For those who have been following the Grow a Generation blog, you may have noticed a deadline came and went. The book, Grow a Generation: Parenting in the 21st Century did not get published in time for the April 2012 deadline. Quietly, I went into the website and marketing brochures and switched the “upcoming” date …
Category: 21st century skills
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May 10
My Child Wants to Design Video Games Part Three: Develop a Portfolio
A unanimous sentiment of our the co-authors is “The biggest, most important piece of advise I can give anyone interested in making games for a living is to start making games now.” A college degree is important, but that degree has to accompanied by a portfolio to the interview question: What games have you worked …
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May 03
My Child Wants to Design Video Games Part Two: What type of training or classes should they take?
Added April 2014: I am pleased to announce the Grow a Generation Game Design Master series in Scratch Programming for kids as young as 8 and teens new to programming. Find out more. My fourteen year old took a game design class in his school this year, one semester long, that introduced him to Multi …
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Apr 26
My Child Wants to Design Video Games Part One: Are there jobs out there?
Tim Ferris’s recent blog “How to Build an App Empire: Can You Create The Next Instagram?” describes Chad Muerta’s story. Recovering from a car accident,Chad left his real estate job and started an app business from his iPhone. “In just over two years, I’ve created and sold three app companies that have generated millions in …
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Apr 14
Do Kids Who Play Video Games Really Have an Evolutionary Advantage?
Parents have always known what positive psychology (the study of what makes us happy) now reinforces: short term “extrinsic” rewards might make us joyful in the moment but they don’t lead to happiness. Happiness wells up from a sense of being fully alive, focused, and engaged in every moment; from a feeling of power, heroic …
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Apr 05
A Worthy Quest: Chip Conley’s “Peak” and A Teenager’s Pyramid of Needs
We fear our highest possibilities. We are generally afraid to become that which we can glimpse in our most perfect moment, under the most perfect conditions, under conditions of greatest courage. We enjoy and even thrill to the godlike possibilities we see in ourselves in such peak moments. And yet we simultaneously shiver with weakness, …
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Mar 18
21st Century Job Tour
I was able to collaborate, as part of my work with the Beaver County STEM group, on a middle school student tour of Google’s Pittsburgh offices, the Pitt Engineering Prototype Lab, and the interesting work environment of Inventionland. Students from all around Beaver County, represented cyber schools, home schools, brick and mortars, and several local …
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Feb 15
Is My Child Mathematically Gifted?
There is a field of experts in the area of mathematical abilities. They measure cognitive abilities to solve structured problems and constructive abilities to creativity problem solve. One person emerges that takes all this wonderful research and makes it available to the parent and the ordinary math teacher (not pursuing a Ph.D.): Dr. Ann Shoplik. …
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Feb 15
Surprising New Resources Rising Up in Gifted Education
A friend, a phenomenal mom who helps provide her family a safe and loving home, who drives her kids from martial arts to sports to scouts to dance to Church, who volunteers alongside them with the handicapped and the poor, recently returned from a parent conference for her daughter. The school apologized they didn’t recognize …
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Dec 30
Dreams and Hopes for a New Year in the Eighth Continent
Eighteen year old Ben Breedlove died on Christmas Day, leaving behind a touching video on the heart condition that took his life. This young man, who had struggled since age four with the fear of a young death, used social media to reach out to his friends and make new friends. Ben created the popular …
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