The Ken Robinson creativity paradigm video RSA animated.



Then I'd include a link on metacognition, because I think it's a good key to guiding kids towards their potential.

NIH Primer on Metacognition

And top it off with a neurology based explanation of why dragging kids through the muck of repeated and already learned material is detri-mental.
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/video-games-learning-student-engagement-judy-willis