Teaching Fellows Institute 2019

1. PASSION PURPOSE Perseverance brianhousand.com

2. Brian H E L L O My name is

3. I AM A GEEK

4. BRIAN BRAIN

5. “THE GEEK”

6. BRIAN JOHNSON

7. GEEKNERD

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

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

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

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

12. Above Average Intelligence Above Average Intelligence

13. Slightly obsessive in their interests. Slightly obsessive in their interests.

14. 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.

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

16. FONTS.FONTS.

17. Possess an endearingly goofy enthusiasm for their obsessions. Possess an endearingly goofy enthusiasm for their obsessions.

18. Probably likes sci-fi, fantasy, superheroes, TV, comics, films and computer games. Probably likes sci-fi, fantasy, superheroes, TV, comics, films and computer games.

19. GEEKSHAVE INHERITED THE EARTH

20. It’s all about YOU!

21. FIND SOMEONE THAT MATCHES YOU ON AT LEAST EIGHT ITEMS

22. UNIVERSITY of NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON WATSON COLLEGE of EDUCATION AIG

23. 36O ifted

24. 2019 Summer TOUR May 28 - Capital Region ESD 113 in Tumwater, WA June 11 - Eanes Westlake School District in Austin, TX June 14-15 - DeLTA UCN / TAPPUQ in Antofagasta, Chile June 22 - Davidson Institute Summit in Reno, NV July 8-12 - 42nd Annual Confratute in Storrs, CT July 16 - RRISD Advanced Academics Conference in Round Rock, TX July 17 - Round Rock ISD in Round Rock, TX July 29 - August 2 - 23rd Annual Edufest in Boise, ID August 6-8 - Teaching Fellows Institute in Charlotte, NC August 12 - Colorado Springs School District 11 in Colorado Springs, CO August 15-16 - Kent School District Summer Summit in Auburn, WAbrianhousand.com

25. BE PRESENT & ABSORB BE PRESENT & ABSORB

26. I CAN’T COMPETE WITH YOUR EMAIL

27. Know it AllLEARN

28. STOP! Collaborate & Listen

29. SHARING IS CARING https://cdn10.bigcommerce.com/s-fw2plafw/products/7574/images/9088/30290-2__93183.1429311635.1280.1280.jpg?c=2

30. You and Your Passion Paying Attention LUNCH Digital Distractions Imposter Syndrome

31. PART ONE

32. http://www.lookgreatnaked.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/BrainDumbbell.png BRAIN WARMUP

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34. List as many different things that the Droodle could represent in 60 seconds.

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

37. Try Thinking Like a KID brianhousand.com

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39. Fluency Originality Elaboration Abstractness of Titles Resistance to Premature Closure TTCTTORRANCE TEST OF CREATIVE THINKING

40. Your passion isn’t lost, it just needs your attention.

41. Nothing is as important as passion. No mater what you want to do with your life, be passionate. The world doesn’t need any more grey.

42. On the other hand, we can’t get enough color. Mediocrity is nobody’s goal, and perfection shouldn’t be either. We’ll never be perfect.

43. But remember these three P’s: Passion + Persistence = Possibility Jon Bon Jovi 2001 commencement address Monmouth University West Long Branch New Jersey

44. GRIT Passion and perseverance toward a long-term goal.

45. ABOVE AVERAGE ABILITY CREATIVITY TASK COMMITMENT (RENZULLI, 1978)

46. FOLLOW YOUR BLISS! I think it's half right and half wrong.

47. I want you to have passion, but you have to have a strategy. Barack Obama

48. Find your passion!

49. Develop your passion!

50. GROWTH MINDSET FIXED MINDSET

51. TECHIE FUZZY

52. 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

53. Difﬁculty may have signaled that it was not their interest after all.

54. “Urging people to ﬁnd their passion may lead them to put all their eggs in one basket but then to drop that basket when it becomes difﬁcult to carry.”

55. SMART ≠ +

56. “If you end your training now — if you choose the quick and easy path as Vader did — you will become an agent of evil.”

57. A REAL CHALLENGE

58. COMFORTABLE WITH CERTAINTY UN UN

59. The most creative people are willing to work in the shadow of uncertainty. The most creative people are willing to work in the shadow of uncertainty.

60. PART TWO

61. WELCOME BACK

62. What do you want to be when you grow up?

63. What are you interested in today?

64. INTENSE AND INTERESTING INTERESTS!!! INTENSE AND INTERESTING INTERESTS!!! INTENSE AND INTERESTING INTERESTS!!!

65. INTEREST PASSION

66. invest in this WHAT WE ARE GOOD AT WHAT WE LOVE TO DO

67. WHAT WE ARE GOOD AT WHAT WE LOVE TO DO WHAT PEOPLE WILL PAY FOR

68. Pay attention to the things that you pay attention to.

69. robwalker.net/noticing

70. LET’S TAKE A WALK

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72. I used to think… But now I think…

73. How do we incorporate this into your teaching?

74. PART THREE

75. WELCOME BACK

76. BUT… I’m not creative!

77. c C

78. IS INSIDE OF US ALL CREATIVITY

79. mycreativetype.com

80. The Artist Seeing beauty, creating beauty. The Thinker Deep thoughts, big questions. The Adventurer So much inspiration, so little time. The Maker Committed to your craft. The Producer Process is power. The Dreamer The power of imagination unleashed. The Innovator Move, shake, disrupt, repeat. The Visionary Imagining the impossible.

81. Defeat Digital Distractions

82. What do you notice? What do you wonder?

83. What do you notice? What do you wonder?

84. YOU AND YOUR DIGITAL DEVICE

85. BUT… I don’t have time to be creative!

86. ≠BUSY Important

87. What if I told you, that you could gain an extra hour everyday?

88. 46%CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT ONE

89. Why is it that when one person picks up their phone, everybody else has to? ?

90. A lot of smartphone use seems to be habitual, automatic behaviors that we have no awareness of.

91. April ESTIMATED SMARTPHONE USE ACTUAL SMARTPHONE USE 5 HOURS

92. WARNING: Use can impair attention, productivity and memory, dampen creative thinking, increase stress levels, reduce sleep quality and lead to “cognitive errors” like forgetting meetings and walking into people.

93. Tara Swart Neuroscientist CHECKING THE HEADLINES TOXIC COMPARISON COMFORT EATING MULTITASKING

94. 500 hours per minute 30,000 hours per hour 720,000 hours per day 82.2 years per day

95. 1,000,000,000 hours watched daily

96. Who watches all of that?

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98. hours per day of screen time 11

99. 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 1:30 1:35 1:41 1:49 2:06 2:15 2:22 Average h:mm spent on social media daily

100. VSMYTH

101. minutes per day 50

102. the illusion of

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104. 3%of time spent creating.

105. AWARENESS IS THE FIRST STEP

106. 1.On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, go to Settings > Screen Time. 2.Tap Turn On Screen Time. 3.Tap Continue. 4.Select This is My [device] or This is My Child's [device]. Screen Time

107. Downtime Always Allowed App Limits Content & Privacy Restrictions

108. Digital Wellbeing

109. inthemoment.io

110. CHECKERS PERUSERS

111. THEQUICKGLANCE

112. STOP! You ARE SCROLLING YOUR LIFE AWAY

113. When was the last time that you were bored?

114. =

115. OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND

116. TURN OFF NOTIFICATIONS!

117. By not looking at your phone, you can feel less frantic.

118. PHOTO FREE DAY CHALLENGE

119. DELETE THAT APP CHALLENGE

120. UNSUBSCRIBE FROM UNWANTED EMAIL CHALLENGE

121. TAKE A FAUXCATION CHALLENGE

122. DON’T CLICK LIKE CHALLENGE

123. Install Moment App Examine Your Screen Time Delete That App Turn Off Notiﬁcations Unsubscribe Take A Fauxcation Deﬁne Your Tech Rules CHALLENGES

124. The Digital Declutter STEP #1: DEFINE YOUR TECHNOLOGY RULES STEP #2: TAKE A THIRTY-DAY BREAK STEP #3: REINTRODUCE TECHNOLOGY

125. Read a Plaque Talk to Someone New Count Something Unusual Sit and Watch PLAY! Sketch a Scene Take a Different Route Try NOT Googling the Answer Notice Three New Things TAKE HOMECHALLENGES

126. PART FOUR

127. Overcome Imposter Syndrome

128. What if I am not smart?

129. Imposter Phenomenon TOP SECRET

130. TOTAL Category Less than 40 Few IP Experiences 41 - 60 Moderate 61 - 80 Frequent 81 or more Intense CLANCE IMPOSTER PHENOMENON SCALE

131. The Perfectionist TOP SECRET IMPOSTER PHENOMENON

132. Do you feel like your work must be 100% perfect 100% of the time? Do you have great difﬁculty delegating? Do you feel like you could have always done even better?

133. Perfectionism PROCRASTINATION

134. The expert TOP SECRET IMPOSTER PHENOMENON

135. Do you put off starting a project because you do not have ALL of the information? Have you ever worried that someone would ﬁnd out that you didn’t know the answer?

136. Perfectionism PROCRASTINATION PARALYSIS

137. The natural genius TOP SECRET IMPOSTER PHENOMENON

138. SMART ≠ +

139. The Soloist TOP SECRET IMPOSTER PHENOMENON

140. Do you often feel that you have to accomplish things on your own? Ever had a question and not asked it even when you needed the answer? Do you often say, “I don’t need anyone’s help.”

141. INTERDEPENDENCE

142. The Superwoman/man TOP SECRET IMPOSTER PHENOMENON

143. Do you get stressed when you are not working and ﬁnd downtime completely wasteful? Do you work longer than your team even past the point that the task is completed for the day?

144. Often addicted to the VALIDATION that comes from working rather than the work itself.

145. THE PERFECTIONIST THE EXPERT THE NATURAL GENIUS THE SOLOIST THE SUPERWOMAN / MAN IMPOSTER PHENOMENON

146. Learn to value constructive criticism. You are not your idea.

147. NOT asking for help actually slows you down.

148. Mistakes and failure are part of the learning process.

149. “It is important for young people to know that even the most gifted adult performers and idea generators have periods when they question their abilities, but they learn to show conﬁdence even when they do not feel it.” (Subotnik, 2015)

150. DAY TWO

151. PASSION PURPOSE Perseverance brianhousand.com

152. What travels around the world staying in the same corner? It only increases and never decreases. What is it? What can be seen once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in a thousand years?

153. PART ONE

154. Develop Your Superpower

155. WHAT MAKES A SUPERHERO?

156. EXTRAORDINARY ABILITIES

157. INTENSITIES

158. MOTIVATED BY A MISSION OR A QUEST FOR TRUTH

159. “With great power there must also come — great responsibility”

160. superherodb.com

161. WHAT’S YOUR SUPER POWER?

162. WHAT’S YOUR POWER POSE?

163. WHAT’S YOUR KRYPTONITE?

164. bit.ly/tﬁ-superhero GIVE YOUR SUPERHERO / ALTER EGO A NAME INCLUDE A VISUAL REPRESENTATION WHAT ARE YOUR SUPERPOWERS? WHAT PERSONALITY TRAITS DO YOU POSSESS? WHAT IS YOUR TOTEM OR SYMBOL OF POWER? WHAT IS YOUR KRYPTONITE?

165. PART TWO

166. 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

167. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL UNDERGRAD GRADUATE DOCTORATE

168. Prioritize the Purpose

169. ENERGY ENERGY

170. An Essentialist thinks almost everything is nonessential. A Non- Essentialist thinks almost everything is essential.

171. Nonessentialist Essentialist Thinks ALL THINGS TO ALL PEOPLE LESS BUT BETTER “I have to.” “I choose to.” “It’s all important.” “Only a few things really matter.” “How can I ﬁt it all in?” “What are the trade-offs?”

172. Nonessentialist Essentialist Does THE UNDISCIPLINED PURSUIT OF MORE THE DISCIPLINED PURSUIT OF LESS Reacts to what’s most pressing. Pauses to discern what really matters. Says “YES” to people without really thinking. Says “NO” to everything except the essential. Tries to force execution at the last moment. Removes obstacles to make execution easy.

173. Nonessentialist Essentialist Gets LIVES A LIFE THAT DOES NOT SATISFY LIVES A LIFE THAT REALLY MATTERS Takes on too much, and work suffers Chooses carefully in order to do great work Feels out of control Feels in control Is unsure of whether the right things got done Gets the right things done Feels overwhelmed and exhausted Experiences joy in the journey

174. If it isn’t a clear YES then it’s a clear NO.

175. The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say NO to almost everything. Warren Buffet

176. WANT NEED

177. I WANT TO I NEED TO NO YES YES PURSUE! AVOID! PRIORITIZE? RECOGNIZE?

178. “What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important.” Dwight D. Eisenhower

179. DO FIRST SCHEDULE DELEGATE DON’T DO URGENT NOT URGENT IMPORTANTNOTIMPORTANT Eisenhower Decision Matrix

180. DO TODAY DO THIS Week ASK FOR HELP DON’T DO URGENT NOT URGENT IMPORTANTNOTIMPORTANT Eisenhower Decision Matrix

181. I CAN’T do it all.

182. What can I take off of my plate?

183. MoSCoW Must Should Could Would Like To

184. VAMPIRES

185. VAMPIRES What and Who Are Your

186. Make a NOT TO DO List.

187. LEARN TO FREE YOURSELF FROM THE EXPECTATIONS OF OTHERS AND TO WALK AWAY FROM THE GAMES THEY IMPOSE ON YOU.

188. WOOP! Creating A Road Map For The Future

189. Creating YOUR ROAD MAP to Success

190. Don’t Share!

191. W O O P

192. WISH

193. OUTCOME

194. OBSTACLES

195. PLAN IF obstacle , THEN I will action or thought.

196. WISH OUTCOME OBSTACLES PLAN

197. If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?

198. The Law of Accelerating Returns Ray Kurzweil We won’t experience 100 years of progress in the 21st century — it will be more like 20,000 years of progress.

199. The Law of Accelerating Returns Ray Kurzweil We won’t experience 100 years of progress in the 21st century — it will be more like 20,000 years of progress.

200. We can no longer afford to fail to imagine.

201. GRAB YOUR OWN PERMISSION I, ______________________________ GIVE MYSELF PERMISSION TO: ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________

202. PERMISSION SLIP Please excuse _____________________ from the way things have always been done. Time’s up on standard operating procedures. ______________________ admits he/she doesn’t have the answers. So please excuse _____________________ from the expectations that they have any of it ﬁgured out. (YOUR NAME HERE) (YOUR NAME HERE) (YOUR NAME HERE) Brian

203. PERMISSION SLIP Please excuse _____________________ from the way things have always been done. Time’s up on standard operating procedures. ______________________ admits he/she doesn’t have the answers. So please excuse _____________________ from the expectations that they have any of it ﬁgured out. (YOUR NAME HERE) (YOUR NAME HERE) (YOUR NAME HERE) Brian

204. PERMISSION SLIP Please excuse _____________________ from the way things have always been done. Time’s up on standard operating procedures. ______________________ admits he doesn’t have the answers. So please excuse _____________________ from the expectations that they have any of it ﬁgured out. (YOUR NAME HERE) (YOUR NAME HERE) (YOUR NAME HERE) Brian Brian

205. PERMISSION SLIP Please excuse _____________________ from the way things have always been done. Time’s up on standard operating procedures. ______________________ admits he doesn’t have the answers. So please excuse _____________________ from the expectations that he has any of it ﬁgured out. (YOUR NAME HERE) (YOUR NAME HERE) (YOUR NAME HERE) Brian Brian Brian

206. PERMISSION SLIP The solution is out there. But only if you permit _____________________ to try, and probably fail and then to keep trying. The process won’t be neat. Instead it will be scary, and messy, and well, weird. But that will be courageous. And awesome. And the start of change. Signature _____________________ (YOUR NAME HERE) Brian

210. To IT I give myself permission to Signature / Date

211. PART THREE

212. The Artist Seeing beauty, creating beauty. The Thinker Deep thoughts, big questions. The Adventurer So much inspiration, so little time. The Maker Committed to your craft. The Producer Process is power. The Dreamer The power of imagination unleashed. The Innovator Move, shake, disrupt, repeat. The Visionary Imagining the impossible.

213. Persevere in the Face of Adversity

214. October 4, 1957

215. September 12, 1962

216. July 20, 1969

217. MOON HISTORY

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219. MOON TOURISM

220. MOON SYSTEMS

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222. MOON EDUCATION

223. MOON THE FUTURE

224. nasa.gov/moontomars

225. MOON SURVIVAL

226. You’re landing on a base on the surface of the moon in a space craft. Your craft malfunctions, crashing to the moon! You are a three day walk from the base. You’ll decide which items from the craft are: essential, possibly helpful, or useless. Be creative.

227. ESSENTIAL HELPFUL USELESS

228. Self Inﬂating Life Raft 38 Liters of Water Map of the Moon’s Surface Two 45.5 kg Tanks of Oxygen First Aid Kit 15 Meters of Nylon Rope Space Blanket Food Concentrate Parachute Lights with Solar-powered Rechargeable Battery Magnetic Compass Space Suit Repair Kit Signal Mirror Solar-powered Radio Receiver-Transmitter Box of Matches

229. QuestionsMake A Reasonable Assumption! The Flood Of Clarifying

230. bit.ly/tﬁ-moon

231. Self Inﬂating Life Raft 38 Liters of Water Map of the Moon’s Surface Two 45.5 kg Tanks of Oxygen First Aid Kit 15 Meters of Nylon Rope Space Blanket Food Concentrate Parachute Lights with Solar-powered Rechargeable Battery Magnetic Compass Space Suit Repair Kit Signal Mirror Solar-powered Radio Receiver-Transmitter Box of Matches bit.ly/tﬁ-moon

232. 1 HISTORY - bit.ly/tﬁ-kiosk 2 TOURISM 3 SYSTEMS 4 EDUCATION 5 THE FUTURE - nasa.gov/moontomars 6 SURVIVAL - bit.ly/tﬁ-moon

233. DEBRIEF

234. PART FOUR

235. Dare Mighty Things

236. IMPOSSIBLE BUT THAT’S

237. “It always seems IMPOSSIBLE – Nelson Mandela until it’s done.”

238. What if?

239. “Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”

240. “In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.” Miguel de Cervantes

241. It’s kind of fun to do the impossible. It’s kind of fun to do the impossible. !

242. nasa.gov/connect/social

243. @brianhousand #NASASocial 11.26.2018

244. Jim Bridenstine NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine NASA Administrator

245. SHARE YOUR STORY

246. What does it take to get to MARS?

247. Task Commitment

248. ABOVE AVERAGE ABILITY CREATIVITY TASK COMMITMENT (RENZULLI, 1978)

249. Bruce BanerdtInsight Principal Investigator Bruce BanerdtInsight Principal Investigator

250. Success what people think it looks like Demetri Martin This Is A Book

251. Success what it really looks like Success what people think it looks like Demetri Martin This Is A Book

252. Years Months Minutes7

253. I WANT IT NOW! I WANT IT NOW!

254. SMART ≠ +

255. CELEBRATE EFFORT

256. Creative people discover and realize their visions over time and through dedicated, protracted struggle. Creative people discover and realize their visions over time and through dedicated, protracted struggle.

257. Keep doing what you’re doing. It will work out eventually. Bruce BanerdtInsight Principal Investigator Bruce BanerdtInsight Principal Investigator

258. Now the REAL WORK begins

259. Far better is it to DARE MIGHTY THINGS to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat. Theodore Roosevelt

260. @brianhousand@gmail.com @brianhousand.com/tﬁ2019 @brianhousand