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1. FAILURE
IS NOT AN
OPTION
THE ONLY

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3. SLIDES AVAILABLE AFTER THE PRESENTATION

4. H E L L O
My name is
BRIAN

5. UNIVERSITY of NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON
WATSON COLLEGE of EDUCATION
AIG
uncw.edu/ed/aig

6. UNCWAIG SPRING TRAINING
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9. 36O
ifted
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING EXPERIENCES
ONLINE OR FACE TO FACE

10. Failure is not an option.
Gene Kranz
NASA Chief Flight Director

13. “We need to
fail down here
so we don’t
fail up there.”

14. IF YOU ARE
NOT FAILING,
YOU ARE NOT
INNOVATING
ENOUGH.

15. FAILURE
Is a necessary
E V I L

16. FAILURE
In FACT, it isn’t EVIL at all.
It is a NECESSARY
- Ed Catmull
isn’t a necessary evil.
consequence of doing
something NEW.

18. http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/wall-e/images/6412320/title/wall-e-wallpaper-wallpaper
“We want to do something
that is new, original —
something where
there’s a good
chance
of failure.”

19. F
A
I
L

20. F
A
I
L
IRST
TTEMPTS
N
EARNING

21. WHAT IS
FAILURE?

22. FAILURE VS GIVING UP

23. “Negative results are just what I want.
“They’re just as valuable to me as positive results.
“I can never find the thing that does the job best
“until I find the ones that don’t.”
THOMAS ALVA EDISON
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24. failuremuseum.com

25. LEARN
TO FAIL

31. “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

32. Success
what people think
it looks like
Demetri Martin
This Is A Book

33. Success
what it really
looks like
Success
what people think
it looks like
Demetri Martin
This Is A Book

38. FAILURE INSTRUCTION
PRACTICE SUCCESS

41. FREEDOM
TO FAIL

44. It is impossible to live
without failing at something,
unless you live so cautiously
that you might as well
not have lived at all
- in which case,
you fail by default.
J. K. ROWLING brianhousand.com

45. FOUNDERS’
DAY

47. That’s not a REAL failure.
That’s just a mistake.
Next time,FAIL BIGGER!

48. WHAT IS YOUR
EPIC FAILURE?

49. CELEBRATE
MISTAKES

51. I guess you could call it a FAILURE,
but I prefer the term
LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
ANDY WEIR
THE MARTIAN brianhousand.com

52. PERSERVERANCE

53. (RENZULLI, 1978)
TASK
COMMITMENT
represents energy
that is brought to
bear upon a
particular problem
(task) or specific
performance area.
TASK
COMMITMENT
CREATIVITY
ABOVE
AVERAGE
ABILITY

54. SLOW COOKING FOR
FAST LEARNERS

55. COMFORTABLE WITH
CERTAINITY
UN
UN

56. ACT
ONE

58. What did you
NOTICE?

59. What do you
WONDER?

60. How many boxes
will fit in that trunk?

61. What is a number
that is TOO HIGH?

62. What is a number
that is TOO LOW?

63. What is your
BEST guess?

64. ACT
TWO

65. MAKE A LIST OF
THE INFORMATION
YOU NEED.

70. LENGTH
WIDTH
HEIGHT

71. 1,207.908 cm
3

72. HOW MANY CUBIC CM
ARE IN A CUBIC M?

73. 1m
1m
1m

74. 100
cm
100 cm
100cm
100cm X 100cm X 100cm =
1,000,000cm
3

75. HOW MANY CUBIC CM
ARE IN 1.11 CUBIC M?

76. SUPER SIZE THIS!!!
What are the
dimensions
of a box
that holds
TWICE as
many
cookies?

77. ACT
THREE

79. EXPLAIN
WHY YOUR ANSWER
IS DIFFERENT.

81. What was the
lesson objective?

82. What did we learn
in the lesson?

83. What would you
title this lesson?

84. AS LONG
AS YOU’RE
LEARNING,
YOU’RE NOT
FAILING.
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