DVC Gifted Symposium

the pursuit of happiness is at your fingertips

Growing UpIn the Age of

Dr. Brian C. Housand - Delaware Valley College

April 1, 2009

brianhousand@gmail.com

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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

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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

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