Shanta R. Nathwani, B.Com., MCP

Category: TED Tuesdays

#TEDTuesday – Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution!

Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution! | Video on TED.com.

As many of you know, I’ve been doing some courses at Athabasca University. One of the assignments has given me new drive to do the #TEDTuesday feature once again, and I’ve found a great focus in Education and Technology specifically. I know these are two of the three letters that are TED, but really, I’m showing where they meet and how they change the way we learn… and teach.

Here once again is the infamous Sir Ken Robinson. A great storyteller, very entertaining and extremely inspiring.

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July 30, 2013
#TEDTuesday – Ken Robinson: How to escape education’s death valley

I have been learning about the American legislation “No Child Left Behind”. Sir Ken Robinson gives an interesting spin on it and says that they are basing it only on the STEM areas. But it should include the arts, physical education and humanities as well.

Teachers shouldn’t just simply teach. They may not be actually fulfilling the duty of teaching. They need to encourage learning. This idea is similar to the idea that Sugata Mitra proposed in his talk that I presented a few weeks ago.

He also talks about the irony of alternative schools being called “alternative” because of the personal touch that these schools apply to their students. These are students that were either at risk of leaving school or had left and this method is meant to encourage them to stay. Why is this alternative and not the norm?

Sir Ken Robinson is entertaining as ever. I hope you enjoy as much as I did.

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July 23, 2013
#TEDTuesday Sir Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity
For those that don’t know, I’m taking a few courses at Athabasca University to bump my GPA for admission to my Master’s Degree in Educational Technologies. I have figured out in recent years that this is a passion of mine and so many of my posts will be centred around educational technologies with a little assistive technology thrown in for good measure. I’m also a teacher, so I’m constantly looking for things that will get my students blood pumping and get their drive up. I think this is a good candidate.

In my previous posts, I presented talks by Sugata Mitra. He has curated his Top 5 TED Talks on Education is there a generic cialis. Though not all of them struck me, this one by Sir Ken Robinson did. It is one of the first talks recorded and is still relevant today. I’m going to be adding this to my course for sure.

https://embed-ssl.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
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July 16, 2013
#TED Tuesday Sugata Mitra: Build a School in the Cloud

This is a video I found while studying for my course at Athabasca University in Computer Based Learning (EDPY 479). I posted one from him just last week and I don’t think there is anything Sugata Mitra can’t accomplish. When I’ve written the full assignment, I’ll probably post that too.

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July 9, 2013
#TEDTuesday Sugata Mitra shows how kids teach themselves

I remember watching this one a number of years ago and was absolutely astounded. Definitely one of my favourites.

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July 2, 2013