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1. FROM CURIOUS
TO CREATIVE
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2. Brian
H E L L O
My name is

3. BRIAN
BRAIN

4. “THE GEEK”

5. BRIAN
JOHNSON

6. GEEKNERD

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

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

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

13. 70%
Nerdiness
76th Percentile

14. 83%
Geekosity
99th Percentile

15. 35%
Dork Points
57th Percentile

16. Modern,
Cool Nerd

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

18. Above Average
Intelligence
Above Average
Intelligence

19. Slightly obsessive
in their interests.
Slightly obsessive
in their interests.

20. 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.

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

22. FONTS.FONTS.

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. YOU

28. FIND
YOUR

29. brianhousand.com
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@brianhousand
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30. FALL
2018
TOUR
10/11 - West Virginia Association for the Gifted and Talented
10/15-16 - Ohio Association for Gifted Children
10/19-20 - Gifted Association of Missouri
10/ 27 - The Grayson School CogniCon
11/3 - Orange County Council for the Gifted
11/6 - CITES Learning Edge Conference
11/9 - Maine Educators of the Gifted and Talented
11/15-18 - NAGC Annual Convention
11/30 - Rutgers Gifted Education Conference
12/12 - Bucks County Intermediate Unit
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31. ALABAMA HAWAII MASSACHUSETTS NEW MEXICO SOUTH DAKOTA
ALASKA IDAHO MICHIGAN NEW YORK TENNESSEE
ARIZONA ILLINOIS MINNESOTA NORTH CAROLINA TEXAS
ARKANSAS INDIANA MISSISSIPPI NORTH DAKOTA UTAH
CALIFORNIA IOWA MISSOURI OHIO VERMONT
COLORADO KANSAS MONTANA OKLAHOMA VIRGINIA
CONNECTICUT KENTUCKY NEBRASKA OREGON WASHINGTON
DELAWARE LOUISIANA NEVADA PENNSYLVANIA WEST VIRGINIA
FLORIDA MAINE NEW HAMPSHIRE RHODE ISLAND WISCONSIN
GEORGIA MARYLAND NEW JERSEY SOUTH CAROLINA WYOMING

32. CURIOSITY

33. Around here we don’t look
backwards for very long…
We keep moving forward,
opening up new doors and doing
new things because we’re
curious, and curiosity keeps
leading us down new paths.
!

34. Curiosity is the root of creativity.
Alex Wright
Imagineer

35. 2005

43. Stay hungry.
Stay foolish.

44. IQ = Curiosity + Effort
(von Stumm, Hell, and Camorro-Premuzic, 2011)

45. “I have no
special
talent.
I am only
passionately
curious.”

48. @brianhousand
#NASASocial
11.26.2018

49. How
CURIOUS
are you?

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

55. Try
Thinking
Like a KID
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57. FLUENCY
FLEXIBILITY
ORIGINALITY
ELABORATION

58. BREAK
TIME

59. The real voyage of
consists not in seeking new landscapes,but in having new eyes. Marcel Proust
consists not in seeking new landscapes,but in having new eyes.

60. #carpetdiem

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

62. WHAT DOES IT
MEAN TO BE
STUCK?

63. SOMETIMES
YOU ARE
JUST STUCK

65. 3
2
1
Words
Questions
Metaphor

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

68. puzzlements.co

69. CREATING
EXPERIENCES

73. Story

74. 1977

79. http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20150325213755/disney/images/e/eb/SpaceMountainVintagePoster.jpg

82. disneyyouth.com

84. Magical and
Meaningful

85. It’s about
THE EXPERIENCE.

87. HEIGHTEN ANTICIPATION
STIMULATE INTEREST
DEEPEN UNDERSTANDING

88. HEIGHTEN
ANTICIPATION
HEIGHTEN
ANTICIPATION

91. PONDER

92. brainyquote.com

93. goodreads.com/quotes

94. en.wikiquote.org

95. Tickle The Imagination

97. images.google.com/hosted/life

98. digitalcollections.nypl.org

101. I didn’t know I was
interested in that.

102. EXAMPLES &
NONEXAMPLES

106. STIMULATE INTEREST

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

111. 24,000,000,000

114. DEEPENDEEPENUNDERSTANDINGUNDERSTANDING

117. bit.ly/sem-tech-aeiou

118. bit.ly/sem-tech-csi

119. bit.ly/sem-tech-hexagon

120. YOUR
TURN

121. bit.ly/wv-one
YOUR TURN

122. GO

123. GO

125. EXPLORE
THE GARDEN
EXPLORE
THE GARDEN

126. atlasobscura.com

127. curious.com

128. curiosity.com

129. mentalfloss.com

130. thekidshouldseethis.com

131. wonderopolis.org/wonders

132. brianhousand.com/
wv18

134. WELCOME
BACK!

135. You’re so…
Smart!

136. SMART ≠ +

137. Know it All

138. COMFORTABLE WITH
CERTAINITY
UN
UN

139. https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/books/promotions/duckRabbit02-700.jpg

140. Know it AllLEARN

141. TALK TO YOUR KIDS
ABOUT BEING
GIFTED

142. It is OK
to be smart.

143. It is GREAT
to be smart.

144. It is AWESOME
to be smart.

145. 1. Don't be afraid to fall in love with something and pursue it
with intensity.
2. Know, understand, take pride in, practice, develop, exploit
and enjoy your greatest strengths.
3. Learn to free yourself from the expectations of others and
to walk away from the games they impose on you. Free
yourself to play your own game.
4. Find a great teacher or mentor who will help you.
5. Don't waste energy trying to be well rounded.
6. Do what you love and can do well.
7. Learn the skills of interdependence.
TORRANCE MANIFESTO:A Guide for Developing a Creative Career

146. 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

147. 8GREAT GRIPES
1. No one explains what being gifted is all about -- it's kept a
big secret.
2. The stuff we do in school is too easy, and it's boring.
3. Parents, teachers and friends expect us to be perfect, to
"do our best" all the time.
4. Kids often tease us about being smart.
5. Friends who really understand us are few and far between.
6. We feel too different and wish people would accept us for
what we are.
7. We feel overwhelmed by the number of things we can do in
life.
8. We worry a lot about world problems and feel helpless to do
anything about them.

148. TYPE III
INDEPENDENT OR SMALL GROUP INVESTIGATIONS
PRODUCTS AND/OR PERFORMANCES
TYPE I
GENERAL
EXPLORATORY
ACTIVITIES
TYPE II
METHODOLOGICAL
TRAINING /
HOW-TO ACTIVITIES
(Renzulli, 1977)

149. FORGETTHEi
TECHNOLOGY!

151. flickr.com/photos/averagejane/7624353692

152. 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

153. TRUST

154. https://hbr.org/resources/images/article_assets/hbr/0809/R0809D_B.gif
YOU ARE NOT YOUR IDEA

155. Get great creative people.
Bet big on them.
Give them enormous leeway and support.
Provide them with an environment in
which they can get honest
feedback from everyone.
PIXAR’S
PHILOSOPHY

156. candorn. the state or quality of being
frank, open, and sincere in
speech or expression

157. Early on,
all of our movies suck.
Ed Catmull

158. Perfectionism
PROCRASTINATION
PARALYSIS

159. THINK

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

161. flickr.com/photos/averagejane/7624353692

162. remix:
defined

163. Everything
is a remix.
- Kirby Ferguson

168. REMIXCONTENT + CREATIVITY + TECHNOLOGY
RECIPES

169. CHANGE THE
SETTING

170. CHANGE THE
AUDIENCE

171. CHANGE THE
NARRATOR

172. CHANGE THE
GENRE

173. Summary
The pigs will be space pilots creating the
first human settlements on Mars.
Their structures will be threatened by their
own malfunctioning robot.
However, the robot is also their only hope
of returning home.

174. Non-Examples
It’s like The Three Little Pigs, but they’re
dogs.
Instead of a brick house, it’s made of
stone.
The pigs will live in a desert!

175. REMIXCONTENT + CREATIVITY + TECHNOLOGY
PERSUADE

176. How do the
changes make
the story better?
9. Analyze how two or more texts address
similar themes or topics in order to build
knowledge or to compare the approaches
the authors take.

177. Persuasion
Three Martians is a suspenseful, sci-fi take
on The Three Little Pigs. It takes the classic
story and retells it for an older audience.
There is real danger for the characters as
they try to stop the robot while keeping it
working so they can return to earth.

178. Non-Examples
It will be better.
You will like it since it’s funnier.
This version will have lots of interesting
things.

180. REMIXCONTENT + CREATIVITY + TECHNOLOGY
YOUR TURN

183. REMIXCONTENT + CREATIVITY + TECHNOLOGY
MOVIE
POSTERS

184. TITLE + FONT = LOGO
TAGLINE
ICONIC IMAGE

187. REMIX POSTER PLANNING!
!
TITLE!
!
FONT !
!
!
!
TAGLINE!
Sum up your story in one memorable sentence. !
!
ICONIC IMAGE!
What three images come to mind when thinking of your story? !
!
CAN YOU TAKE A PICTURE OR DO YOU NEED TO FIND ONE? !
!
!
WHAT COLORS WILL YOU USE? !
DISPLAY HANDWRITING SERIF SANS SERIF
THREE !
ADJECTIVES
1
2
3
1
2
3

191. STOP

199. Gifted
Education
WHO
TELLS
YOUR
STORY?
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200. Stay hungry.
Stay foolish.

201. https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/81/2a/37/812a37b72010cf72cf208519a6e13e24.jpg

202. brianhousand.com
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