Brian Housand, Ph.D. @brianhousand.com brianhousand.com/waetag2017

1. Brian Housand, Ph.D.
@brianhousand
brianhousand.com

2. Brian
H E L L O
My name is

3. I AM A
GEEK

4. BRIAN
BRAIN

5. “THE GEEK”

6. BRIAN
JOHNSON

7. GEEKNERD

8. NERD
Someone
who is
passionate
about
learning,
being smart,
or academia.

9. GEEK
Someone
who is
passionate
about some
particular
area or
subject,
often an
obscure or
difficult one.

10. laughingsquid.com/nerd-venn-diagram-geek-dork-or-dweeb

11. 70%
Nerdiness
76th Percentile

12. 83%
Geekosity
99th Percentile

13. 35%
Dork Points
57th Percentile

14. Modern,
Cool Nerd

16. Probably Wears
Glasses
Probably Wears
Glasses
http://philosophyforlife.org/why-im-not-a-geek/

17. Above Average
Intelligence
Above Average
Intelligence

18. Slightly obsessive
in their interests.
Slightly obsessive
in their interests.

19. Likely to be mathletes,
physics buffs, tech-
heads, or hackers,
although they could be
evidence based wonks.
Likely to be mathletes,
physics buffs, tech-
heads, or hackers,
although they could be
evidence based wonks.

20. Likely to get
excited by
machines or
systems.
Likely to get
excited by
machines or
systems.

21. FONTS.FONTS.

22. This slide
drives you
CRAZY.

23. Possess an
endearingly goofy
enthusiasm for
their obsessions.
Possess an
endearingly goofy
enthusiasm for
their obsessions.

24. Probably likes sci-fi,
fantasy, superheroes,
TV, comics, films and
computer games.
Probably likes sci-fi,
fantasy, superheroes,
TV, comics, films and
computer games.

25. GEEKSHAVE INHERITED
THE EARTH

26. TALK TO YOUR KIDS
ABOUT BEING
GIFTED

28. YOU ARE
NOT
ALONE

29. FIND
YOUR
PEEPS

30. brianhousand.com
brianhousand@gmail.com
@brianhousand
brian.housand
bc1000

32. TODAY TOMORROW
TO

33. ACCESS

36. EXPLORE
THE GARDEN

38. thekidshouldseethis.com

39. It’s not just for kids,
It’s for teachers too!

40. curiosity.com

41. youtube.com/user/crashcourse

42. youtube.com/user/crashcoursekids

43. youtube.com/user/pbsdigitalstudios

44. LiveBinders
bit.ly/contentbinder

45. CONTENT

47. CREATE

49. Summer 2013
T
he admonition that we should be preparing our
students for the 21st century is everywhere. There
are numerous books, blogs, and content resources
promoting and espousing the virtues of 21st cen-
tury learning. If one examines the titles and descriptions of
presentations at any gifted or general education conference,
reference to 21st century learning is prevalent. Most of us
trace their origins back at least 30 years. In 1983, the Na-
tional Science Board Commission on Precollege Education
in Mathematics, Science and Technology published a report
entitled, Educating Americans for the 21st Century: A Plan
of Action for Improving Mathematics, Science, and Technol-
ogy Education for All American Elementary and Secondary
Students So that their Achievement is the Best in the World
Quality Classroom Practice
for High-Abillity Students
Teaching for High Potential
THPThe 21st
Century
is SO Yesterday
Brian C. Housand, Ph.D.
East Carolina University
www.brianhousand.com
Brian Housand is an Assistant Professor at
East Carolina University in the department of
Elementary Education.
“The world is moving at a tremendous rate. No one knows where.
We must prepare our children, not for the world of the past,
not for our world, but for their world, the world of the future.”
— John Dewey

50. CONSTRUCTING
SYNTHESIS

51. Creativity is just
connecting things.
When you ask creative people
how they did something, they feel
a little guilty because they didn’t
really do it, they just saw
something. It seemed obvious to
them after a while.
That’s because they were able to
connect experiences they’ve had
and
SYNTHESIZE
new things.
- Steve Jobs, 1995

52. An idea is nothing
more or less than
a new combination
of old elements.
new combination
old elements
James Webb Young, 1940
A Technique for Producing Ideas

53. The capacity to bring
old elements into
new combinations
depends largely on
the ability to see
relationships.
new combination
old elements
James Webb Young, 1940
A Technique for Producing Ideas

54. (Resnick, 1996)
NOT
Stereos
Pianos

55. Average = 9 hrs/day

56. Less than 3%

57. stemchallenge.org

58. stemchallenge.org

59. spark.adobe.com/features

60. spark.adobe.com/edu

61. designschool.canva.com

62. diy.org

65. OPPORTUNITY

66. 1988

69. HOW DO YOU LEARN HOW
TO DO SOMETHING?
In the past…
In the present…

71. iTunes U

72. MASSIVE
OPEN
ONLINE
COURSES

74. WHENEVER
WHEREVER
WHATEVER

75. RESPONSIBILITY

76. With great power comes
great responsibility

82. NEWS
FLASH

83. LEFT TO
THEIR OWN
DEVICES

84. CRITICAL
CONSUMERS
RESPONSIBLE
PRODUCERS

85. COMING
2018

86. futurecasting.org

87. commonsense.org/educators

88. http://www.animationmagazine.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Pixar-Creativity-Inc-post.jpg

89. FAILURE
isn’t a necessary evil.
In FACT, it isn’t EVIL at all.
It is a NECESSARY
consequence of doing
something NEW.
- Ed Catmull

90. Perfectionism
PROCRASTINATION
PARALYSIS

91. NO ONE - not Walt, not Steve, not the people of Pixar -
ever achieved creative success by clinging to what used to work.

92. LEARN
TO FAIL

99. “The attempt to avoid failure
makes failure more likely.
Trying to avoid
failure by
out-thinking it
dooms you
to fail.”
http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Sadness
- Ed Catmull

100. NECESSITY

101. “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

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

103. ITECH

105. M
E
A
N
I
N
G

106. RIGOR

107. VIGOR

111. ACCESS
CREATE
OPPORTUNITY
RESPONSIBILITY
NECESSITY

112. ACCESS
CREATE
OPPORTUNITY
RESPONSIBILITY
NECESSITY
A
C
O
R
N

113. ACORN

114. From little acorns
grow mighty oaks.

115. SLIDES AND RESOURCES AVAILABLE AT
brianhousand.com/
waetag2017