Let TED do the Talking Lee Anne Morris Assistant Professor - Coordinator The Eighth Floor Technology Integration Instructional Design

What is TED? Technology Entertainment TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues — in more than 100 languages. Meanwhile, independently run TEDx events help share ideas in communities around the world. Technology Entertainment Design What are TED Talks? TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues — in more than 100 languages. Meanwhile, independently run TEDx events help share ideas in communities around the world.

Why We Like TED . . . ? Why do you like it? List the things you like. Talk about how you use it right now What captures us?

The TED Commandments Thou Shalt Not Simply Trot Out thy Usual Shtick Thou Shalt Dream a Great Dream, or Show Forth a Wondrous New Thing, Or Share Something Thou Hast Never Shared Before Thou Shalt Reveal thy Curiosity and Thy Passion Thou Shalt Tell a Story Thou Shalt Freely Comment on the Utterances of Other Speakers for the Sake of Blessed Connection and Exquisite Controversy Thou Shalt Not Flaunt thine Ego. Be Thou Vulnerable. Speak of thy Failure as well as thy Success. Thou Shalt Not Sell from the Stage: Neither thy Company, thy Goods, thy Writings, nor thy Desperate need for Funding; Lest Thou be Cast Aside into Outer Darkness. Thou Shalt Remember all the while: Laughter is Good. Thou Shalt Not Read thy Speech. Thou Shalt Not Steal the Time of Them that Follow Thee Other reasons why they are great. Why do you think this sort of presentation is valuable in your course? Shared in Tim Longhurst blog post: http://www.timlonghurst.com/blog/2008/05/16/the-ted-commandments-rules-every-speaker-needs-to-know/

How Thinking Works TEDxWilliamsport - Dr. Derek Cabrera - How Thinking Works– Dec 6, 2011 Dr. Derek Cabrera is an internationally recognized expert in metacognition (thinking about thinking), epistemology (the study of knowledge), human and organizational learning, and education. He completed his PhD and post doctoral studies at Cornell University and served as faculty at Cornell and researcher at the Santa Fe Institute. He leads the Cabrera Research Lab, is the author of five books, numerous journal articles, and a US patent. Derek discovered DSRP Theory and in this talk he explains its benefits and the imperative for making it part of every students' life. Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUqRTWCdXt4 Activity with my Academic Strategies Classes

Body Language Amy Cuddy TED Talk - Fake it Till You Make it – July 7, 2016 This is an edited version of Amy Cuddy's 2012 Ted Talk. It is used at a career readiness and confidence workshop monthly hosted by Flourish Wilkes Barre. Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVmMeMcGc0Y Activity with my Academic Strategies Classes

Trust Leaps Rachel Botsman – We have Stopped Trusting Institutions and Started Trusting Strangers – June 2016 Something profound is changing our concept of trust, says Rachel Botsman. “While we used to place our trust in institutions like governments and banks, today we increasingly rely on others, often strangers, on platforms like Airbnb and Uber and through technologies like the block chain. This new era of trust could bring with it a more transparent, inclusive and accountable society — if we get it right. Who do you trust? Video and Google Discussion Form https://goo.gl/forms/lnqBBREbIshgxzX13 Repsonses: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HBRn_FHOqxysCCkfJcQyTBeDzH7qk0DeVeT5Rwc_npU/edit#gid=1140097947

Intovert or Extrovert? That is the question. Eighth Floor Blog http://8thfl.blogspot.com/2015/10/introvert-or-extrovert-is-that-question.html

Social Media is Exposing You Jennifer Golbeck Computer scientist As the director of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab at the University of Maryland, Jennifer Golbeck studies how people use social media — and thinks about ways to improve their interactions Do you like curly fries? Have you Liked them on Facebook? Watch this talk to find out the surprising things Facebook (and others) can guess about you from your random Likes and Shares. Computer scientist Jennifer Golbeck explains how this came about, how some applications of the technology are not so cute — and why she thinks we should return the control of information to its rightful owners. Your Social Media "likes" Expose More Than You Think: https://goo.gl/forms/cZZEH5LxqIq479pb2 Responses: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1j9DStNf9eILhj2XVgaBn-jTi9IGg9sPq41KTfUABuYY/edit#gid=2132561156 Eighth Floor Wiki: http://8thfloorwiki.wikispaces.com/TED+Does+the+Talking

Ideas for Your Classroom? Prime the Pump Spark Conversation Make Ideas Accessible Highlight an Essential Question Make Traditional Lessons Come Alive Learn Presentation Skills One Example: Introvert or Extrovert? Is that the question? Another Example: TED Radio Hour

Big 6 - Research Skills If full length TED Talks are too long for your class time, you might be interested in the TED-ED Brain Trust, a private forum for education that has created short animations, micro-documents, presentations and film clips that are under 10 minutes in length. Subjects include examples of drawing, stop motion, 3D animation, cartoons, nature and music, Lego® mechanisms, slow motion water droplets, and more. Educators and students can also suggest and submit their own creations. For more information and peer advice, see the TED-ED Brain Trust forum. Go to ABOUT in TED ED to see the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQDgE_eJGTM&feature=youtu.be

TED Ed Clubs Bring TED to your classroom with TED-Ed Clubs! TED-Ed Clubs supports students in presenting their big ideas in the form of short TED-style talks. Some students may even end up on the TED stage! http://ed.ted.com/clubs

The TEDx Classroom Project TEDx programs differ from TED Talks in that they are “created in the spirit of TED’s mission, ‘ideas worth spreading,’ … designed to give communities, organizations and individuals the opportunity to stimulate dialogue through TED-like experiences at the local level. TEDx events are fully planned and coordinated independently, on a community-by-community basis.” The TEDx Classroom Project is a comprehensive classroom model for teaching about TED Talks, encouraging ideas, and creating a problem-based curriculum. Tenth-grade English classes were charged with analyzing over 600 TED Talks, then creating, giving, and publishing a five-minute, then answering the question "What Matters (to Me)? in a TED-inspired talk of their own. You can download rules and advice as well as directions to see how the project progressed and visit the TEDx Classroom Project blog to read student and teacher comments.

TED Studies Created in collaboration with Wiley, TED Studies use TED talks as a jumping-off point for a structured educational experience. They're designed to help students, professors, and self-guided learners explore important topics in higher education. On TED.com, each TED Study includes a curated video collection, as well as an introductory essay and summary analysis. An expanded version of TED Studies — including special modules on each talk with questions, assignments, key terms and recommended reading — is available by license for academic settings.

Post TED Talk Give students a task that encourages them to use the ideas or language , etc . from the TED Talk. Interview the speaker–ask the speaker questions based on what you heard. Role play as a journalist and speaker. Students should try to use phrases used to persuade the journalist or make a point. (who-what-when-where-how-why) Explain what you mean– give each student the definition of a difficult word or concept brought up in the video and students discuss asking each other to explain what they mean. Debate– Pick a few controversial statements and divide students in to ‘for’ and ‘against’ teams. They should work together to think of how they are going to justify their points and then have a debate. Write a review– What did they think of the TED talk? Did they agree or disagree with the points made? Was the speaker convincing? Did they find it inspiring? Presentation– Write and present your own talk on a similar topic. Explain to a lower class– How would you explain the ideas in simple terms to a class a level below you? Do Research – find resources and research to prove or disprove the speaker

TED Talks 50 Ted Talks Every Educator Should Check Out (2014) The “Best” TED Talks (Well, Really, The Ones I use with My Classes 12 TED Talks for Teachers to Watch Before 2010 875 TED Talks in a Neat Spreadsheet Teaching With TED (wiki with talks categorized) TED Blog – How Teachers can best use TED Talks in class, from the perspective of a student.

Why We Like TED . . . ?

Find an Idea Worth Sharing Explore something that got your attention Create a TED Account Subscribe to TED and/or TED on YouTube What can you find that I didn’t Curate 3 talks on a topic Brave Ideas! Plan something for you or your students. Share your IDEA! https://goo.gl/forms/zXSo60dTNMMvV7PA3

TED is not the only game in town Ignite are a series of talks, available online, that are somewhat similar to TED Talks. Presenters get 20 slides and five minutes to make their point. It’s somewhat similar to Pecha Kucha presentations. The topics do not appear to generally be as wide-ranging as TED Talks, and seem to be more “geeky,” but some look pretty interesting. Big Think has over 600 engaging interviews with “thought leaders.” In many ways, it is similar to TED Talks. One nice advantage is that they host the talks on their site, so it should get through school content filters. https://www.njea.org/news-and-publications/njea-review/january-2012/teducation

Resources & Parting Ideas https://delicious.com/lamorris/TED

What Do We Teach? Classes that focus on integrating Technology in teaching and learning and taking risks in high impact areas. Creating Content Workshop SOL Training Web 2.0 and then some Google Stuff Photoshop, In-Design, Publisher Productivity/Microsoft Smart and Promethean Online and Blended/Flipped Learning Full class Schedule http://eighthfloor.org/