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ABOVE
AVERAGE
ABILITY
CREATIVITY
TASK
COMMITMENT
(RENZULLI, 1978)

CREATIVE
PRODUCTIVE
GIFTEDNESS
SCHOOL
HOUSE
GIFTEDNESS

SCHOOL
HOUSE
GIFTEDNESS
CREATIVE
PRODUCTIVE
GIFTEDNESS

1982

THE PROMISE
OF TECHNOLOGY

What do you notice?
What do you wonder?

What do you notice?
What do you wonder?

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.

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.

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THE PROMISE
A Problem
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YOU AND YOUR DIGITAL DEVICE

We are all just prisoners
here of our own device.

46%CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT ONE

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

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

April
ESTIMATED SMARTPHONE USE ACTUAL SMARTPHONE USE
5 HOURS

THE COMMON SENSE CENSUS:
MEDIA USE BY TWEENS AND TEENS
2019
AMOUNT OF DAILY SCREEN USE
NOT INCLUDING FOR SCHOOL OR HOMEWORK
TWEENS:
4 hours, 44 minutes
TEENS:
7 hours, 22 minutes

hours per day
of screen time
11

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

Problem
You are probably spending
most of your available time
for creative productivity
glued to your device.

the illusion of

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FOMOThe uneasy and sometimes
all-consuming feeling that you’re
missing out – that your peers are doing,
in the know about, or in possession of
more or something better than you.

STOP! You ARE
SCROLLING
YOUR LIFE AWAY

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TRACK YOUR
TIME AND
ACTIVITY

144blocks.com
:00 :10 :20 :30 :40 :50 :00 :10 :20 :30 :40 :50
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Everyday has 1440 minutes
Split into 10 minute blocks,
You have 144 blocks in a day.
WHERE DO YOUR BLOCKS GO?

habitlab.stanford.edu

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

Downtime
Always Allowed
App Limits
Content & Privacy
Restrictions

Digital
Wellbeing

inthemoment.io

AWARENESS TO ACCEPTANCE

CHECKERS
PERUSERS

What if I told you,
that you could gain
an extra hour or
more everyday?

DELETE
THAT APP
CHALLENGE

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

It is not just about time away from
technology.
Instead, you must aggressively explore
higher-quality activities to fill in the
time left vacant by the optional
technologies you are avoiding.
This period should be one of strenuous
activity and experimentation.

THE PROMISE
OF TECHNOLOGY
YOU CAN DO
ALL OF THE THINGS!

Multitasking
is a myth.
Problem

“When people think
they're multitasking,
they're actually just
switching from one task
to another very rapidly.
And every time they do,
there's a cognitive cost."
Earl Miller
MIT neuroscientist

IQ

Multitasking comes with a biological
cost that ends up making us feel
tired much more quickly than if we
sustain attention on one thing.
Daniel Levitin

Daniel Levitin
“People eat more, they take more caffeine. Often what you really need in that
moment isn’t caffeine, but just a break. If you aren’t taking regular breaks
every couple of hours, your brain won’t benefit from that extra cup of coffee.”

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CREATE
BOUNDARIES

minutes per day
50

OUT OF SIGHT
OUT OF MIND

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

TURN OFF
NOTIFICATIONS!

SCHEDULE
EMAIL TIMES

UNSUBSCRIBE
FROM UNWANTED EMAIL
CHALLENGE

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PICK ONE
TASK AND
DO IT!

Pomodoro
Method
25 Minutes
5 Minutes
25 Minutes
5 Minutes
25 Minutes
5 Minutes
25 Minutes
15 Minutes

THE PROMISE
OF TECHNOLOGY
YOU CAN CREATE
ALMOST ANYTHING!

We are consuming.
We are not producing.
Problem

2%of time spent
creating.

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

≠BUSY Important

VAMPIRES

ENERGY ENERGY

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

VAMPIRES?
What and Who Are Your

BUT…
I’m not
creative!

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IS INSIDE
OF US ALL
CREATIVITY

mycreativetype.com

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.

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PRODUCE MORE
CONSUME LESS

Curious Quotes
POINTS TO PONDER
& Inspiring Insights
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FORM A CREATIVE
COLLABORATIVE

FIND
YOUR

Together
we can
do so
much.
– Helen Keller
Alone.
we can.
do so.
little.

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End every day by making a
to do list.

End every day by making a
to do list and a to don’t list.

Write it down!

WHAT PRODUCTIVITY
HACKS DO YOU USE?
HOW CAN THIS BENEFIT
STUDENTS?

KIDS AREN’T GOING TO BE CREATIVE
ON THEIR OWN WITH TECHNOLOGY.
WE HAVE TO CHALLENGE THEM TO BE.

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.

Tara Swart
Neuroscientist
CHECKING THE HEADLINES
TOXIC COMPARISON
COMFORT EATING
MULTITASKING

AMERICANS SNAP
PHOTOS PER MONTH
10 BILLION

PHOTO-TAKING IMPAIRMENT EFFECT
If your camera
captures the
moment,
then your
brain doesn’t.

It is not just about time away from
technology.
Instead, you must aggressively explore
higher-quality activities to fill in the
time left vacant by the optional
technologies you are avoiding.
This period should be one of strenuous
activity and experimentation.

Problem

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So,where does the time go?

Inform
Negotiate
Schedule
Call back

DON’T
CLICK LIKE
CHALLENGE

TAKE A
FAUXCATION
CHALLENGE