inspiration with ted! using to wow your students claire hunter

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

The Website

www.ted.com

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

r.claire.hunter@gmail.com