1. Brian Housand, Ph.D.
East Carolina University
http://brianhousand.googlepages.com
brianhousand@gmail.com

2. brianhousand
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8. Techie Educator
Gi>ed Researcher

19. D
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L IMMIGRANTS
D
I
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I
D
E
NATIVES

22. 
“ The kids these days are not
digital kids. The digital kids were
in the ’90s. The kids today are
mobile, and there’s a difference.
Digital is the old way of thinking,
mobile is the new way.”
EllioE Solloway

26. Learning beyond the
classroom.

28. Why Do We
Ask Kids To
UNPLUG At
School?

29. If technology is an event in
your school,
you are doing it wrong.
Josh Allen

30. hEp://www.21stcenturyskills.org/

31. Learning and Innovation Skills
Creativity and Innovation

 Critical Thinking and
Problem Solving
 Communication and
Collaboration

32. Creativity and Innovation
Demonstrating originality and

inventiveness in work
 Developing, implementing and
communicating new ideas to others
 Being open and responsive to new and
diverse perspectives
 Acting on creative ideas to make a
tangible and useful contribution to the
domain in which the innovation occurs

33. + Fluency Flexibility
Originality Elaboration
E. Paul Torrance

34. Renzulli
Joe
Creative Productive Giftedness
vs. School House Giftedness

37. Computer as Paintbrush

38. Pianos
NOT
Stereos

39. Computer Technology
“is not a tool;
it is a new material for expression.”
(Maeda, 2001)

42. In a global digital
economy, the
focus is no longer
on using, it is
creang and
producing.
(Steinkuehler, Black, & Clinton, 2005)

43. Rather than running the risk of
having our students become
quot;walking encyclopedias,quot; we
need to teach them how to
think creavely.
(Sternberg, 2006)

44. Knowledge alone is NOT enough.

45. ASIA
AUTOMATION
ABUNDANCE

46. Sir Ken Robinson
We are educang Creavity is as
people out of their important in educaon
creavity. as literacy.

48. (Siegle, 2003)

49. This Is What Web 2.0 Means
www.thisisindexed.com

53. Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Exercising sound reasoning in

understanding
Making complex choices and decisions

Understanding the interconnections among

systems
Identifying and asking significant questions

that clarify various points of view and lead
to better solutions
Framing, analyzing and synthesizing

information in order to solve problems and
answer questions

55. What are
New
Literacies?
(Leu, Kinzer, Coiro, and Cammack, 2004)

56. IDENTIFY
Important
Questions

57. LOCATE
Information

58. CRITICALLY
EVALUATE
Information

59. SYNTHESIZE
Information

60. COMMUNICATE
Answers

62. +
5 Types of Evaluation
Understanding
1.
Relevancy
2.
Accuracy
3.
Reliability
4.
Bias
5.
(Coiro, 2006)

63. I

66. This is where the REAL
Who said
informaon is.
what and
when.
This is as far as Your chance to share
most people get. your knowledge.

67. “Media are mere vehicles that deliver
instrucon but do not influence student
achievement any more than the truck that
delivers our groceries causes changes in
our nutrion.”
(Clark, 1983)

68. Communication and Collaboration
Articulating thoughts and ideas clearly and

effectively through speaking and writing
Demonstrating ability to work effectively

with diverse teams
Exercising flexibility and willingness to be

helpful in making necessary compromises
to accomplish a common goal
Assuming shared responsibility for

collaborative work

70. Critical Responsible
Consumers Producers

71. Creave Producvity
=
Contribuons to Social
Capital
Thanks to the
Internet,
We Are NOT
Alone

72. 253,000,000+
175,000,000+

73. hEp://www.ning.com/

75. hEp://mabryonline.org

76. hEp://filmonthefly.ning.com/
hEp://www.koce.org/filmonthefly/

78. The Internet is
Parcipatory
Forcing Us To Learn
New Interfaces
Creang New
Channels For Social
Interacon

79. +
The Less You Share,
The Less Power You Have.

82. What’s Computer
Talent Made Of?
Programmers
Interfacers
(O’Brien, Friedman-Nimz, Lacey, & Denson, 2006)

83. “For the first me
in history, our jobs
as educators is to
prepare our
students for a
future that we can
not clearly
describe.”

84. 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

86. quot;TEACHERS MUST BECOME COMFORTABLE AS CO-
LEARNERS WITH THEIR STUDENTS AND WITH
COLLEAGUES AROUND THE WORLD. TODAY IT IS
LESS ABOUT STAYING AHEAD AND MORE ABOUT
MOVING AHEAD AS MEMBERS OF DYNAMIC
LEARNING COMMUNITIES. THE DIGITAL-AGE
TEACHING PROFESSIONAL MUST DEMONSTRATE A
VISION OF TECHNOLOGY INFUSION AND
DEVELOP THE TECHNOLOGY SKILLS OF OTHERS.
THESE ARE THE HALLMARKS OF THE NEW
EDUCATION LEADER.”
—Don Knezek, ISTE CEO, 2008

87. The illiterate of
the 21st Century
will not be those
who cannot read
or write,
but those who cannot
LEARN, UNLEARN AND
RELEARN.

88. CONNECT
DISCOVER
INSPIRE

89. Change Is
Inevitable
Growth Is
An Opon
Choose to GROW