FutureCasting, a framework of “life skills” enables young people to connect who they are today with the person they will be in the future. Within this framework, students answer the questions “Who am I?” and “Who do I want to be?” The answers to these questions empower students to take control of their digital identity and personal reputation, identify the value systems that influence choices, define personal and “professional” goals, and become aware of how the choices they make today effect future opportunities. This session introduces teachers to FutureCasting and provides activities for participants that can be implemented immediately. Join us as we begin the work of helping students become the master of their own developmental trajectory and the hero of their own story!

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

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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

31. FutureCasting®org
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32. WHO AREYOU?

33. Did you know you have multiple identities?

36. Activity:
Weebly Beginnings

37. It is easy!

46. Activity:
Explore

47. Explore

48. 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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49. LIFE
VALUES
INVENTORY
Values clarification & Personal Development

50. LIFE
VALUES
INVENTORY

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

61. Control the Message

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

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

64. 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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66. BETHANY MOTA

67. $40,000.00

68. Digital
Identity

70. Activity:
Online ID

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

73. 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

74. 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

75. 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?

81. Valence
Volume
Quality

82. Activity:
Blog or Vlog

83. MATT NADEL

86. marques brownlee

87. Content
Quality

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

91. CALLING
ALL
HEROESBETHEHEROTHATCHANGESEVERYTHING

92. Visualize
Yourself
in the
Future

93. Future Self

95. in20years.com

98. Activity:
Tagxedo Me
www.tagxedo.com

103. ACTION !!!

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

105. Cyclical
&
Ongoing

110. www.liftinternational.com

112. 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…

113. Activity:
S.W.O.T.

114. 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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117. 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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118. 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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119. 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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120. 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

121. Goal attainment
is not luck,

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

123. Social Capital

126. Explicit Hierarchy

127. Implicit Hierarchy

129. Relational & Egalitarian

130. Advantageous

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

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

135. 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

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

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

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

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

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

143. (Otta & Tavella, 2010)
TooEasyorTooHard
IntrinsicMotivation

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

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

148. Activity:
Meme

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157. Valence
Volume
Quality

164. 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.

166. Discover
YOUR
Superpower

167. With great
POWER
comes great
RESPONSIBILITY.

168. Live by a Code of Honor

169. Invest in Yourself

170. Invest in Yourself
Personal Growth

171. Invest in Yourself
Personal Growth
Professional Learning

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

173. You Can Change the World

178. Thank You!