In 1984, a conference was held where technology, entertainment, and design converged. This brought about the creation of the TED Platform. TED Talk has been well known for sharing “ideas worth spreading,” just as their motto states. They live up to this reputation through speeches such as Sir Ken Robinson’s talk about schools killing creativity. However, what made Robinson’s speech worth spreading? Sir Ken Robinson’s talk became so popular because of the general acceptance of school corruption throughout society. This struck people to respond with their own personal viewpoints of school systems. Although, Robinson’s points were similar in many ways to my own, his approach towards solutions could have been more elaborate.
To give a detailed break down, it is best to begin with how Robinson’s speech became so popular. Obviously, speeches become popular when they are favorable, or sweet sounding to the audiences ears. However, what made Robinson’s speech so favorable? His speech was liked so much because he addressed schools limiting students abilities (Robinson). It has been well known that people are not completely satisfied with the current educational system, so it is easy to agree with his points. People also have a tendency to want to complain about something, so his speech gave them license to complain.
However, the general acceptance of his topic was not the only reason why it was liked. Robinson gave very well-thought and respectable points during his speech. For example, Robinson addressed schooling systems killing creativity by teaching people to be afraid of being wrong. As Robinson pointed out, “children are not afraid to tackle problems they are unfamiliar with.” He explained through a story about when a kid in a pla...
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...ive, they all generally agreed with his statements. As a result, his TED talk video became very popular and obtained over twenty-five million views (Robinson). His funny sense of humor, mesmerizing accent, and well thought supporting details allowed nearly everyone to agree with his speech, which is not an easy task. Sir Ken Robinson is a character that truly represents TED Talk’s “ideas worth spreading.”
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Today there are many defects acquiring as well as up rising in the academic field as teachers and parents alike teach a student and aid the needs these students need. The entire Ted talk is presented by RSA animation an interesting format not at all the usual Ted presentation. As well as not the only Ted presentation, Sir Ken Robinson has presented. As Sir Robinson conveys his thoughts and studies his words guide the animation in a very impressive visual. Sir Robinson will be conversing about three troubling trends: rising drop-out rates, schools' dwindling stake in the arts, and ADHD. RSA animation successfully presented a visual presentation simple and complicated at the same time that vividly guides the viewer on a journey with Sir Ken Robinson as the tour guide.
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First of all, I found his speech interesting because of his use of self-examples to deliver to the audiences the message of how he could succeed. This is influential because his stories are real, connect to other
...anged those around him and changed the way people lived their lives. Robinson was someone who worked for a cause not only for himself, but also for his fellow Negroes, and his country. His work for civil rights not only came when he had to provoke a change for his advancement, but even after he had advanced, he did not forget his fellow Negroes. His acts in the 1950's, 1960's and shortly in the 1970's has helped and influenced America to end segregation and racism in the world.
The American system of education is considered to be one of the most progressive in the world. One of the surveys on attitudes toward teaching around the world found that the United States is unique in its strong emphasis on "good teaching." My experience at State College has helped me to understand better how this system works, and what methods and techniques American teachers use to motivate their students for creative and active learning. However, I can also see that this system doesn’t work perfectly in every classroom. Reading Ernest Boyer’s article “Creativity in the Classroom” helped me with my understanding of the main problem that nowadays exists with the American college education system. According to the author, the problem is that teachers and students don’t see each other as one team doing the same business; therefore, in most classrooms the process of learning becomes a boring procedure instead of being mind-blowing. Moreover, reading this article, I could analyze the reasons of this problem that the author identifies through my own experiences at State College.
His impact on sports was huge, but he only affected the athletes and fans for the most part. Also, it made a very positive impact, but for no real significant purpose for the entirety of society. Sports are nothing but entertainment for fans that are not on the teams or in the organizations, and this effect did not have a significant effect on their lifestyles. Robinson left a substantial mark on other areas of American society though, that have much more meaning to society as a whole such as the military and human rights. According to Lomax (1999), the theme throughout Robinson’s career was “the utilization of his role as a pioneer to eliminate racial barriers” (para. 47). This role went beyond just being a pioneer in
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A.S Neill, the writer and the founder of the this book and school has a strong belief that school should be like a place to fit children instead of a place where students have to fit for school. According to Neil, he thinks it is wrong to build a schoo...
By using the topic of public school systems disregarding creativity he can persuade the viewers to want to take action. In the middle of his speech, he points out how every education system in the entire world is based on a ranking of subjects. When Robinson talked about the rankings of classes he had two main topics that he made sure to talk about. One being, the ranking is based on the most useful subjects are at the top of the list. He brought up how children have driven away from certain activities that they enjoyed because were raised to believe that those businesses will not create a successful job in the future. For example, if a child were gifted at playing the guitar and liked it, he or she would be guided away from the activity because there is no promise to have a successful career as a musician. This point was followed up by talking about how the entire rankings are based on one's academic ability. The school knowledge has come to take over our view of what intelligence is because universities are designed with just one image in mind. He makes this clear when he says Because of this child who are gifted and talented are being turned away by multiple colleges because the only thing they excelled at in school, did not matter. This leads to the audience to believe in all of the aggravating points Sir Ken
I am entirely certain that twenty years from now we will look back at education as it is practiced in most schools today and wonder how we could have tolerated anything so primitive. The pieces of the educational revolution are lying around unassembled."
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When creativity flourishes in the minds of the citizens in any specific culture, begins to grow in bigger and better ways because of the different problem-solving methods people can come up with. The different ways that people can solve problems is by thinking differently than other people and having that edge where everyone can showcase their talents to help further the whole culture. A cooperative environment is where ideas tend to flourish because of the need for consistent new ideas and ways to solve problems. Davidson even states, “crowdsourcing means inviting a group to collaborate on a solution for a problem” (51). With her iPod experiment, underway they were “crowdsourcing educational innovation for a digital age for [their] incoming students,” (Davidson 51) which in the end led to many innovative uses for the iPods. This was not even seen as anything close to an educational device. This view of allowing people to work together and to work on a common goal allowed for more ideas to be heard when everyone was working towards the same achievement. This allows for people who look at the world in an original sense. To succeed because more creative ideas would be shot down when being pitched by one person. However, when collaborating and refining creative ideas they can be used to help lead the country towards greater success. Schools are beginning to understand that not everyone learns the same way also by accepting that fact that not all students learn the same way and are beginning to apply new technology. By applying these newer technologies in the classroom less students will feel uninterested in the topics at hand and will begin to work in a more cooperative environment. Students will feel more intrigued and will not cause the class to stop to help them with their problems. The increase in the prominence in the amount of