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FULL STEAM AHEAD
POWERING GIFTED EDUCATION FOR THE 21ST CENTURY AND BEYOND
NEBRASKA GIFTED CONFERENCE / OMAHA, NE / FEBRUARY 21, 2014
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5. ENTHUSIASM
VIGOR
ENERGY

6. HESITATION
SLUGGISHNESS
A PAT H Y

7. RIGOR

8. VIGOR

20. “The Nation that
dramatically and boldly
led the world into the
age of technology is
failing to provide its
own children with the
intellectual tools
needed for
the 21st century.”

21. Our children could be
STRAGGLERS
in a world of technology.

22. WE MUST
NOT
LET THIS
HAPPEN

23. AMERICA
MUST NOT
BECOME
AN INDUSTRIAL DINOSAUR

24. WE MUST
NOT
provide our children
a 1960s education
for a
21st Century WORLD.

25. SEPTEMBER
1983

29. 5,164

30. ALL YOU GOT IS THIS MOMENT
THE 21ST
CENTURY IS
YESTERDAY
YOU CAN CARE ALL YOU WANT
EVERYBODY DOES YEAH THAT’S OKAY

31. K
C
A
T
T
A
R
E
D
EDUCATION
N
U
GIFTED!

32. STEAM

34. STOP

36. SCIENCE

39. PATTERNS
CAUSE AND EFFECT
SCALE, PROPORTION, QUANTITY
SYSTEMS
ENERGY AND MATTER
STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
STABILITY AND CHANGE

40. We can help.

41. 24 / 7
NOT JUST ON
TUESDAYS

42. AIG
ALL DAY
EVERYDAY

43. We can help.

44. TECHNOLOGY

45. ConnectED
100Mpbs Internet
Speeds in 99% of
Schools in 5 Years

47. 100
75
50
25
0
HOTEL
HOME
ConnectED
Google Fiber

48. 1000
750
500
250
0
HOTEL
HOME
ConnectED
Google Fiber

49. 1. Creativity and Innovation!
2. Communication and Collaboration!
3. Research and Information Fluency!
4. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and!
Decision Making!
5. Digital Citizenship!
6. Technology Operations and Concepts!
bit.ly/nets-profiles

50. We can help.

51. ENGINEERING

58. KNOW
UNDERSTAND
DO

59. We can help.

60. ARTS

61. COMMUNICATION!
CREATIVE PERSONAL REALIZATION!
CULTURE, HISTORY, AND CONNECTORS!
MEANS TO WELL BEING!
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

62. IMAGINES!
INVESTIGATES!
CONSTRUCTS!
REFLECTS

63. We can help.

64. MATHEMATICS

66. SMPY

67. CONTENT STANDARDS:!
NUMBERS AND OPERATIONS
ALGEBRA
OPERATIONS
MEASUREMENT
DATA ANALYSIS AND PROBABILITY

68. PROCESS STANDARDS:!
PROBLEM SOLVING
REASONING AND PROOF
COMMUNICATION
CONNECTIONS
REPRESENTATIONS

69. We can help.

70. DR. JAMES GALLAGHER!
1926-2014

72. GIFTED CHILDREN
ARE OUR
GREATEST
NATURAL
RESOURCE

73. OCTOBER 7, 1957

74. National
Defense
Education
Act
June 30, 1958

78. STEAM

79. TEAMS

81. Think GLOBAL
ACT Local

82. Partners!
Advocating For
Gifted
Education

83. REPORT TO
THE PRINCIPAL’S
OFFICE
http://bit.ly/gt-office

84. Googleable

85. http://www.nagc.org/toolkit.aspx

87. CURIOSITY

88. IMAGINATION

89. PASSION

90. CREATIVITY

91. PERSPECTIVE

92. STOP

93. GO

95. TO INFINITY
AND BEYOND

96. tyvm
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