"we're building a clearinghouse of free knowledge from the world's most inspired thinkers - and a community of curious souls to engage with ideas and each other"
How can you help but cheer?
So I thought I'd write about TED, partly as a tribute, and partly to find out your favourites, the wonderful things you've stumbled across in your own browsing.
Last month I posted Ursus Wehrli's talk about Tidying Art and this month, I thought I'd restrict myself to "words" and "education." First up is Erin McKean's short talk on Making Up New Words:
(She gives a wonderful longer talk on lexicography here - just as delightful.)
And for "education" - it's got to be Ken Robinson, and it's difficult to choose just one. I've gone for the 2013 talk How to Escape Education's Death Valley for no better reason than I like his hair that colour ...
(But really, I'd listen to him read the phone book.)
I know I don't know the half of TED treasure - point me towards the ones you like, and we'll be curious souls together!
Joan Lennon's website.
Joan Lennon's blog.
Silver Skin.
4 comments:
Years ago, I was a school governer, and Ken Robinson came to talk to Somerset governers about the arts in education. He was absolutely brilliant. The only other speaker I remember who was as riveting, totally without the use of technology, but just because he had so much to say that was interesting and well-said, was David Crystal, the specialist on the English language. But Ken was funnier.
Ken Robinson occasionally visited a Drama in Education course I was on. He was - and is still - a compelling and deeply thoughtful speaker with a wide view of education and the value of the arts. That's one of my favourite TED talks too.
There are many great Ted Talks. A few of my favorites are:
Paleontologist Jack Horner's two talks:
Where are all the baby dinosaurs:
https://www.ted.com/talks/jack_horner_shape_shifting_dinosaurs?language=en
Building a dinosaur out of chicken bones:
https://www.ted.com/talks/jack_horner_building_a_dinosaur_from_a_chicken?language=en
Also Oliver Sacks talk about halucinations:
https://www.ted.com/talks/oliver_sacks_what_hallucination_reveals_about_our_minds?language=en
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