change Is Inevitable
Choose to GROW
Growth Is An Option
t y v m :-)
brianhousand.googlepages.com