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1. CURIOSITYCat Killer or Mother of Invention?
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2. SLIDES AVAILABLE AFTER THE PRESENTATION

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4. MAKE A NEW FRIENDMAKE A NEW FRIEND

5. 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.
!

7. 2005

15. Stay hungry.
Stay foolish.

16. IQ = Curiosity + Effort
(von Stumm, Hell, and Camorro-Premuzic, 2011)

17. “I have no
special
talent.
I am only
passionately
curious.”

21. Why are kids so
much better at
this than adults?

23. Try
Thinking
Like a KID
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26. Fluency
Originality
Elaboration
Abstractness of Titles
Resistance to Premature Closure
TTCTTORRANCE TEST
OF CREATIVE
THINKING

27. GO

28. GO

30. EXPLORE
THE GARDEN
EXPLORE
THE GARDEN

32. INTENSE AND
INTERESTING
INTERESTS!!!
INTENSE AND
INTERESTING
INTERESTS!!!
INTENSE AND
INTERESTING
INTERESTS!!!

33. INTEREST PASSION

34. I am interested in _______________.EVERYTHING

35. http://platformer.cdn.appadvice.com/wp-content/appadvice-v2-media/2016/03/Bracket_83bf350dc77194765fbee1d02505b2b8.jpg
bit.ly/sem-tech-interest-bracket

36. I am interested in _______________.NOTHING

37. thekidshouldseethis.com

38. wonderopolis.org/wonders

39. It’s not just for kids,
It’s for PARENTS and
TEACHERS too!

40. curiosity.com

41. curious.com

42. The real voyage of
consists not in seeking new landscapes,but in having new eyes. Marcel Proust
consists not in seeking new landscapes,but in having new eyes.

43. #carpetdiem

44. atlasobscura.com

45. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/A7Eq9PEuDQk/maxresdefault.jpg

46. puzzlements.co

47. I didn’t know I was
interested in that.

48. Know it All

49. People who don’t ask questions
remain clueless throughout their lives.

50. Know it AllLEARN

51. When each of us
thinks about what
we can do in life,
chances are,
we can do it
because of a
teacher. Stephen Hawking

52. Think of a great
teacher from a film
or television series.
GREAT TEACHERS

53. menti.com
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54. What Makes These
GREAT TEACHERS?
What Makes These
GREAT TEACHERS?

55. Sage

57. G
U
I
D
E

60. “If you end your training now —
if you choose
the quick and easy path
as Vader did —
you will become an agent of evil.”

61. SMART ≠ +

62. meddle
Verb
1. to involve oneself in a matter
without right or invitation; interfere
officiously and unwontedly.

63. Meddler in the Middle

64. First of all, I
would like to
make one
thing clear:
I never explain
anything.

65. Assign
projects
that
flummox

66. perplex (someone) greatly;
bewilder
flummox
verb

67. BE LESS HELPFUL

70. The Meddler-in-the Middle does not
rush to save students from the struggle
that higher order thinking involves…
Erica McWilliam

71. They allow their students to experience
the risks and confusion of authentic
learning by allowing their students to
stay in the grey of unresolvedness.
Erica McWilliam

72. Cheese Mountain

74. FACT
FINDING
FACT
FINDING

75. 1.39 Billion
pounds
900,303
cubic yards

76. Your Brain Likes Curiosity

77. Confusion
is a
part of
Innovation

78. HEIGHTEN ANTICIPATION
STIMULATE INTEREST
DEEPEN UNDERSTANDING

79. Magical and
Meaningful

80. It’s about
THE EXPERIENCE.

82. https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/81/2a/37/812a37b72010cf72cf208519a6e13e24.jpg

83. FROM CURIOUS TO CREATIVE
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