TED Talks: Do Schools Kill Creativity
June 26, 2008
Here is an interesting TED Talk presentation that relates to technology being applied to the automotive industry. It is a little deviation of the more technical content that is usually found on the site and more about education. I just find this talk about education so interesting that it should be shared. As an educator it challenges me to look at students differently.
So what is TED?
TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader.
The annual conference now brings together the world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes).
This site makes the best talks and performances from TED available to the public, for free. More than 200 talks from our archive are now available, with more added each week. These videos are released under a Creative Commons license, so they can be freely shared and reposted.
This talk is by creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we’re educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence.
Shift Happens
April 3, 2008
I have given several presentations about technology over the years and I usually set the mood by playing a presentation called “Shift Happens”. This presentation was originally authored by Karl Fisch, who is the the Director of Technology for Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colorado. You can learn more about this presentation and Karl at his blog, The Fischbowl.
Karl graciously allowed his presentation to be distributed and modified so the original presentation has taken on a life of its own. You will find several updated versions of the original presentation on the Internet. One of the best places to find additional information and downloadable versions of Shift Happens is at http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com
This is one of the more recent versions of Shift Happens.
