I live and breathe curiosity. I fill nearly every possible free moment with learning. Whether at the gym, taking a walk in the afternoon, or driving in the car, I try to carve out ways to learn more about topics I find interesting.
I am also deeply passionate about being the best I can be. I spend time each morning to organize my day and prepare for the challenges that I will likely face. I think about how I can be the best father and husband as well as how I can best serve the students at my school.
I want to transfer this passion and curiosity to our students in the hope that they can benefit from it. One way I can do that is to implement new technologies into our school. I want to use my knowledge and passion for technology to innovate new ways for our kids to learn and explore.
I created this thinglink presentation to demonstrate the value of passion, curiosity, and questioning along with some of the technologies that fascinate me. I talk about Friedman’s idea that passion and curiosity are more important than IQ. (Dickson, 2015). This is an essential consideration at our school because a high IQ is a requirement for all students. Our kids need to know that IQ alone is not enough to succeed in life.
I’m especially interested in digital fabrication and virtual reality but the fact that technology is always changing and that life has no step by step instructions is what what I find most fascinating. The future is what we make of it. As Berger said, “The ones who understand that-and can embrace that-are going to have the greatest adventures” (2014, p. 200). We have the potential to create new things and new experiences, and that is what excites me most.
REFERENCES
Berger, W. (2014). A more beautiful question: The power of inquiry to spark breakthrough ideas. New York, NY: Bloomsbury.
Dickson, J. (2015) (PQ+CQ)>IQ every time, author Thomas Friedman tells Ottawa crowd. Retrieved from: https://ipolitics.ca/2015/05/09/pqcqiq-every-time-author-thomas-friedman-tells-ottawa-crowd/
Brian Durst EdTech 