brianhousand.com/page2015 If growing up in a digital age is challenging, raising kids in a digital age is even more difficult. With unprecedented access to technology that seemingly changes on an almost daily basis, gifted children are being asked to grow up online. This session will equip parents and teachers with tools and strategies to empower and engage today’s youth in meaningful ways.

1. TODAY’S TECHNOLOGY
+ GIFTED STUDENTS__________________________
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What Parents Need To Know

2. Brian
H E L L O
My name is

3. I AM A
GEEK

4. “Raising geeks goes beyond
teaching them the difference
between Darths Vader and Maul.
It means teaching them an
empowering worldview.”
WIRED - JUNE 2012

5. TALK TO YOUR KIDS
ABOUT BEING
GIFTED

6. bit.ly/nagc-parents

7. You have a right to…
• know about your giftedness.
• learn something new everyday.
• be passionate about your talent area without
apologies.
• have an identity beyond your talent area.
• feel good about your accomplishments.
• make mistakes.
• seek guidance in the development of your talent.
• have multiple peer groups and a variety of
friends.
• choose which of your talent areas you wish to
pursue.
• not to be gifted at everything.
Gifted Children’s Bill of Rights

8. It is OK
to be smart.

9. It is GREAT
to be smart.

10. It is AWESOME
to be smart.

11. DFTBADON’T FORGET TO BE AWESOME

12. youtube.com/user/crashcourse

13. youtube.com/user/Vihart

14. “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

15. EF
2 THEIR
OWN
DEVICES

16. “Every generation of
teenagers embraces
the freedoms and
possibilities wrought
by technology in ways
that shock the elders.”
Time
March 27, 2006

17. REALITY

18. 3,339

21. DIGITAL
PARENTING
STYLE

22. PROTECT
AND LIMIT
Parents need to set boundaries to keep
children safe.
Digital media and technology are not
important for a child's healthy development.

23. PROTECT
Screen media needs to be balanced with
other activities.
Children are only one click away from a lot of
material that's inappropriate for them.

24. EMPOWER
Children can learn new things by using
online media.
Parents should offer guidance on how
to use the Internet for learning.

25. EMPOWER
AND ENGAGE
Children need to learn to navigate the digital
world and make choices for themselves.
Children can exercise their creativity by using
online media.

27. House
Rules

28. Show
Curiosity

29. “Show Me”

30. I like that.
I don’t
like that.

31. WONDER
AND LEARN

32. wonderopolis.org

33. coursera.org

34. iTunes U

35. KHANACADEMY

36. CLICK HERE
THEN
HERE

37. FAMILY
MOVIE
NIGHT

39. We are educa3ng people
out of their crea3vity.
Crea3vity is as important
in educa3on as literacy.
Sir Ken Robinson

40. CONSUMERS
PRODUCERS

41. MAKE A
MOVIE

42. iMovie Trailers

43. LEGO Movie Maker

49. $40,000
PER MONTH

50. VIDEO
GAMES

55. Jackson, L. A., Witt, E. A., Games, A. I., Fitzgerald, H. E., von Eye, A., & Zhao, Y. (2012). Information technology use and creativity: Findings from the Children and technology Project.
Computers in Human Behavior, 28(2), 370-376.
CREATIVITY
COMPUTER
USE
INTERNET
USE
CELL
PHONE
USE
VIDEO
GAME
PLAY

56. Jackson, L. A., Witt, E. A., Games, A. I., Fitzgerald, H. E., von Eye, A., & Zhao, Y. (2012). Information technology use and creativity: Findings from the Children and technology Project.
Computers in Human Behavior, 28(2), 370-376.
CREATIVITY
VIDEO
GAME
PLAY

57. Video games teach
children what computers
are beginning to teach
adults--that some forms of
learning are fast-paced,
immensely compelling,
and rewarding.
- Seymour Papert

58. The fact that they are
enormously demanding of
one's time and require new
ways of thinking remains a
small price to pay (and is
perhaps even an
advantage) to be vaulted
into the future. - Seymour Papert

59. Not surprisingly,
by comparison school strikes
many young people as
slow, boring, and frankly
out of touch.
- Seymour Papert

61. If you are
impatient
then this may
not be the
gAme for you

62. “There is
nothing
that is NOT
possible.”

63. SURVIVAL
OR
CREATIVE

64. UNLIMITED
You can make it into
whatever you want it to be.

65. FOR aLL INTENTS aND PURPOSES,
IT IS A SPACE WHERE
YOU ARE GOD

66. C R E A T I V I T Y
C R I T I C A L T H I N K I N G
C O O P E R A T I O N
C O L L A B O R A T I O N
C O M M U N I C A T I O N
C O N T R O L

67. stemchallenge.org

68. gamestarmechanic.com

69. LEARN
TO CODE

71. code.org/learn

72. codecademy.com

78. 400,000
DOWNLOADS!

79. appinventor.mit.edu

80. 0.4%OF FEMALE COLLEGE FRESHMAN PLAN
ON MAJORING IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

83. D I Y

84. diy.org

92. “We may not be able to
prepare the future for
our children,
but at least we can
prepare our children
for the future.”
- Franklin D. Roosevelt

93. brianhousand.com
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