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

1. PLUGGING INTO
CREATIVE
OUTLETS
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4. CREATIVITY
ABOVE
AVERAGE
ABILITY
TASK
COMMITMENT
- Renzulli

5. We are educa)ng people
out of their crea)vity.
Crea)vity is as important
in educa)on as literacy.
Sir Ken Robinson

6. Rather than running the risk of
having our students become
W A L K I N G
ENCYCLOPEDIAS
we need to TEACH them how to
THINK CREATIVELY.
(Sternberg, 2006)

7. (Resnick, 1996)
NOT
Stereos
Pianos

11. ?Differentiated Curriculum. Adaptation of
content, process, and concepts to meet a higher
level of expectation appropriate for advanced
learners. Curriculum can be differentiated through
acceleration, complexity, depth, challenge, and
CREATIVITY (VanTassel-Baska & Wood, 2008).

13. 3
2
1
Words
Questions
Metaphor

15. CONSTRUCTING
SYNTHESIS

16. 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

17. An idea is nothing
more or less than
a new combination
of old elements.
new combination
old elements
James Webb Young, 1940
A Technique for Producing Ideas

18. The capacity to bring
old elements into
new combinations
depends largely on
the ability to see
relationships.
new combination
old elements
James Webb Young, 1940
A Technique for Producing Ideas

19. 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

21. GRAHAM WALLAS
PREPARATION
INCUBATION
ILLUMINATION
VERIFICATION

22. It’s about
THE EXPERIENCE.

23. 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)

24. CONTENT

25. If#you#don’t#read#much,#
you#really#don’t#know#much.#
#YOU ARE
DANGEROUS!!
DANGER
--Jim Trelease
TOOLISHNESS
AHEAD

26. LiveBinders
bit.ly/contentbinder

27. INCUBATION

29. 20%

30. “Combinatory play
seems to be the
essential feature in
productive thought.”

31. Games are the most elevated form of investigation.

33. Jackson, L. A., Witt, E. A., Games, A. I., Fitzgerald, H. E., von Eye, A., & Zhao, Y. (2012). Information technology use and creativity: Findings from the Children and technology Project.
Computers in Human Behavior, 28(2), 370-376.
CREATIVITY
COMPUTER
USE
INTERNET
USE
CELL
PHONE
USE
VIDEO
GAME
PLAY

34. Jackson, L. A., Witt, E. A., Games, A. I., Fitzgerald, H. E., von Eye, A., & Zhao, Y. (2012). Information technology use and creativity: Findings from the Children and technology Project.
Computers in Human Behavior, 28(2), 370-376.
CREATIVITY
VIDEO
GAME
PLAY

37. Video games teach
children what computers
are beginning to teach
adults--that some forms of
learning are fast-paced,
immensely compelling,
and rewarding.
- Seymour Papert

38. The fact that they are
enormously demanding of
one's time and require new
ways of thinking remains a
small price to pay (and is
perhaps even an
advantage) to be vaulted
into the future. - Seymour Papert

39. Not surprisingly,
by comparison school strikes
many young people as
slow, boring, and frankly
out of touch.
- Seymour Papert

40. REAL
GAMES
VS.
EDUCATIONAL
GAMES

42. “There is
nothing
that is NOT
possible.”

43. SURVIVAL
OR
CREATIVE

44. UNLIMITED
You can make it into
whatever you want it to be.

45. FOR aLL INTENTS aND PURPOSES,
IT IS A SPACE WHERE
YOU ARE GOD

46. If you are
impatient
then this may
not be the
gAme for you

47. CONSUMERS
PRODUCERS

48. stemchallenge.org

49. stemchallenge.org

50. gamestarmechanic.com

52. code.org/learn

53. 57

54. codecombat.com

55. makeymakey.com

57. ILLUMINATION

62. hotshotpictures.weebly.com/

63. ITECH

64. www.gurbuz-de.com

65. FORGETTHEi
TECHNOLOGY!

66. http://www.animationmagazine.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Pixar-Creativity-Inc-post.jpg

67. Imposing
limits can
encourage
a creative
response.
- Ed CatmUll

68. flickr five frames
1. Establish characters and location
2. Create a situation with possibilities
3. Involve the characters in the situation
4. Build to probable outcomes
5. Have a logical BUT surprising end

69. @brianhousand #carpetdiem

70. Googleable

72. diy.org

78. THE FUTUREIS NOT A DESTINATION
IT IS A DIRECTION.

79. “We may not be able to
prepare the future for
our children,
but at least we can
prepare our children
for the future.”
- Franklin D. Roosevelt

80. Krissy Venosdale
How about instead of of just
preparing kids for the future we
EMPOWER them to CREATE it?

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