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FROM CURIOUS
TO CREATIVETECHNOLOGY AND TODAY’S GIFTED STUDENTS
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2005

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Stay hungry.
Stay foolish.

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

7.
IQ = Curiosity + Effort
(von Stumm, Hell, and Camorro-Premuzic, 2011)

8.
Imagination
is more important
than knowledge.
Knowledge
is limited.
Imagination
encircles
the world.

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Photo by
Jonathan
Plucker

10.
When each of us
thinks about what
we can do in life,
chances are,
we can do it
because of a
teacher. Stephen Hawking

11.
Cat killer or
Breeder of invention?
Curiosity,

12.
These devices
are designed to
present material
to the student of
a kind that would
not be available
to him in his
ordinary school
experience.

13.
devices for
VICARIOUS
EXPERIENCE

14.
I have seen the future,
and it is called
CARDBOARD

15.
google.com/get/cardboard

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google.com/get/cardboard

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google.com/edu/expeditions

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

19.
EXPLORE
THE GARDEN

20.
GO

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GO

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I am interested in _______________.

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I am interested in _______________.EVERYTHING!

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roadtripnation.com/roadmap

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roadtripnation.com/roadmap

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I am interested in _______________.LANGUAGES

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@brianhousand #carpetdiem

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thekidshouldseethis.com

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youtube.com/user/pbsdigitalstudios

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youtube.com/user/crashcourse

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youtube.com/user/crashcoursekids

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SPEED GEEKING

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COMFORTABLE WITH
CERTAINITY
UN
UN

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

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RESISTANCE TO
PREMATURE CLOSURE

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Assign projects
that flummox.

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

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And one thing it
takes to accomplish
something is
courage.
When you're curious, you
find lots of interesting
things to do.
http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Alice
http://wondersofdisney2.yolasite.com/merida.php

39.
FAILUREisn’t a necessary evil.
In FACT, it isn’t EVIL at all.
It is a NECESSARY
consequence of doing
something NEW.
- Ed Catmull

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TRUST

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

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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

43.
candor
n. the state or quality of being
frank, open, and sincere in
speech or expression

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khanacademy.org/partner-content/pixar

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Early on,
all of our movies suck.
Ed Catmull

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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.”

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Perfectionism
PROCRASTINATION
PARALYSIS

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“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

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Story

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1977

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

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Magical and
Meaningful

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It’s about
THE EXPERIENCE.

54.
Jan O’Connor
Imagineer
Nobody wants to
be mediocre.
Only the mediocre
person is always
at his best.
You have to fail.
You have to take
risks.

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NO ONE - not Walt, not Steve, not the people of Pixar -
ever achieved creative success by clinging to what used to work.

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“Curiouser
and curiouser!”

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

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

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“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

60.
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.

61.
Encourage exploration,
challenge, and revision.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/NASA_child_bubble_exploration.jpg

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SAGE ON THE STAGE
GUIDE ON THE SIDE

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Meddler in
the Middle

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http://www.ew.com/sites/default/files/i/2012/02/06/STAR-WARS-YODA_510.jpg

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diy.org

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googlesciencefair.com/springboard

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Build in
Progress
buildinprogress.media.mit.edu

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YOU

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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.

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#BestYearEver

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JOYOUS

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CURIOSITY

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IMAGINATION

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PASSION

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CREATIVITY

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STOP

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GO

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

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TO INFINITY
AND BEYOND

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