Sir Ken Robinson Ted Talk

TED Talk Day: Watch Sir Ken Robinson video--Blog 1

Response


Some of Sir Ken Robinson's speaking points


Creativity is as important as literacy...


If you are not prepared to be wrong you won't come up with anything original...


We're are educating people out of their creativity...


Output of public education to produce university professors...


Education predicated on academic ability...


Kids with degrees are doing nothing, academic inflation...


Intelligence is dynamic, brain very interactive...


Intelligence is distinct, everyone discovers their talents differently...


Adopt new conception of human ecology...


We need to celebrate gift of imagination and use it wisely...


1. What are your take-aways from this video?
Sir Ken Robinson brought up some very interesting points and certainly some that relate to Daniel Pink's A Whole New Mind.  I thought it was fascinating when he said we are teaching creativity out of people because of the fear we have instilled about being wrong.  This really meant a lot to me because I have definitely felt this way before.  Even doing my sentence for English class, I revised it and "played it safe" so to speak so that I wouldn't be wrong in the eyes of my peers.  This presentation also helped me to realize that our education system is really fit for one kind of intelligence and one kind of learner.  I didn't appreciate that before since I am the kind of student that fits that mold.  I believe that we are unable to discover everyone's true potential because of this flaw in the system.  Also, I found it interesting when he talked about people receiving a college degree and then being unable to find a job due to, "academic inflation."  I have often thought that it was unnecessary for everyone to receive a college degree.  Often times, people with a creative gift can use that gift to make a very reasonable living.
2. What are the speaker's effective speaking techniques?
Sir Ken Robinson did an excellent job delivering his speech.  He kept his message simple, related all of his points back to one main idea, and injected humor into his delivery.  The audience was very engaged in his presentation because it was well paced and because of his clever sense of humor.  He never diverted from the point he was trying to make and his message was very simple and easy to comprehend.  All of these techniques made his presentation very audience friendly!
3. What is his/her presentation style?
Sir Ken Robinson didn't have a very interactive presentation, but yet his audience was still engaged.  He was able to get away with a non-interactive presentation because he had a non-interactive audience.  Also, although he didn't move around very much at all, he still made eye contact with numerous audience members.
4. What matters from this video? How does it connect to you personally? To education? To the world?
This video definitely had an impact on me, being a student in the present day.  It brought up a lot of points that made sense to me and applied to my situation.  I don't agree with Sir Ken Robinson when he said that all children are born artists and the question is if they remain artists after going through our education system.  I believe that students who are right minded won't lose their right mindedness no matter how or what they are taught.  They will forever be creative and their right minded nature will contribute to society.