Sandra on TED?
Claire Darbaud
Hi there,
I've been watching some TED videos lately and I find some very interesting;
thought provoking talks.
Recently, I loved Jane McGonigal about Gaming can make a better world
http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world.html
Some really interseting ones about learning include:
The famous one about How schools kill creativity:
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
And the 5 dangerous things you should let your children do
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/gever_tulley_on_5_dangerous_things_for_kids.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/gever_tulley_s_tinkering_school_in_action.html
And there are tone more...
My point is, it would be nice to have a real unschooling voice out there on
TED. Sandra; would you be up for it? Or Pam? There is a form for anybody to
fill to nominate a speaker:
http://www.ted.com/nominate/speaker We could spread the word in the
community to nominate Sandra for a TED talk.
Claire
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I've been watching some TED videos lately and I find some very interesting;
thought provoking talks.
Recently, I loved Jane McGonigal about Gaming can make a better world
http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world.html
Some really interseting ones about learning include:
The famous one about How schools kill creativity:
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
And the 5 dangerous things you should let your children do
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/gever_tulley_on_5_dangerous_things_for_kids.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/gever_tulley_s_tinkering_school_in_action.html
And there are tone more...
My point is, it would be nice to have a real unschooling voice out there on
TED. Sandra; would you be up for it? Or Pam? There is a form for anybody to
fill to nominate a speaker:
http://www.ted.com/nominate/speaker We could spread the word in the
community to nominate Sandra for a TED talk.
Claire
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Claire Darbaud
More info about speaking at TED, or suggesting a speaker
http://www.ted.com/pages/73
2011/8/16 Claire Darbaud <claire@...>
http://www.ted.com/pages/73
2011/8/16 Claire Darbaud <claire@...>
> Hi there,[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
> I've been watching some TED videos lately and I find some very interesting;
> thought provoking talks.
>
> Recently, I loved Jane McGonigal about Gaming can make a better world
> http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world.html
>
> Some really interseting ones about learning include:
> The famous one about How schools kill creativity:
>
> http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
>
> And the 5 dangerous things you should let your children do
>
> http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/gever_tulley_on_5_dangerous_things_for_kids.html
> http://www.ted.com/talks/gever_tulley_s_tinkering_school_in_action.html
>
> And there are tone more...
> My point is, it would be nice to have a real unschooling voice out there on
> TED. Sandra; would you be up for it? Or Pam? There is a form for anybody to
> fill to nominate a speaker:
> http://www.ted.com/nominate/speaker We could spread the word in the
> community to nominate Sandra for a TED talk.
>
> Claire
>
Sandra Dodd
-=- it would be nice to have a real unschooling voice out there on
TED. Sandra; would you be up for it?-=-
Thanks, Claire.
Theresa Larson nominated me in May because a TED session was being organized in Albuquerque. So I filled in the online forms and got a couple of e-mails back but wasn't chosen. That's really fine with me. I think (but am not positive) that it involves memorizing a talk and presenting it that way, word for word. That's not a skill I have, learning a script like that. They coach the people they choose. So maybe someday.
Right now I'm pretty content doing what I'm doing, with Just Add Light and Stir every day, an online chat on Wednesdays, tootling around responding to online discussions, and speaking here and there now and then.
I'm flattered that you think it would be cool, though. :-)
There are good ideas there, and unschoolers can learn from all that without there being specifically unschoolers in there.
I think Blake Boles might've been working on one, or planning to. He wasn't unschooled, but he's fascinated by and hanging out with unschoolers. :-) He's also young and good looking.
Sandra
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TED. Sandra; would you be up for it?-=-
Thanks, Claire.
Theresa Larson nominated me in May because a TED session was being organized in Albuquerque. So I filled in the online forms and got a couple of e-mails back but wasn't chosen. That's really fine with me. I think (but am not positive) that it involves memorizing a talk and presenting it that way, word for word. That's not a skill I have, learning a script like that. They coach the people they choose. So maybe someday.
Right now I'm pretty content doing what I'm doing, with Just Add Light and Stir every day, an online chat on Wednesdays, tootling around responding to online discussions, and speaking here and there now and then.
I'm flattered that you think it would be cool, though. :-)
There are good ideas there, and unschoolers can learn from all that without there being specifically unschoolers in there.
I think Blake Boles might've been working on one, or planning to. He wasn't unschooled, but he's fascinated by and hanging out with unschoolers. :-) He's also young and good looking.
Sandra
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Claire Darbaud
>That's what I meant by spreading the word. If they gets hundreds of referals
> Theresa Larson nominated me in May because a TED session was being
> organized in Albuquerque. So I filled in the online forms and got a couple
> of e-mails back but wasn't chosen. That's really fine with me. I think (but
> am not positive) that it involves memorizing a talk and presenting it that
> way, word for word. That's not a skill I have, learning a script like that.
> They coach the people they choose. So maybe someday.
>
for you, that might help them see...
I suppose the very limited time you have, ie: the whole talk is under 20
minutes, or even 10 minutes, you really need to craft the talk very
meticulously. It's good that they give coaching help.
I think Blake Boles might've been working on one, or planning to. He wasn't
> unschooled, but he's fascinated by and hanging out with unschoolers. :-)Indeed :-)
> He's also young and good looking.
>
http://vimeo.com/21249033
But you're fascinating too :-)
Claire
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NCMama
~~~I suppose the very limited time you have, ie: the whole talk is under 20 minutes, or even 10 minutes, you really need to craft the talk very meticulously. It's good that they give coaching help.~~~
I was fascinated by the process that happened with the TEDX event here last year. I talked with several of the speakers on our break, and one of them told me how helpful the coaching had been. Here's his talk:
http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDxCharlotte#p/u/17/4d7hAU9p11Y
He said he had really been unsure of what the "theme" of his talk should be, and the coach asked him questions about how the public interacted with his work, and how the communities where his art was built were affected. If you watch his talk, you can see that's the main thrust of his speech: the community created and affected as his art is created. He said it gave him a whole new perspective on his art that he hadn't had before. I *love* that synergy and give-and-take.
I do think being chosen for a local TEDX event is easier than being chosen for the main TED event; many of the speakers at the main event began by speaking locally. The speakers at the event here, even the ones who had not spoken publicly very much, all did a great job, because of the support available to them - and, of course, because of being inspired by what they were speaking about!
If there's a TEDX event in your town, or close to you, I encourage you to apply to attend! The whole thing was inspiring, and what was very interesting to me, is that most people attending here in Charlotte that I spoke to GOT an understanding of unschooling right away, even if they had never heard of it - unlike many people that I mention it to. The folks at the TEDX talk were enthused by it, and saw the possibilities in it.
If you look at the most popular TED talks, they are not all young good-looking speakers - this is one group that seems more focused on the message, rather than the messenger!
Although, Sandra - I do think you're lovely!
Caren
I was fascinated by the process that happened with the TEDX event here last year. I talked with several of the speakers on our break, and one of them told me how helpful the coaching had been. Here's his talk:
http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDxCharlotte#p/u/17/4d7hAU9p11Y
He said he had really been unsure of what the "theme" of his talk should be, and the coach asked him questions about how the public interacted with his work, and how the communities where his art was built were affected. If you watch his talk, you can see that's the main thrust of his speech: the community created and affected as his art is created. He said it gave him a whole new perspective on his art that he hadn't had before. I *love* that synergy and give-and-take.
I do think being chosen for a local TEDX event is easier than being chosen for the main TED event; many of the speakers at the main event began by speaking locally. The speakers at the event here, even the ones who had not spoken publicly very much, all did a great job, because of the support available to them - and, of course, because of being inspired by what they were speaking about!
If there's a TEDX event in your town, or close to you, I encourage you to apply to attend! The whole thing was inspiring, and what was very interesting to me, is that most people attending here in Charlotte that I spoke to GOT an understanding of unschooling right away, even if they had never heard of it - unlike many people that I mention it to. The folks at the TEDX talk were enthused by it, and saw the possibilities in it.
If you look at the most popular TED talks, they are not all young good-looking speakers - this is one group that seems more focused on the message, rather than the messenger!
Although, Sandra - I do think you're lovely!
Caren