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Gifted Education In the 21st Century

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Researcher

Gifted

Educator

21st Century

Skills

CreativityTODAY

A NEW HOPE

1977

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A long time ago in a school far, far away...

Benjamin Bloom

1913 - 1999

E. Paul Torrance1915 - 2003

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1918 - 2005

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Learning and Innovation SkillsCreativity and Innovation

Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

Communication and Collaboration

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1. Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes.

2. Create original works as a means of personal or group expression.

3. Use models and simulations to explore complex systems and issues.

4. Identify trends and forecast possibilities.

Creativity & Innovation

Identify, research, and collect data on an

environmental issue using digital resources and propose a solution.

PK - 2

Produce a media-rich digital story about a

significant local event based on first-person

interviews.

3 - 5

Create original animations or videos documenting school, community, or

local events.

6 - 8

Design, develop, and test a digital learning game to demonstrate knowledge

and skills related to curriculum content.

9 - 12

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the answer, then you may be asking the wrong question.

If your students can

“Intelligence in the age of the InternetWhere you're as smart as how quickly you can use your smart phone.”

Knowledge)alone)is)NOT)enough.)

The  whole  process  of  educa0on  should  thus  be  conceived  as  the  process  of  learning  to  think  

through  the  solu0on  of  real  

problems.

-­‐-­‐  John  Dewey,  1938

“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

Don’t teach the tool.

Teach the thinking.

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Embrace Ambiguity

Take Risks That Disrupt Legacy Business

Leapfrog Beyond “Tried-and-True” Management Styles

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Cloud Computing

Mobiles

One Year Or Less

“Every generation of teenagers embracesthe freedoms and possibilities wroughtby technology in ways that shock the elders.”

Time  March  27,  2006

DID

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Game Based Learning

Open Content

Two to Three Years

Learning Analytics

Personal Learning Environments

Four to Five Years

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Keep technology in the hands of

students

Why  Do  We  Ask  Kids  To  UNPLUG  

At  School?

80%

Tear down the wall

We welcome change and openness; for we believe that freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace.

RE:Search

“Every man should have a

built-in automatic

crap detector operating

inside of him.”

-- Ernest Hemingway

IDENTIFY Important Questions

LOCATE Information

CRITICALLY EVALUATE

SYNTHESIZE Information

COMMUNICATE Answers

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RE:Connect

Real World ProblemsAcademic Rigor

Technology Integration

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Re:Create

(Resnick, 1996)

NOT Stereos

Pianos

20%

(Papert, 1993)

Computers serve best

when they allow

everything to change.

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