Keynote Presentation by Brian Housand for BCIU Gifted Conference, November 2008

1. Brian Housand, Ph.D. East Carolina University http://brianhousand.googlepages.com [email_address]

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4. Techie Researcher Educator Gifted

9. NATIVES IMMIGRANTS

14. Learning beyond the classroom.

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

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

18. http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/

21. E. Paul Torrance Fluency Flexibility Elaboration Originality

23. Computer as Paintbrush

24. Pianos NOT Stereos

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

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

29. Rather than running the risk of having our students become "walking encyclopedias," we need to teach them how to think creatively. (Sternberg, 2006)

30. Knowledge alone is NOT enough.

31. ASIA AUTOMATION ABUNDANCE

33. Freedom To Experiment Freedom To Try On Identities Freedom To Fail Freedom Of Effort

36. (Siegle, 2003)

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

45. IDENTIFY Important Questions

46. LOCATE Information

47. CRITICALLY EVALUATE Information

48. SYNTHESIZE Information

49. COMMUNICATE Answers

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55. 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.

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

58. Critical Consumers Responsible Producers

59. Thanks to the Internet, We Are NOT Alone Creative Productivity = Contributions to Social Capital

60. 246,000,000+ 124,000,000+

61. http://www.ning.com/

63. http://mabryonline.org/

64. Participatory Forcing Us To Learn New Interfaces Creating New Channels For Social Interaction The Internet is

65. The Less You Share, The Less Power You Have.

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

70. 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

75. "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

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

77. Change Is Inevitable Choose to GROW Growth Is An Option

78. The Future Is NOW!

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