UTILIZING TECHNOLOGY TO CONSTRUCT
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Brian
H E L L O
My name is
I AM A
GEEK
BRIAN
BRAIN
“THE GEEK”
BRIAN
JOHNSON
GEEKNERD
NERD
Someone
who is
passionate
about
learning,
being smart,
or academia.
GEEK
Someone
who is
passionate
about some
particular
area or
subject,
often an
obscure or
difficult one.
GEEKSHAVE INHERITED
THE EARTH
It is OK
to be smart.
It is GREAT
to be smart.
It is AWESOME
to be smart.
#BestYearEver
19771977
PREPARING STUDENTS
FOR THE FUTURE TODAY
bit.ly/lexprin
Principal Gerry Brooks - Lexington, Kentucky
http://bit.ly/gt-office
REPORT TO
THE PRINCIPAL’S
OFFICE
TODAY TOMORROW
TO
ACCESS
WHAT 3 WORDS
COME TO MIND?
GO TO MENTI.COM
AND USE THE CODE
25 82 31
3
2
1
Words
Questions
Metaphor
2005
Stay hungry.
Stay foolish.
IQ = Curiosity + Effort
(von Stumm, Hell, and Camorro-Premuzic, 2011)
“I have no
special
talent.
I am only
passionately
curious.”
EXPLORE
THE GARDEN
CONTENT
DON’T FORGET PODCASTS
CREATE
(Resnick, 1996)
NOT
Stereos
Pianos
diy.org
Creativity is just
connecting things.
When you ask creative people
how they did something, they
feel a little guilty because they
didn’t really do it, they just saw
something. It seemed obvious
to them after a while. 

That’s because they were able
to connect experiences they’ve
had and SYNTHESIZE
new things.
- Steve Jobs, 1995
OPPORTUNITY
1988
MASSIVE
OPEN
ONLINE
COURSES
iTunes U
SUPERHERO SCIENCE
Suggested meeting time: 30-60 minutes (Some of you may choose to combine
this meeting with meeting #2.)

!
Before the meeting:
● Create a TED-Ed (ed.ted.com) account if you haven’t already. All members
over 13 should aim to have their own account. 

● Watch the first TED-Ed Club Lesson (http://ed.ted.com/on/vaY6FipN). Your
group can choose to do this before or during the meeting.
!
Guiding questions
● What is your name? How would you describe yourself? What are three
things you are passionate about? 

● What do you and your club members hope to get out of your TED-Ed Club
experience?

!
Materials
● A device to take pictures

● Index cards

● Pens

● Copies of this guidebook (one for each member)

!
Meeting activities
● Take a few minutes to create a name badge on an index card. Write your
name and at least 3 things that you are passionate about.

● Gather in small groups and introduce yourself to your fellow club members.
Learn each other’s names and get to know each other. 

● Share your reasons for joining a TED-ED Club with the group. Let people
know what you’re interested in and what you’re passionate about. This will
help your club members give meaningful feedback when you begin
developing your presentation idea.

!
What will you have created by the end of your meeting?
A name badge that lists 3 things you are passionate about. You will bring this to
future meetings so that everyone in the club knows your name and interests. 

!
After meeting #1:
● Browse through the TED Talks (www.ted.com) /TED-Ed Lessons (ed.ted.com)
to find ideas that speak to your passions. 

● Facilitator: Please send a photo of the name badges from different club
members to TED-Ed at TEDEdClubs@ted.com.

6
#1 Introduction week: What’s your passion?
It’s tough to give a good presentation on a topic that you’re not passionate about! This meeting is
all about getting to know your fellow club members and spending some time identifying and
articulating the ideas that motivate each member of your group. Later on, each club member will
present and record their own idea worth spreading in the form of a short TED-style Talk.
I have seen the future,
and it is called
CARDBOARD
google.com/edu/expeditions
google.com/edu/expeditions
BRING
THE WORLD
INTO YOUR CLASSROOM
BRING
THE WORLD
INTO YOUR CLASSROOM
education.microsoft.com/SkypeInTheClassroom
RESPONSIBILITY
With great power comes
great responsibility
NEWS
FLASH
LEFT TO
THEIR OWN
DEVICES
CRITICAL
CONSUMERS
RESPONSIBLE
PRODUCERS
futurecasting.org
http://www.animationmagazine.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Pixar-Creativity-Inc-post.jpg
FAILUREisn’t a necessary evil.
In FACT, it isn’t EVIL at all.
It is a NECESSARY
consequence of doing
something NEW.
- Ed Catmull
Perfectionism
PROCRASTINATION
PARALYSIS
NO ONE - not Walt, not Steve, not the people of Pixar -
ever achieved creative success by clinging to what used to work.
LEARN
TO FAIL
If you are
impatient
then this may
not be the
gAme for you
DO YOU HAVE
A WEBSITE?
Googleable
NECESSITY
“We don’t
have the option
of turning away
from the future.
No one gets to
vote on whether
technology is
going to change
our lives.”
Bill Gates 	
The Road Ahead
What is Internet?
@
“Every generation of
teenagers embraces
the freedoms and
possibilities wrought
by technology in ways
that shock the elders.”
Time		
March	27,	2006
PREPARING STUDENTS
FOR THE FUTURE TODAY
First	electricity,	
now	telephones.	
Sometimes	I	
feel	as	if	I	were	
living	in	an	
H.G.	Wells	
novel.
ITECH
M
E
A
N
I
N
G
RIGOR
VIGOR
DON’T BE THAT TEACHER!
MAKING PEOPLE
CARE
The Secret is….
ABOUT EDUCATION
Columbia
County
Schools
2016-2017
WHO IS
TELLING
YOUR STORY?
Story
1977
http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20150325213755/disney/images/e/eb/SpaceMountainVintagePoster.jpg
Magical and
Meaningful
>
THE INTERNET IS
AN INFINITELY
POWERFUL PEN.
DOn’T BE AFRAID TO
TELL the world
your story
ACCESS
CREATE
OPPORTUNITY
RESPONSIBILITY
NECESSITY
ACCESS
CREATE
OPPORTUNITY
RESPONSIBILITY
NECESSITY
A
C
O
R
N
ACORN
From little acorns
grow mighty oaks.
YOU
#BestYearEver
Dear Future Self,
SHORT
MEDIUM
LONG
DO.
OR DO NOT.
The way to get
started is to
quit talking and
begin doing.
Our greatest national
resource is the minds of
our children.
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/bb/71/3f/bb713fcfaf852f41d8f58e04f37f160a.
100Rohit Talwar
Today’s children will most likely have to work until the age of
at 40 DIFFERENT JOBS
September 12, 1962
Rice University
July 21, 1969
The Moon
DYSTOPIA
Everything is
amazing....
and nobody’s happy.
Louis C.K.
IT’S TIME
TO TAKE
THE FUTURE
BACK!
There's a great big beautiful tomorrow,
Shining at the end of every day,
There's a great big beautiful tomorrow,
And tomorrow's just a dream away.
Curiosity
Confidence
Courage
Constancy
http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Tinker_Bell
We keep moving forward,
opening new doors, and
doing new things, 

because we're curious and
curiosity keeps leading us
down new paths.
YOU
BECOME A
GREAT
TEACHER
“I have come to believe that a
great teacher is a great artist
and that there are as few of
these as there are of any other
great artists. It might even be
the greatest of the arts since
the medium is the human mind
and spirit.”
She breathed
curiosity into us so
that we brought in facts or
truths shielded in our hands
like captured butterflies.
LOVE
WHAT
YOU
DO
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