25. Likely to be mathletes,
physics buffs, tech-
heads, or hackers,
although they could be
evidence based wonks.
Likely to be mathletes,
physics buffs, tech-
heads, or hackers,
although they could be
evidence based wonks.
26. Likely to get excited
by machines or
systems.
Likely to get excited
by machines or
systems.
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GEEKS HAVE INHERITED THE EARTH - AAGT 2014
128. 1. Don't be afraid to fall in love with something and
pursue it with intensity.
2. Know, understand, take pride in, practice, develop,
exploit and enjoy your greatest strengths.
3. Learn to free yourself from the expectations of
others and to walk away from the games they impose
on you. Free yourself to play your own game.
4. Find a great teacher or mentor who will help you.
5. Don't waste energy trying to be well rounded.
6. Do what you love and can do well.
7. Learn the skills of interdependence.
MANIFESTO:
A Guide for Developing a Creative Career
155. And one thing it
takes to accomplish
something is
courage.
When you're curious, you
find lots of interesting
things to do.
http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Alice
http://wondersofdisney2.yolasite.com/merida.php
156.
157. FAILUREisn’t a necessary evil.
In FACT, it isn’t EVIL at all.
It is a NECESSARY
consequence of doing
something NEW.
- Ed Catmull
160. 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
161. candor
n. the state or quality of being
frank, open, and sincere in
speech or expression
166. “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
179. “There is no such
thing as a new idea.
It is impossible.
We simply take a lot
of old ideas and put
them into a sort of
mental kaleidoscope.
We give them a turn
and they make new
and curious
combinations.”
214. Summary
The pigs will be space pilots creating the
first human settlements on Mars.
Their structures will be threatened by their
own malfunctioning robot.
However, the robot is also their only hope
of returning home.
215. Non-Examples
It’s like The Three Little Pigs, but they’re
dogs.
Instead of a brick house, it’s made of
stone.
The pigs will live in a desert!
217. How do the
changes make
the story better?
9. Analyze how two or more texts address
similar themes or topics in order to build
knowledge or to compare the approaches
the authors take.
218. Persuasion
Three Martians is a suspenseful, sci-fi
take on The Three Little Pigs. It takes the
classic story and retells it for an older
audience.
There is real danger for the characters as
they try to stop the robot while keeping it
working so they can return to earth.
219. Non-Examples
It will be better.
You will like it since it’s funnier.
This version will have lots of interesting
things.
231. REMIX POSTER PLANNING!
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TITLE!
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FONT !
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TAGLINE!
Sum up your story in one memorable sentence. !
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ICONIC IMAGE!
What three images come to mind when thinking of your story? !
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CAN YOU TAKE A PICTURE OR DO YOU NEED TO FIND ONE? !
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WHAT COLORS WILL YOU USE? !
DISPLAY HANDWRITING SERIF SANS SERIF
THREE !
ADJECTIVES
1
2
3
1
2
3
258. 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
262. Summer 2013
T
he admonition that we should be preparing our
students for the 21st century is everywhere. There
are numerous books, blogs, and content resources
promoting and espousing the virtues of 21st cen-
tury learning. If one examines the titles and descriptions of
presentations at any gifted or general education conference,
reference to 21st century learning is prevalent. Most of us
in gifted education have regularly advocated for teaching
trace their origins back at least 30 years. In 1983, the Na-
tional Science Board Commission on Precollege Education
in Mathematics, Science and Technology published a report
entitled, Educating Americans for the 21st Century: A Plan
of Action for Improving Mathematics, Science, and Technol-
ogy Education for All American Elementary and Secondary
Students So that their Achievement is the Best in the World
by 1995. This publication outlined many of the same initia-
Quality Classroom Practice
for High-Abillity Students
Teaching for High Potential
THPThe 21st
Century
is SO Yesterday
Brian C. Housand, Ph.D.
East Carolina University
www.brianhousand.com
Brian Housand is an Assistant Professor at
East Carolina University in the department of
Elementary Education.
“The world is moving at a tremendous rate. No one knows where.
We must prepare our children, not for the world of the past,
not for our world, but for their world, the world of the future.”
— John Dewey
264. 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
265. 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
266. 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
289. 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.
293. “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.”
294. She breathed
curiosity into us so
that we brought in facts or
truths shielded in our hands
like captured butterflies.