SXSW EDU 2023

What Being a Magician Taught Me About Education

Description:

Step into the unknown and challenge your own understanding of education. This session begins with an interactive experience in which the seemingly impossible becomes possible. As a professional magician, I have traveled with Magicians Without Borders, teaching magic to those who live in some of the most worn-torn, and impoverished parts of the world. In this talk, I share the valuable lessons that I learned as a professional magician turned teacher, and how it parallels the field of education.

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Takeaways

  1. Reframe your thinking to seek curiosity and wonder; start thinking like a student and not like a teacher.
  2. Learn and apply techniques to alter or change how your lesson or Edtech products can better engage students.
  3. Explore how thinking like a magician challenges the assumptions of what Edtech and curriculum are often about.

Speakers

Organizer

Michael Muldoon, Teacher, NYC Department of Education

Meta Information:

  • Tags: creativity, edtech
  • Event: EDU
  • Format: Solo
  • Track: Arts & Storytelling
  • Session Focus Area K-12 Education
  • Level: Basic Understanding
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