curiosity unsw 2017
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FROM CURIOUSTO CREATIVE
TECHNOLOGY AND TODAY’S GIFTED STUDENTS
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Curiosity is the root of creativity.
Alex WrightImagineer
2005
Stay hungry. Stay foolish.
IQ = Curiosity + Effort
(von Stumm, Hell, and Camorro-Premuzic, 2011)
“I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.”
Cat killer or Breeder of invention?
Curiosity,
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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GO
GO
EXPLORE THE GARDENEXPLORE THE GARDEN
I am interested in _______________.EVERYTHING
INTEREST PRACTICE PURPOSE
HOPE
roadtripnation.com/roadmap
roadtripnation.com/roadmap
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bit.ly/sem-tech-interest-bracket
devices for
VICARIOUSEXPERIENCE
thekidshouldseethis.com
wonderopolis.org/wonders
It’s not just for kids, It’s for teachers too!
curiosity.com
mentalfloss.com
The real voyage ofconsists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. Marcel Proust
consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.
christophniemann.com
christophniemann.com
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
An idea is nothing more or less than a new combination of old elements.
new combinationold elements
James Webb Young, 1940A Technique for Producing Ideas
The capacity to bring old elements into new combinations depends largely on the ability to see relationships.
new combinationold elements
James Webb Young, 1940A Technique for Producing Ideas
The most successful
Imagineers are those who see “this is new to
me” as an opportunity, not
a barrier. Josh Gorin
They are willing to go outside their comfort zone
in the interest of expanding their horizons
and gaining new perspectives.
Josh Gorin
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
#carpetdiem
Know it All
SURPRISE INTEREST CONFUSIONAWEAWE
Confusion is a
part of Innovation.
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I didn’t know I was interested in that.
HEIGHTEN ANTICIPATION
STIMULATE INTEREST
DEEPEN UNDERSTANDING
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BESTUCK?
SOMETIMES YOU ARE
JUST STUCK
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WordsQuestionsMetaphor
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http://www.buzzfeed.com/patricksmith/i-think-we-just-moved-an-inch-oh-no-just-imagined-it-fml#.bcJ7zxNKW
DEPTH & COMPLEXITY
Encourage exploration, challenge, and revision.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/NASA_child_bubble_exploration.jpg
SAGE ON THE STAGE
GUIDE ON THE SIDE
SAGE ON THE STAGE
GUIDE ON THE SIDE
Meddler in the Middle
LEFT TO THEIR OWN DEVICES
CRITICAL CONSUMERS
RESPONSIBLE PRODUCERS
futurecasting.org
commonsense.org/educators
Emphasize the current topics of debate in a field.
TEDTalks
GROWTH MINDSET
FIXED MINDSET
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?
Invite guest speakers to share the mysteries they’re exploring.
education.microsoft.com/ConnectWithOthers/PlayMysterySkype
Encourage students to keep asking “WHY?”
(even after it gets annoying).
豊田 佐吉 Sakichi Toyoda
Challenge students to argue from an alien viewpoint.
writingprompts.tumblr.com
Provide assignments that students will fail.
http://www.federaljack.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/kobayashi-maru-01.jpg
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
FORGET THEi
TECHNOLOGY!
khanacademy.org/partner-content/pixar/storytelling
TRUST
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YOU ARE NOT YOUR IDEA
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
candorn. the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression
Early on, all of our movies suck.
Ed Catmull
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“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.”
Perfectionism PROCRASTINATION
PARALYSIS
“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
YOUR COMFORT
ZONE
Imposing limits can encourage a creative response.
- Ed CatmUll
THE MARSHMALLOW CHALLENGE
20 sticks ofspaghetti
1 yard ofmasking tape
1 yard ofstring
1 marshmallow
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 ofspaghetti
1 yard ofmasking tape
1 yard ofstring
1 marshmallow
D’OH!
ITERATE
Story
1977
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Magical and Meaningful
It’s about THE EXPERIENCE.
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
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CURIOSITY
JOYOUS
IMAGINATION
CREATIVITY
PASSION
STOP
GO
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TO INFINITY AND BEYOND
