Technology is a powerful equalizer, so much so that the unique contributions of any individual can get lost in the abundant and pervasive repository of information available on the Internet. FutureCasting, a framework of digital life skills, enables gifted students to leverage the Internet to take control of their digital identity, build influence via social media, make contributions that stand out in virtual landscapes, and understand oneself within the context of an online global society. Join us as we explore activities that can be implemented immediately and begin the work of helping students become the hero of their own story!
39. Relevancy
The usefulness of the information that exists
about you and how consistent that
information is with you you say you are and
what you claim to value
40. Purity
The amount of information that comes up in
an Internet search that is about you and not
someone with a similar name or similar
interests
41. Diversity
The mixture of information found when you
are searched online:
• Do you have a website?
• Are you found in real time content?
• Are there images and video of you?
82. Future Self
• Research shows that people
think of their current selves and
future selves as different people.
(Pronin & Ross, 2006; Wakslak et al., 2008)
83. Future Self
• Limited ability to imagine one’s
future self leads to opting for
immediate gratification.
(van Gelder, Hershfield, & Nordgren, 2013)
84. Seeking
Immediate Gratification
• Future consequences are not considered
• Respond reflexively rather than
intentionally and with control
• Negatively related to “joy” and “happiness”
85. • Living in the “here and now” is one
of the strongest correlates of
delinquent behavior.
!
• People with a “here and now”
orientation respond to tangible
stimuli and are unable to defer
gratification.
Future Self
(Gottfredson & Hirshchi, 1990; Pratt & Cullen, 2000)
(Nagin & Pogarsky, 2003)
92. CreativeVisualization
A process of visualizing specific
behaviors or events occurring in
one’s life.
Assumes students’ have
experience with creative thinking
and creative problem solving.
94. The best time to plant a tree
was 20 years ago.
The second best time is now.
Chinese Proverb
95. CreativeVisualization
NOT JUST ONE TIME!
Once the schema is clear, the
visualization can be repeated to
support continuation toward goal
attainment.
96. • Tied to Student’s
Identity
• Personally
Interesting
• Integral to the
Student’s Vision of
the future
• Viewed as Useful
(Eccles & Wigfield)
Personally Meaningful
99. • If you could do anything for 8
hours a day for the rest of your
life, and money were no object,
what would you do?
• Am I excited to do what I’m
doing every day? If not, is it me or
something else?
AskYourself
105. • Tied to Student’s
Identity
• Personally
Interesting
• Integral to the
Student’s Vision of
the future
• Viewed as Useful
(Eccles & Wigfield)
Personally Meaningful
114. Why Control the
Message?
• College Admissions Officers & Committees
will search you
• Potential Employers will search you
• Friends (& non-friends) will search you
• Your Competition will search you
• Potential Boyfriend/Girlfriend will search you
115. How To
Control the Message
• Find Out What’s on the Web
• Clean Up Content thatYou Don’t Want
Everyone in the World to See
• Create a More Flattering Image Online
116. • With quotes around your name, search
yourself on Google,Yahoo!, and Bing
• What did you find?
Search Yourself
117. Search Yourself
You want to find:
• Favorable entries about your work
• Flattering or neutral mentions of your
personal life
118. Start with what you have posted:
• Delete any negative comments you’ve made
• Delete inappropriate photos or videos
• Check all sites!
!
• Edit blog entries that are negative
Remove Unflattering
Content
119.
120.
121. You Can Start Fresh Too:
• Delete all of your accounts
• Create new ones with a unique name for
yourself
• Use your middle initial
• Use your nickname
• Remember...Nothing really ever goes away.
Remove Unflattering
Content
122.
123. Remove Unflattering
Content
• Ask others to remove negative
content about you.
• Remove “tags” from photos
• Paid services:
reputation.com
internetreputation.com
124.
125. Reset Privacy Settings:
• Block groups or individuals from viewing
content that you would prefer to be
private
• Manage our groups regularly and
remove unsupportive members
Remove Unflattering
Content
126. • Avoid overly prolific status updates
• Claim your domain name
GoDaddy.com
• Create a More Flattering Image Online
Other Message
Management Tips
127. The BEST Way To
Control the Message
Create Favorable Content
• Set up a linkedin.com profile that is public
• Get people to “endorse” you professionally
• Update profiles regularly
• Blog on a topic of interest
• Contribute in positive ways to the online
community - and do so often!
131. 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
140. Effective Goal Setting:
More Than SMART
Prioritized
Reviewed Periodically
Revised as Needed
Accountable to Others
141. Effective Goal Setting:
More Than SMART
Periodically review
goals and modify to
reflect changing
priorities and
experiences.
142. Effective Goal Setting:
More Than SMART
Share your goals and
engage with successful,
motivated people who
also set goals.
143. Avoid Unrealistic Goals
! Insufficient Information
! Goals Set by Other People
! Always Expecting Best
144. The greater danger for most
of us lies not in setting our
aim too high and falling short;
!
but in setting our aim too low,
and achieving our mark.
-Michelangelo
198. • Manage Relationship Expectations
• Practice Emotional Self-Awareness
• Aware of their tempers and
idiosyncrasies
199. Manage
Relationships
• Don’t criticize, condemn, or complain
• Give honest and sincere appreciation
• Figure out how to get others to want to do
or not do...
200. Manage
Relationships
• Arousing the desire to do or act in a
particular way:
• Make the person feel important
• Let the person believe the idea was
their own - let them take credit.
• Simply building self-efficacy
202. Become Well Liked
• Be genuinely interested in people
• Smile or be positive
• Use the person’s name
203. • Be interested in what the other
person is interested in
• Make the other person feel
important by genuinely valuing
what they have to offer
• There can be more power in listening than
talking
Become Well Liked
206. Engender
Support
• Admit when you are wrong
• The sooner you can get someone to say
yes, the more they will say yes
• Let the other person do a great deal of the
talking
207.
208. • Commit to a Physical Ideal
• Poor physical health is a distraction
• Body worth working for and maintain it
• Gain Clarity about Spirituality
• Have a clear point of view about the role
spirituality plays in your life
221. What’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the
morning and goes to bed at night and in between does
what he wants to do.
Bob Dylan
222. Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to
build theirs.
Farrah Gray
223. I would rather die of passion than of boredom.
Vincent van Gogh
224. It is never to late to be what you might have been.
George Eliot
225. The two most important days in your life are the day you
are born and the day you find out why.
Mark Twain
226. Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are
living our fears.
Les Brown
227. What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny
matters compared to what lies within us.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
228. It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless
you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived
at all. In which case, you fail by default.
J.K. Rowling