Inspiration with TED! Using to wow your students Claire Hunter

Overview What is Use the clip Use the content listening reading writing speaking

What is Technology, Entertainment, Design Speakers asked to give ‘the talk of their life’ in 18 minutes or less. Nowadays the scope is much broader

The Website

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”

Reading Prediction before listening Ordering tasks Writing questions for other students Use the transcript type of talkspeakercontent Use blog.ted.com or ideas.ted.com

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

What is he going to talk about? Who is he talking about? Which country has the biggest problem with obesity? Where was he working? Food in America – unhealthy American children (overweight – adj., obese – adj.) 1. America 2. England The most unhealthy state – West Virginia Jamie Oliver talked about unhealthy food in America. He spoke about American children who are overweight or obese. The countries with the biggest problem are America and England. America is number one, and England is number two. Jamie worked in America, in West Virginia. It is the most unhealthy state.

Speaking Pronunciation

pinterest.com/tednews/ facebook.com/TED twitter.com/tedtalks twitter.com/TEDRadioHour Quotes

“I said, ‘Don, what’s sustainable about feeding chicken to fish?’” — Dan Barber Dan Barber: How I fell in love with a fish

Speaking Pronunciation Presentation skills Dramatic reading of a poem compare presentation styles Storytelling transform data into a presentation improve a presentation complete a presentation Analysis of real speech

Rives tells a story of mixed emoticons

Terry Moore: How to tie your shoes

Speaking Pronunciation Presentation skills Dramatic reading of a poem compare presentation styles Functional language Storytelling transform data into a presentation improve a presentation complete a presentation Analysis of real speech

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 privateNon-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

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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

Matt Cutts: Try something new for 30 days

Useful Websites esltedtalks.blogspot.com ed.ted.com TED on Facebook, Pinterest and Twitter tedxesl.com blog.ted.com ideas.ted.com npr.org/programs/ted-radio-hour ted.com/read/ted-studies

Claire Hunter