7 posts tagged “video”
I saw this video a few weeks ago and have thought about it quite often since. With all of our attention focused on global warming and war and rising gas prices and who does or doesn't have a nuclear bomb, we tend to miss the fact that the world is changing exponentially around us. If you haven't already seen this, take a look.
Originally via Robert Scoble via Twitter.
Originally via Robert Scoble via Twitter.
Neil Postman once said: "Children enter school as question marks and come out as periods." Picasso noted: "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up."
Here's education expert and creativity guru Sir Ken Robinson speaking at TED. He believes "we are educating people out of their creativity." Based on personal experience alone, I couldn't agree more.
Despite going to a very good public school in a top-ranked school system, my elementary years were especially rough. I was restless, imaginative, and easily bored. I questioned authority. Loved to make people laugh. Refused to accept obvious answers when others were available. And, not surprisingly, ended up in trouble quite often. If I was a teacher trying to make it through the day as easily as possible I probably wouldn't have had much patience for me, either.
Those very same traits that got me in trouble way back then, however, puts dinner in front of my family today.
I had some very good teachers, don't get me wrong. Some even inspired me. But the school system itself tried to break me. Just like it tried to break you.
My guess is there are a lot of creative people out there with the exact same story.
Do watch this video. It's an entertaining and infomative twenty minutes. And if you have kids, or work around kids, or ever plan to have kids, it's important stuff.
Here's education expert and creativity guru Sir Ken Robinson speaking at TED. He believes "we are educating people out of their creativity." Based on personal experience alone, I couldn't agree more.
Despite going to a very good public school in a top-ranked school system, my elementary years were especially rough. I was restless, imaginative, and easily bored. I questioned authority. Loved to make people laugh. Refused to accept obvious answers when others were available. And, not surprisingly, ended up in trouble quite often. If I was a teacher trying to make it through the day as easily as possible I probably wouldn't have had much patience for me, either.
Those very same traits that got me in trouble way back then, however, puts dinner in front of my family today.
I had some very good teachers, don't get me wrong. Some even inspired me. But the school system itself tried to break me. Just like it tried to break you.
My guess is there are a lot of creative people out there with the exact same story.
Do watch this video. It's an entertaining and infomative twenty minutes. And if you have kids, or work around kids, or ever plan to have kids, it's important stuff.
I just love this video created by Michael Wesch, an assistant professor of cultural anthropology at Kansas State University. Just today, I had two conversations (one via email) about how tags have changed everything. Even if you know all about Web 2.0, take a look at this video. I find it inspiring.
This is pretty cool.
My favorite video of the week. Have you seen this?
One-take Donny does it again.
