complex thinking + tedx classroom project, upper arlington, oct 18, 2010

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complex thinking --> ted + tedx classroom project

toby fischer | @futureofeduchristian long | @christianlong

meredith melragon | @meredithmbe playful design | @beplayful

21c education | upper arlington school upper arlington | october 15, 2010

Contact info:

Toby Fischer: tfischer@uaschools.org or @futureofedu (via Twitter)Christian Long: christian@beplayfuldesign.com or @christianlong (via Twitter)Meredith Melragon: meredith@beplayfuldesign.com or @meredithm (via Twitter)Be Playful Design: http://beplayfuldesign.com/ or @beplayful (via Twitter)

tedideas worth sharing, global classroom

Link to site: www.ted.com

Links:

Sir Ken Robinsonʼs TED Talk --> “Schools Kill Creativity” http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html --> also, check out his follow-up talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/sir_ken_robinson_bring_on_the_revolution.html

Jamie Oliverʼs TED Talk --> “TED Prize Wish: Teach Every Child About Food” http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/jamie_oliver.html

Joachim de Posadaʼs TED Talk --> “Donʼt Eat the Marshmallow”

Link to video: http://www.ted.com/talks/joachim_de_posada_says_don_t_eat_the_marshmallow_yet.html

Link:  h+p://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/dan_barber_how_i_fell_in_love_with_a_fish.html

Link:  h+p://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/david_byrne_how_architecture_helped_music_evolve.html

asking  the  big  ques@onscould we ‘go to’ ted? for free? now?

Link: http://tedxproject.wordpress.com/

Christian Long | Be Playful Design Gibsonburg Schools | Gibsonburg, OH | Oct 11, 2010

Link: http://tedxproject.wordpress.com/student-blog-posts/

meet  majora  ”macarthur-winning activist”green the ghetto

Majora Carterʼs TED Talk --> “Greening the Ghetto”:

Link to video: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/majora_carter_s_tale_of_urban_renewal.html

Link to site: http://www.majoracartergroup.com/

Link: http://www.facebook.com/majoracarter

meet  daniellastudent, poet, activist

Video of Daniella + team performing --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e_NyzTPzLk

daniella’s  ques@on:how do i build an audience?

a  larger  ques@on:what truly matters to you?

meet  rivesdef poetry jam, world-class slam poet

Rivesʼ TED Talk --> “If I Controlled the Internet”

Link to video: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/rives_controls_the_internet.html

classroom  as  stageauthentic feedback, real-time experts

Daniella + Rives pt 1 --> Daniella performs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1jKQYZ5hoU

Daniella + Rives pt 2 --> Rives offers feedback: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pjk0puwCf90&feature=related

Daniella + Rives pt 3 --> Daniella performs again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3YIWpnK0AY&feature=related

what  does  this  mean?for our kids? for us? for our schools?

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so...how do we design school as a platform?