FutureCasting provides a systematic framework that enables individuals to navigate the environments they encounter, achieve the goals they set, and establish a network of support for both personal and “professional” advancement. The program results in tangible outcomes related to personal brand, digital footprint, citizenship, and online presence.

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

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5. Pew Research Center, 2010

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Future
Casting®

16. A Pedagogical Road Map
Connecting Interests & Passions to
Academic Content
FutureCasting®
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17. 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)

18. Three Ring Conception of Giftedness

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

24. Every
hero’s journey
begins the same…

25. FutureCasting®org
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Novice Community Participant
to
Expert Global Participant

26. WHO AREYOU?

27. Control the Message

28. CALLING
ALL
HEROESBETHEHEROTHATCHANGESEVERYTHING

29. ACTION !!!

30. Social Capital

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32. WHO AREYOU?

33. Activity:
Adjective List

34. Did you know you have multiple identities?

37. Activity:
Weebly Beginnings

38. It is easy!

49. I like to…
I am good at…
I am proud that I…
My favorite food is…
My favorite animal is…

50. Quotes that represent me…
If I could only save
three things…
Images that represent me…I am proud that I…

54. Activity:
Explore

55. Explore

56. 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?
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57. LIFE
VALUES
INVENTORY
Values Clarification & Personal Development

58. LIFE
VALUES
INVENTORY

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73. Explore
www.skillcow.com
cfnc.org
https://diy.org/
www.mynextmove.org
www.lifevaluesinventory.org

75. Control the Message

76. Source: Munster, G. (2014)
Taking Stock With Teens: Collaborative Consumer Insights Project. Piper Jaffray.

77. Source: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/06/facebook-texting-teens-
instagram-snapchat-most-popular-social-network/373043/

78. 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
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80. BETHANY MOTA

81. $40,000.00

82. Digital
Identity

85. Activity:
Online ID

87. Volume
The amount of information there is about
you on the internet

88. 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

89. 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

90. 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?

96. Valence
Volume
Quality

97. Activity:
Blog or Vlog

98. MATT NADEL

101. marques brownlee

102. Content
Quality

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

106. CALLING
ALL
HEROESBETHEHEROTHATCHANGESEVERYTHING

107. Visualize
Yourself
in the
Future

108. Future Self

110. in20years.com

113. Activity:
Tagxedo Me
www.tagxedo.com

118. ACTION !!!

119. S
M
A
T
R
pecific
easureable
ttainable
ealistic
ime-bound

120. Cyclical
&
Ongoing

125. www.liftinternational.com

127. Writing Prompt
● I would like to improve…
● Some people are unhappy with…
● I want to learn more about…
● An idea I would like to try…
● Something I think would really make a
difference is…
● Something I would like to change is…

128. Activity:
S.W.O.T.

129. 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

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132. 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?
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133. 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?
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134. 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?
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135. 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

136. Goal attainment
is not luck,

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

138. Social Capital

141. Explicit Hierarchy

142. Implicit Hierarchy

144. Relational & Egalitarian

145. Advantageous

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

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

150. 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

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

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

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

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

157. (Otta & Tavella, 2010)
TooEasyorTooHard
IntrinsicMotivation

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

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

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

163. Activity:
Meme

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172. Valence
Volume
Quality

175. Productivity

176. Consistency
Relevance
Quality
Valence

179. 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

196. 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.

198. Discover
YOUR
Superpower

199. With great
POWER
comes great
RESPONSIBILITY.

200. Live by a Code of Honor

201. Invest in Yourself

202. Invest in Yourself
Personal Growth

203. Invest in Yourself
Personal Growth
Professional Learning

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

205. You Can Change the World

210. Thank You!