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Inspiration with TED!Using www.ted.com to wow your students
Claire Hunter
Overview
What is www.ted.com?
Use the clip
Use the content
listening readingwritingspeaking
What is www.ted.com?
Technology, Entertainment, Design
Speakers asked to give ‘the talk of their life’ in18 minutes or less.
Nowadays the scope is much broader
Use the clip
The speaker’s words
The presentation and delivery
Listening
Second-hand presentations
Jigsaw listening
Practice listening for data
Practice for IELTS section 4
‘Bingo’ activities
Language focus
Arthur Benjamin does “Mathemagic”
http://www.ted.com/talks/arthur_benjamin_does_mathemagic.html
Reading
Prediction before listening
Ordering tasks
Writing questions for other students
Use the transcript
type of talk speaker content
Writing
Summary writing
Report based on the data in the talk
Essay based on the speaker’s arguments & evidence
Register transformation spoken > written
Language focus
Punctuate the transcript
Jamie Oliver’s TEDPrize wish: Teach every child about food
Predict the answer
Watch video and write down answer
Transform answers into full sentences
Write a summary
Watch it again at home
Summary questions for each section of the talk
SpeakingPronunciation
TED quotes
“I said, ‘Don, what’s sustainable about feeding chicken to fish?’” — Dan Barber
Dan Barber: How I fell in love with a fish
TED quotes
Dan Barber: How I fell in love with a fish
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/dan_barber_how_i_fell_in_love_with_a_fish.html
SpeakingPronunciation
Presentation skills
Dramatic reading of a poem
compare presentation styles
Storytelling
transform data into a presentation
improve a presentationcomplete a presentation
Analysis of real speech
Rives tells a story of mixed emoticons
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/rives_tells_a_story_of_mixed_emoticons.html
SpeakingPronunciation
Presentation skills
Dramatic reading of a poem
compare presentation styles
Functional languageStorytelling
transform data into a presentation
improve a presentationcomplete a presentation
Analysis of real speech
Terry Moore: How to tie your shoes
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/terry_moore_how_to_tie_your_shoes.html
MoonYoung Choi: How to fold a t-shirt
MoonYoung Choi: How to fold a t-shirt
Use the content
Creative writing
drama
General discussion of the issues raised
solving problems
poem
counter-arguments
Take the idea further
story
Essay/report/presentation writing
Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity
Design an education system that won’t ‘kill creativity’
‘Integrated Knowledge’Public, not private Non-discriminatory system
Primary – strong focus in all areas: arts, sports, sciences, languages
Secondary – main focus in one area, but continuous support and encouragement in all areas
Art for scientists, science for artists etc.
Tertiary – various, equally weighted options, including art school, technical college, university
Strong focus on continuing education and ‘multi-path curricula
Projects
design a robot
Design projects
Projects
design a poster to illustrate the talk
design a community project
design a robot
Design projects
RSAnimate
http://www.thersa.org/events/video/animate/rsa-animate-changing-paradigms
Projects
design a poster to illustrate the talk
design a community project
design a robot
Design projects
Have your own mini TED event
Video log/blog/diary
Matt Cutts: Try something new for 30 days
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/matt_cutts_try_something_new_for_30_days.html
Matt Cutts: Try something new for 30 days
Useful Websites
esltedtalks.blogspot.com
teachingwithted.pbworks.com
education.ted.com
www.ted.com/conversations
TED on facebook
Claire Hunter