This document discusses a Ted + Tedx classroom project that connects students to ideas and experts from the Ted and Tedx platforms. It provides contact information for project leads and links to several Ted talks related to education, food, architecture, urban renewal, and poetry. It describes how the project brings Ted speakers like Majora Carter and Rives into classrooms for live feedback sessions with student poets and activists. The project aims to open up new opportunities for students by designing schools as platforms that provide access to real-world experts and audiences.

1. complex thinking --> ted + tedx classroom project
toby fischer | @futureofedu
christian long | @christianlong 21c education | upper arlington school
meredith melragon | @meredithm upper arlington | october 15, 2010
be playful design | @beplayful
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tywak/2940732187/
Contact info:
Toby Fischer: tfischer@uaschools.org or @futureofedu (via Twitter)
Christian Long: christian@beplayfuldesign.com or @christianlong (via Twitter)
Meredith Melragon: meredith@beplayfuldesign.com or @meredithm (via Twitter)
Be Playful Design: http://beplayfuldesign.com/ or @beplayful (via Twitter)

2. ted
ideas worth sharing, global classroom

3. Link to site: www.ted.com

4. Links:
Sir Ken Robinsonʼs TED Talk --> “Schools Kill Creativity” http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html -->
also, check out his follow-up talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/sir_ken_robinson_bring_on_the_revolution.html
Jamie Oliverʼs TED Talk --> “TED Prize Wish: Teach Every Child About Food” http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/jamie_oliver.html

5. Joachim de Posadaʼs TED Talk --> “Donʼt Eat the Marshmallow”
Link to video: http://www.ted.com/talks/joachim_de_posada_says_don_t_eat_the_marshmallow_yet.html

7. Link:
h+p://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/dan_barber_how_i_fell_in_love_with_a_fish.html

8. Link:
h+p://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/david_byrne_how_architecture_helped_music_evolve.html

9. asking
the
big
ques@ons
could we ‘go to’ ted? for free? now?

10. Link: http://tedxproject.wordpress.com/

11. Christian Long | Be Playful Design Gibsonburg Schools | Gibsonburg, OH | Oct 11, 2010
Link: http://tedxproject.wordpress.com/student-blog-posts/

12. meet
majora
”macarthur-winning activist”
green the ghetto

15. Majora Carterʼs TED Talk --> “Greening the Ghetto”:
Link to video: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/majora_carter_s_tale_of_urban_renewal.html

16. Link to site: http://www.majoracartergroup.com/

17. Link: http://www.facebook.com/majoracarter

18. meet
daniella
student, poet, activist

20. Video of Daniella + team performing --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e_NyzTPzLk

21. daniella’s
ques@on:
how do i build an audience?

23. a
larger
ques@on:
what truly matters to you?

24. meet
rives
def poetry jam, world-class slam poet

26. Rivesʼ TED Talk --> “If I Controlled the Internet”
Link to video: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/rives_controls_the_internet.html

27. classroom
as
stage
authentic feedback, real-time experts

30. Daniella + Rives pt 1 --> Daniella performs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1jKQYZ5hoU
Daniella + Rives pt 2 --> Rives offers feedback: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pjk0puwCf90&feature=related
Daniella + Rives pt 3 --> Daniella performs again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3YIWpnK0AY&feature=related

31. what
does
this
mean?
for our kids? for us? for our schools?

32. 32

33. so...how do we design school as a platform?