FutureCasting is a great tool to use with your Middle School Students. It prepares them to be active members of a digital society.

1. Become the Hero of Your Own Story
Future
Casting®

4. angelahousand.com
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5. Generation Z

9. A Pedagogical Road Map
Connecting Interests & Passions to
Academic Content
FutureCasting®

10. 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)

11. Three Ring Conception of Giftedness

12. Courage
Optimism
Romance with a Topic
Vision or Sense of Destiny
Physical and Mental Fortitude
Sensitivity to Human Concerns

17. WHO AREYOU?

18. It is easy!

25. LIFE
VALUES
INVENTORY
Values clarification & Personal Development

26. LIFE
VALUES
INVENTORY

27. Explore
Students Conduct Research to Answer:
What are my values?
How do I like to spend my time?
What might I want to do in the future?
What skills do I need to be successful in the future?
What steps do I need to take to attain my vision of the future?
© Angela Housand, 2013

28. Who am I?

29. Who am I?
A light rainfall,
A soft word,
The sweet, melodic
Song of a bird.
Fragile and easily
overlooked, unheard
A little sad
A little unsure
A symphony of
quiet sounds…
kindness when it seems
It cannot be found
A gentle Grace
That slowly changes
The way the world works
Who am I?

31. Average = 9 hrs/day

32. Less than 3%

33. MATT NADEL

37. marques brownlee

38. Content
Quality

39. Always improving
Attending to detail
A lot of hard work
“Able to make some serious money”
MKBHD

40. CREATE
AWESOME
CONTENT!

41. write stories
design graphics
paint pictures
program softwaretake photographs
make movies
start a business
perform music
invent sculpt
build
serve the community
advocate
create computer games
conduct an experiment
present research
raise funds

52. ITERATE

55. Public Domain Image: Pixaboy.com

63. Control the Message

64. Public Domain Image by kid-josh https://www.flickr.com/photos/48112820@N05/6784102187

65. BETHANY MOTA

67. $40,000.00

68. 10%

70. S
TO
W
Helpful
to achieving the
objective
Harmful
to achieving the
objective
Internal Origin
Attributes of the
Individual
Strengths Weaknesses
External Origin
Attributes of the
Environment
Opportunities Threats
SWOT
Analysis

71. © Angela Housand, 2013

72. © Angela Housand, 2013

73. Strengths
What unique skills do I have?
What do I do well?
When do others ask for my help?
What experiences have I had that will
help me as I move forward?
© Angela Housand, 2013

74. Weaknesses
What areas do I need to improve?
What do others view as my weakness
or area for improvement?
What is something I would like to
change?
© Angela Housand, 2013

75. Opportunities
What opportunities are already
available to me?
What resources do I have available?
How can I use my strengths to create
opportunities for myself?
Who do I know that can help me?
© Angela Housand, 2013

76. Threats
What could hinder my success?
What are potential problems I could
encounter?
What are the challenges I face?
What are the restrictions in my life
(time, money, vehicle, access to
computer or the Internet, etc.)? © Angela Housand, 2013

77. 0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Economic Disparity

78. 0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Economic Disparity

79. S
TO
W
Helpful
to achieving the
objective
Harmful
to achieving the
objective
Internal Origin
Attributes of the
Individual
Strengths Weaknesses
External Origin
Attributes of the
Environment
Opportunities Threats
SWOT
Analysis

80. Writing
Activities

85. Essential
Questions

86. Who am I?
Who do I
want to be?

87. PRESENT FUTURETension

88. PRESENT FUTURESkill-Development
Self-Awareness
Productivity

89. Future Self

90. in20years.com

92. How have I
grown?

93. How have I grown?
I have always been called a crybaby
for as long as I can remember. I have
to admit that I always did cry a lot.

94. How have I grown?
I have always been called a crybaby
for as long as I can remember. I have
to admit that I always did cry a lot.
…now the nature of my
sensitivity has changed.

95. How have I grown?
I used to cry mostly out of self-pity
because someone hurt my feelings.

96. How have I grown?
I used to cry mostly out of self-pity
because someone hurt my feelings.
Now I have begun
to cry for others.

99. Social Capital

101. Explicit Hierarchy

102. Implicit Hierarchy

103. Relational & Egalitarian

104. Advantageous

105. Exchange
There must be an opportunity to exchange
skills and access information.

108. Don’t
you
think
if I were
wrong,
I’d
KNOW it?

109. S
TO
W
Helpful
to achieving the
objective
Harmful
to achieving the
objective
Internal Origin
Attributes of the
Individual
Strengths Weaknesses
External Origin
Attributes of the
Environment
Opportunities Threats
SWOT
Analysis

110. Possibility
There must be the possibility of gaining
NEW knowledge and developing NEW skills.

113. Motivated
All members must be motivated to engage
without knowing the outcome value.

114. High achieving students
demonstrated greater
autonomy and
competence than low
achieving students in
computer-based learning
tasks.
(Otta & Tavella, 2010)

115. (Otta & Tavella, 2010)
Autonomyw/Competence

116. (Otta & Tavella, 2010)
Autonomyw/Competence
IntrinsicMotivation

117. (Otta & Tavella, 2010)
TooEasyorTooHard
IntrinsicMotivation

118. • Interesting
• Integral to one’s
vision of the
future
• Immediately
useful
• Tied to one’s identity
Achievement Motivation

119. Capable
All members must be capable of absorbing, applying,
and recognizing the value of new information.

124. Goal attainment
is not luck,

125. Goal attainment
is not luck,
it takes time and
requires effort.

128. Fight the Good Fight
“I wish a politician with no teaching
experience would just come in and
tell me how to
teach,” said no
teacher EVER.

130. Discover
YOUR
Superpower

131. With great
POWER
comes great
RESPONSIBILITY.

132. Live by a Code of Honor

133. Invest in Yourself

134. Invest in Yourself
Professional Learning

135. Invest in Yourself
Professional Learning
Personal Growth

136. Invest in Yourself
Professional Learning
Personal Growth
Health & Well Being

137. You Can Change the World

142. Thank You!