What kinds of ideas about presentation skills did you think about as Sir ken robinson presented his ideas about education? How could you incorporate what you saw into your own TED talk?
In Sir Ken Robinson's TED Talk, I learned many valuable lessons about presenting in front of an audience. For instance, you have to relate to them; lighten the tension, make them laugh a bit, all while clearly getting your information across. He clearly knew his material and was extremely comfortable in front of people (something I dearly need to work on). I could incorporate what I learned by becoming so familiar with my topic that words just flow out of me. Thankfully guitar is something I can talk for hours about!
How did sir ken robinson's talk resonate with you? How might/might not genius hour support ken robinson's ideas about how to change education?
Sir Ken's talk resonated deeply with me. Recently, I read a book entitled "The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way. In this book, it describes a test--PISA--developed to test children's ability to critically think. The author followed three completely different students in their foreign exchange programs for a school year. One girl went to Finland--THE smartest country in the world. One boy, Korea, and the other boy, Poland. It side-by-side compared America's way of going about education and the other countries. I'll leave at America really needs to get with the program.
Genius Hour teaches children to critically think. In America, most kids are lazy. Most teachers are lazy. Don't get me wrong, there are the stellar teachers, but there needs to be more. We need to teach our youths to think for ourselves, not just copy answers from one sheet of paper to another. I'll admit it, I'm guilty of not doing all of my work because I'm too tired, or too busy. In the end guilt takes over and I do it, but I wish all kids in my school--in my country--were like that. Genius Hour, especially these blog posts, teach children to actually use their brains and catch a glimpse of why other countries are rising in education while we are falling.
Genius Hour teaches children to critically think. In America, most kids are lazy. Most teachers are lazy. Don't get me wrong, there are the stellar teachers, but there needs to be more. We need to teach our youths to think for ourselves, not just copy answers from one sheet of paper to another. I'll admit it, I'm guilty of not doing all of my work because I'm too tired, or too busy. In the end guilt takes over and I do it, but I wish all kids in my school--in my country--were like that. Genius Hour, especially these blog posts, teach children to actually use their brains and catch a glimpse of why other countries are rising in education while we are falling.