1.
FROM CURIOUS
TO CREATIVETECHNOLOGY AND TODAY’S GIFTED STUDENTS
brianhousand.com/unsw17

2.
Curiosity is the root of creativity.
Alex Wright
Imagineer

3.
2005

4.
Stay hungry.
Stay foolish.

5.
IQ = Curiosity + Effort
(von Stumm, Hell, and Camorro-Premuzic, 2011)

6.
“I have no
special
talent.
I am only
passionately
curious.”

7.
Cat killer or
Breeder of invention?
Curiosity,

8.
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.

9.
GO

10.
GO

11.
EXPLORE
THE GARDEN
EXPLORE
THE GARDEN

12.
I am interested in _______________.EVERYTHING

13.
INTEREST
PRACTICE
PURPOSE
HOPE

14.
roadtripnation.com/roadmap

15.
roadtripnation.com/roadmap

16.
http://platformer.cdn.appadvice.com/wp-content/appadvice-v2-media/2016/03/Bracket_83bf350dc77194765fbee1d02505b2b8.jpg
bit.ly/sem-tech-interest-bracket

17.
devices for
VICARIOUS
EXPERIENCE

18.
thekidshouldseethis.com

19.
wonderopolis.org/wonders

20.
It’s not just for kids,
It’s for teachers too!

21.
curiosity.com

22.
mentalfloss.com

23.
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.

24.
christophniemann.com

25.
christophniemann.com

26.
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

27.
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

28.
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

29.
The most
successful
Imagineers are
those who see
“this is new to
me” as an
opportunity, not
a barrier. Josh Gorin

30.
They are willing to go
outside their comfort zone
in the interest of
expanding their horizons
and gaining new
perspectives.
Josh Gorin

31.
Constantly ask questions,
learn how things work,
try new and exciting things,
and you’ll build up a strong
base of experiences and
an ongoing curiosity that
will serve you well at WDI
and in life.” Josh Gorin

32.
#carpetdiem

33.
Know it All

34.
SURPRISE INTEREST CONFUSIONAWEAWE

35.
Confusion
is a
part of
Innovation.

36.
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/A7Eq9PEuDQk/maxresdefault.jpg

37.
puzzlements.co

38.
I didn’t know I was
interested in that.

39.
HEIGHTEN ANTICIPATION
STIMULATE INTEREST
DEEPEN UNDERSTANDING

40.
WHAT DOES IT
MEAN TO BE
STUCK?

41.
SOMETIMES
YOU ARE
JUST STUCK

42.
3
2
1
Words
Questions
Metaphor

43.
www.menti.com
79 90 30

44.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/patricksmith/i-think-we-just-moved-an-inch-oh-no-just-imagined-it-fml#.bcJ7zxNKW

45.
DEPTH &
COMPLEXITY

46.
Encourage exploration,
challenge, and revision.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/NASA_child_bubble_exploration.jpg

47.
SAGE ON THE STAGE
GUIDE ON THE SIDE
SAGE ON THE STAGE
GUIDE ON THE SIDE

48.
Meddler in
the Middle

49.
LEFT TO
THEIR OWN
DEVICES

50.
CRITICAL
CONSUMERS
RESPONSIBLE
PRODUCERS

51.
futurecasting.org

52.
commonsense.org/educators

53.
Emphasize the current
topics of debate in a field.

54.
TEDTalks

55.
GROWTH
MINDSET
FIXED
MINDSET

56.
What are the DETAILS of the
discipline?
What are the MULTIPLE
PERSPECTIVES in the discipline?
What are the BIG IDEAS of the
discipline?
What are some of the
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS?

57.
Invite guest speakers to share
the mysteries they’re exploring.

58.
education.microsoft.com/
ConnectWithOthers/PlayMysterySkype

59.
Encourage students to keep
asking “WHY?”
(even after it gets annoying).

60.
豊田 佐吉
Sakichi Toyoda

61.
Challenge students to argue
from an alien viewpoint.

62.
writingprompts.tumblr.com

63.
Provide assignments
that students will fail.

64.
http://www.federaljack.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/kobayashi-maru-01.jpg

65.
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

66.
FORGETTHEi
TECHNOLOGY!

67.
khanacademy.org/partner-content/pixar/storytelling

68.
TRUST

69.
https://hbr.org/resources/images/article_assets/hbr/0809/R0809D_B.gif
YOU ARE NOT YOUR IDEA

70.
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

71.
candorn. the state or quality of being
frank, open, and sincere in
speech or expression

72.
Early on,
all of our movies suck.
Ed Catmull

73.
http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/wall-e/images/6412320/title/wall-e-wallpaper-wallpaper
“If something works,
you shouldn’t do it again.
We want to do something
that is new, original —
something where
there’s a good
chance
of failure.”

74.
Perfectionism
PROCRASTINATION
PARALYSIS

75.
“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

76.
YOUR
COMFORT
ZONE

77.
Imposing
limits can
encourage
a creative
response.
- Ed CatmUll

78.
THE
MARSHMALLOW
CHALLENGE
20 sticks of
spaghetti
1 yard of
masking tape
1 yard of
string
1
marshmallow

79.
1. Build the Tallest Freestanding Structure.
2. The Entire Marshmallow Must be on Top.
3. Use as Much or as Little of the Kit.
4. You may break up the Spaghetti, String or Tape.
5. The Challenge Lasts 18 minutes.
6. Those touching or supporting the structure at the end
of the exercise will be disqualified.
20 sticks of
spaghetti
1 yard of
masking tape
1 yard of
string
1
marshmallow

80.
D’OH!

81.
ITERATE

82.
Story

83.
1977

84.
http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20150325213755/disney/images/e/eb/SpaceMountainVintagePoster.jpg

85.
Magical and
Meaningful

86.
It’s about
THE EXPERIENCE.

87.
I think, at a child's birth,
if a mother could ask
a fairy godmother
to endow it with the
most useful gift,
that gift should be
curiosity.
-Eleanor Roosevelt

88.
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/81/2a/37/812a37b72010cf72cf208519a6e13e24.jpg

89.
CURIOSITY

90.
JOYOUS

91.
IMAGINATION

92.
CREATIVITY

93.
PASSION

94.
STOP

95.
GO

96.
http://www.disneypictures.net/data/media/202/Buzz_Lightyear_wallpaper.jpg

97.
TO INFINITY
AND BEYOND

98.
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