Curiosity UNSW 2017

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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puzzlements.co

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.

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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

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