Brian Housand, Ph.D. brianhousand.com @brianhousand

1. VISIONS OF THE FUTURE
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Perspectives on the Role of Technology in the Future of Gifted Education and Talent Development

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3. NEW

4. FROM CURIOUS TO CREATIVE

5. TECHNOLOGY
PLAYGROUND

6. FROM
HUNTING AND
GATHERING
TO CURATING
CONTENT

7. Today’sMeet
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8. 2005

14. Stay hungry.
Stay foolish.

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

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

17. Photo by
Jonathan
Plucker

20. Cat killer or
Breeder of invention?
Curiosity,

21. Curiosity
Confidence
Courage
Constancy

23. 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.

24. devices for
VICARIOUS
EXPERIENCE

25. GO

26. GO

28. I am interested in _______________.

29. I am interested in _______________.EVERYTHING!

31. roadtripnation.com/roadmap

32. roadtripnation.com/roadmap

33. byrdseed.com/tickling-curiosity

35. I am interested in _______________.LANGUAGES

38. @brianhousand #carpetdiem

39. WHAT DOES IT
MEAN TO BE
STUCK?

40. Today’sMeet
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41. SOMETIMES
YOUR ARE
JUST
STUCK

42. 3
2
1
Words
Questions
Metaphor

44. 3
2
1
Words
Questions
Metaphor

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

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

47. HEIGHTEN ANTICIPATION
STIMULATE INTEREST
DEEPEN UNDERSTANDING
EXTEND THE EXPERIENCE

48. DEPTH &
COMPLEXITY

49. 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)

50. EXPLORE
THE GARDEN

52. youtube.com/user/crashcourse

53. youtube.com/user/crashcoursekids

57. diy.org

58. googlesciencefair.com/springboard

60. BUT…

61. I am interested in _______________.NOTHING

63. COMFORTABLE WITH
CERTAINITY
UN
UN

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

65. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8162/6968211400_3c9765e268_o.jpg

66. Address the
emotional impact of
uncertainty.
I

67. SURPRISE AWE INTEREST CONFUSION

68. Confusion
is a
part of
Innovation.

69. http://www.wired.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Untitled-12.jpg

70. RESISTANCE TO
PREMATURE CLOSURE

71. Perfectionism
PROCRASTINATION
PARALYSIS

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

73. Assign projects
that flummox.
2

74. LESSON IDEA #1
INVITE STUDENTS
TO FIND MISTAKES

78. LESSON IDEA #2
ARGUE FROM AN
ALIEN VIEWPOINT

79. writingprompts.tumblr.com

80. DEPTH &
COMPLEXITY

81. LESSON IDEA #3
PROVIDE
ASSIGNMENTS
THAT STUDENTS
WILL FAIL

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

83. Encourage
exploration,
challenge, and
revision.
3

84. SAGE ON THE STAGE
GUIDE ON THE SIDE

85. Meddler in
the Middle

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

87. Emphasize the
current topics of
debate in a field.
4

88. TEDTalks

89. GROWTH
MINDSET
FIXED
MINDSET

90. Invite guest
speakers to share
the mysteries
they’re exploring.
5

92. education.microsoft.com/
ConnectWithOthers/
PlayMysterySkype

93. Show how the
process of discovery
is often messy and
non-linear.
6

95. ARTHUR FLEMING: PENICILLIN

96. Build in
Progress
buildinprogress.media.mit.edu

97. Chance
favours
only
the
prepared
mind.
- Louis Pasteur

99. WHY?
WHY?
WHY?
WHY?
WHY?

100. As the volume of media has grown exponentially,
our propensity to explore it is diminishing.
Danny Cohen / BBC1

101. flâneur
one who
saunters
around
observing
society.

102. BROWSE
SEARCH

103. “Curiouser
and curiouser!”

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

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

106. “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

107. 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.

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109. TECHNOLOGY
PLAYGROUND

110. makeymakey.com

111. codecombat.com

112. LEGO Movie Maker

114. bitmoji.com

116. FROM
HUNTING AND
GATHERING
TO CURATING
CONTENT

118. Everything is
amazing....

122. http://www.google.com/selfdrivingcar/images/home-where.jpg

123. Everything is
amazing....
and nobody’s happy.
Louis C.K.

124. DYUTOPIA

125. DYSTOPIA

126. DYSTOPIA

127. IT’S TIME
TO TAKE
THE FUTURE
BACK!

129. http://www.westland.net/ny64fair/banner.jpg

130. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/New_York_World's_Fair_August_1964.jpeg

131. http://americanhistory.si.edu/documentsgallery/exhibitions/50th/worldsfair_1200.jpg

132. http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2014/08/20/futuramawfcover2_wide-169e7e2d5152d446347793f7e3d160ff6fa3b6a1.jpg?s=1400

134. September 12, 1962
Rice University

135. July 21, 1969
The Moon

136. http://vinylmationkingdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/NYWF_7-64-Progressland.jpg

138. There's a great big beautiful tomorrow,
Shining at the end of every day,
There's a great big beautiful tomorrow,
And tomorrow's just a dream away.

139. rst, THINK.
Second, BELIEVE.
Third, DREAM.
And finally, DARE.

140. YOU

141. BECOME A
GREAT
TEACHER

142. “I have come to believe that a
great teacher is a great artist
and that there are as few of
these as there are of any other
great artists. It might even be
the greatest of the arts since
the medium is the human mind
and spirit.”

143. She breathed
curiosity into us so
that we brought in facts or
truths shielded in our hands
like captured butterflies.

145. LOVE
WHAT
YOU
DO

148. DREAM.
BELIEVE.
DARE.
DO.

149. If you can dream it,
you can do it.
Always remember
that this whole thing
was started by a mouse.

150. http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Tinker_Bell