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

1. INCREASING STUDENT
ENGAGEMENT
CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE
CHOICE, CURIOSITY,
CREATIVITY,
& CRITICAL THINKING

2. Brian
H E L L O
My name is

3. @brianhousand@gmail.com
@brianhousand.com
@brianhousand

4. SLIDES AVAILABLE AFTER THE PRESENTATION

5. 36O
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6. PUMPKIN SPICE EVERYTHING
FALL 2019 TOUR
9·25 | North Point ESC in Sandusky, OH
9·26 | Mid-Ohio ESC in Mansfield, OH
9·27 | Northwest Ohio ESC in Archbold, OH
10·04 | UNCW AIG Conference in Wilmington, NC
10·17 | AAGC Conference in Birmingham, AL
10·18-19 | The Grayson School in Radnor, PA
11·7-10 | NAGC Annual Convention in Albuquerque, NM
11·22 | Rutgers Gifted Education Conference in Somerset, NJ
12·4-6 | TAGT GiftED19 in San Antonio,TX
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7. FIND
YOUR

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

11. CREATIVITY CRITICAL
THINKINGCURIOSITY CHOICES

12. 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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13. FORWARDFORWARD
KEEP MOVINGKEEP MOVING

14. I have no special talent.
I am only passionately curious.
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16. SATISFACTION OF ONE’S
CURIOSITYIS ONE OF THE GREATEST
SOURCES OF HAPPINESS
IN LIFE.
- LINUS PAULING
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18. Wonder
is the
beginning
of wisdom.
SOCRATES

19. NOTICE & WONDER
AN INVITATION TO PLAY
CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE
CURIOSITY

20. WHAT DO YOU
NOTICE?
WHAT DO YOU
WONDER?

21. WHAT DO YOU
NOTICE?
WHAT DO YOU
WONDER?

22. WHAT DO YOU
NOTICE?
WHAT DO YOU
WONDER?

24. 3
2
1
Words
Questions
Metaphor

26. matterdesignstudio.com

27. A child who
does not play is
not a child, but
the man who
doesn’t play has
lost forever the
child who lived
in him and who
he will miss
terribly.
Pablo Neruda

28. PLAY!

29. REMEMBER
When did it become
unacceptable to play?

30. REMEMBER
A time when you
played so hard that
you lost track of time.

31. 3 WORDS
2 QUESTIONS
1 METAPHOR

33. 3 WORDS
2 QUESTIONS
1 METAPHOR

34. Curiosity is the root of creativity
ALEX WRIGHT
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IMAGINEER

35. BUT…
I’m not
creative!

36. c
C

37. IS INSIDE
OF US ALL
CREATIVITY

38. mycreativetype.com

39. 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.

40. Curious Quotes
POINTS TO PONDER
& Inspiring Insights
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41. we need to TEACH them how to
THINK CREATIVELY.
(Sternberg,2007)
WALKINGENCYCLOPEDIAS
Rather than running the risk
of having our students become
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42. Creativity is more than just being different.
Anybody can plan weird; that’s easy.
What’s hard is to be as simple as Bach.
Making the simple,
awesomely simple,
that’s creativity.
– Charles Mingus
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43. YOU CAN’T USE UP
CREATIVITY
THE MORE YOU USE,
THE MORE YOU HAVE.
MAYA ANGELOU brianhousand.com

44. MORPHOLOGICAL MATRIX
EVERYTHING IS ALIVE!
WAFFLE WONDERMENT
HISTORICAL CLICKBAIT
CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE
CREATIVITY

45. Morphological
Matrix

46. What are some essential
elements in a story?
Main Character
Place / Setting
Goal
Obstacles

50. =RANDBETWEEN(0,9)
10 X 10 X 10 X 10 = 10,000

51. bit.ly/gifted360-mm

52. Every
Thing
Is Alive

54. The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
CARL SANDBURG

56. @ianchilag
We're a podcast.
We interview
inanimate
objects about
their lives.

58. “You will never find a
more wretched hive of
scum and villainy.
We must be cautious.”
Obi-Wan Kenobi

59. BEWARE THE CLICKBAIT CHUMBOX!BEWARE THE CLICKBAIT CHUMBOX!

60. 8 CLICKBAIT
TRAPS AND
HOW THEY
FOOL YOU
EVERY TIME!
8 CLICKBAIT
TRAPS AND
HOW THEY
FOOL YOU
EVERY TIME!

61. 1. You Will Never
Guess Why!
1. You Will Never
Guess Why!

62. 2. What We Found
Was Shocking!
2. What We Found
Was Shocking!

63. 3. Eleven Things
You Will Never
Guess About Your
Favorite Celebrity
3. Eleven Things
You Will Never
Guess About Your
Favorite Celebrity

64. 4. Best New Tech
Tools!
Number 4 is
My FAVORITE!
4. Best New Tech
Tools!
Number 4 is
My FAVORITE!

65. 5. What Every
Successful Person
Must Know
5. What Every
Successful Person
Must Know

66. 6. Feel Better
About Yourself By
Doing This.
6. Feel Better
About Yourself By
Doing This.

67. 7. Lose Weight
Now By Eating
These Foods.
7. Lose Weight
Now By Eating
These Foods.

68. 8. How To Save
$$$
on Your Next
Purchase
8. How To Save
$$$
on Your Next
Purchase

69. 1. You Will Never Guess Why!
2. What We Found Was Shocking!
3. 11 Things That You Probably Did Not Know
About Your Favorite Celebrity
4. Best New Tech Tools! Number 4 Is my Favorite!
5. What Every Successful Person Must Know
6. Feel Better About Yourself by Doing This
7. Lose Weight Now by Eating These Foods
8. How To Save $$$ on Your Next Purchase
8 CLICKBAIT TRAPS

70. “I never thought riding
the bus would make me
so angry.”
“I never thought riding
the bus would make me
so angry.”

71. Two Bicycle Repairmen
in Kitty Hawk, NC Will
Change the Way You
Think About Travel
Two Bicycle Repairmen
in Kitty Hawk, NC Will
Change the Way You
Think About Travel

72. This Man Went to See a Play
What Happened Next
Blew His Mind!

74. WAFFLEWONDERMENTS

80. Which state would use
most of the available
space on a waffle iron?

81. What if the waffle iron
was square
instead of a circle?

82. Calculate the area and
perimeter of each state
in waffle form?

83. What would be the best
size of the “waffle”
indentation for your
state waffle?

84. Consider what state
based products you
might use as a topping
for your waffle.

85. WIKIPEDIA GOLF
GIFTED GIFS
JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER
PERIODIC TABLES
CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE
CRITICAL THINKING

88. 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
SYNTHESIZEnew things.
- Steve Jobs, 1995

92. USE THE FIND FEATURE!!!

93. USE THE FIND FEATURE!!!

94. USE THE FIND FEATURE!!!

95. USE THE FIND FEATURE!!!

99. Albus Dumbledore Honey bee

101. Add a copy to your Google Drive
bit.ly/wiki-golf

102. #GIFtedGIF

103. JUDGING
A BOOK
BY ITS
COVER
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108. PERIODIC TABLES
OF ALMOST
EVERYTHING
EXCEPT
ELEMENTS
PERIODIC TABLES
OF ALMOST
EVERYTHING
EXCEPT
ELEMENTS

114. brianhousand.com/blog/periodic-tables

115. @brianhousand@gmail.com
@brianhousand.com/gifted19
@brianhousand
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