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

1. INCREASING
STUDENT
ENGAGEMENT
WITH CURIOSITY,
CHOICE,
COMPLEXITY,
AND CREATIVITY
@brianhousand
brianhousand.com

5. Thinking
Like a child

9. Why are kids so
much better at
this than adults?

12. ONE

13. WONDER
WHY
WHAT
IF…

14. I wonder…

15. menti.com
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16. Encourage students to keep
asking “WHY?”
(even after it gets annoying).

17. 豊田 佐吉
Sakichi Toyoda

18. What’s
Your
Problem?

19. What if…?

20. khanacademy.org/partner-content/pixar/storytelling

21. Identify the three films
that you would take to a
deserted island….

22. Part B: Why do you think you connected
with these stories? Come up with at
least one reason for each.
Part C: What, if anything, do these three
films have in common? How are they
different?

24. NEXT:
Return to your 3 favorite films and try
reframing each of them in terms of a
"what if" statement.
Share these with someone (you have not
talked with today) and see if they can
guess what movie it is from!

25. 3 FAV FILMS
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26. TWO

27. It’s about
THE EXPERIENCE.

29. HEIGHTENING
ANTICIPAITON
THINKING
INSIDE
THE BOX

30. HEIGHTEN ANTICIPATION
STIMULATE INTEREST
DEEPEN UNDERSTANDING

31. HEIGHTEN
ANTICIPATION
HEIGHTEN
ANTICIPATION

36. Story

41. Magical and
Meaningful

42. THINK

43. Imposing
limits can
encourage
a creative
response.
- Ed CatmUll

44. http://www.flickr.com/groups/visualstory/
five frames

45. flickr five frames
1st photo:
establish
characters and
location

47. flickr five frames
2nd photo:
create a situation
with possibilities of
what might happen

49. flickr five frames
3rd photo:
involve the
characters in the
situation

51. flickr five frames
4th photo:
build to
probable outcomes

53. flickr five frames
5th photo:
have a logical
but surprising end

55. flickr five frames
1.Establish characters and location
2.Create a situation with possibilities
3.Involve the characters in the situation
4.Build to probable outcomes
5.Have a logical BUT surprising end

56. THREE

57. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/A7Eq9PEuDQk/maxresdefault.jpg

58. 3-2-1 EXAMPLES &
NONEXAMPLES

59. WHAT DOES IT
MEAN TO BE
STUCK?

60. SOMETIMES
YOU ARE
JUST STUCK

62. 3
2
1
Words
Questions
Metaphor

64. http://www.buzzfeed.com/patricksmith/i-think-we-just-moved-an-inch-oh-no-just-imagined-it-fml#.bcJ7zxNKW

65. They must know how to link apparently
unconnected elements to create something new.
People who hope to thrive in the Conceptual Age
must understand the connection between diverse,
and seemingly separate disciplines.
-- Daniel Pink in AWhole New Mind

66. EXAMPLES &
NONEXAMPLES

68. Go to menti.com and
use code 61 77 0

69. STIMULATE INTEREST

73. http://academyartunews.com/newspaper/2015/04/selfie_vs_self-port.html
Selfies
vs. Self
Portraits

74. 24,000,000,000

75. RIGOR
VIGOR

76. INCREASING
STUDENT
ENGAGEMENT
WITH CURIOSITY,
CHOICE,
COMPLEXITY,
AND CREATIVITY
brianhousand.com/waetag2017