Through this video, Stefana Broadbent wished to share that despite popular beliefs, social networking sites and technology may be increasing intimacy rather than depleting the use of human contact. Although face-to-face human interaction is not included in this type of communication, Broadbent believes that technology gives one more opportunity to communicate with friends or family. Through our advancing technology, people are able to keep in contact with loved ones despite their location or environment. Social networking sites such as Facebook enable one to communicate with other easily and without much conflict. Technology such as cell phones and computers, and different programs, specifically Skype, allow friends and family to communicate conveniently and quickly despite their distance. In reality, Broadbent shares, these new ways of communication increase interaction rather than decrease it.
Throughout Broadbent's TED Talk, she shared photos of people who they believed they communicated with most. These photos created an opportunity to personally connect to the information as well as the stories being told. Her story telling also engaged the audience throughout her speech. As Daniel Pink states, the usage of stories allows one to personally connect and better remember the information they're being told. I believe through these methods, Broadbent was able to add depth to her speech, rather than just stating her opinion on the topic. Also during the speech, she used minimal hand gestures and remained focused on her topic. Despite the occasional language issue of the Swiss native, remained dedicated to her ideas and didn't stray from the main idea. This ability to maintain engagement of the audience proved useful during her TED Talk.
I believe this video's contrasting views with the majority of the public has the ability to create discussion and provides a controversial view on modern technology. These new ideas portray the opposing views on whether technology in modern society is beneficial to our social interactions. These new studies have the ability to provoke a new perspective on communication. I believe if everyone acknowledged these ideas, as a society we could progress to make these sources of communication more beneficial. By believing and supporting these new methods, we would be able to develop the level of communication in our society. As Broadbent states, the amount of communication in our world has increased in the previous years because of this technology. If we decide to ignore its abilities, an important piece of our society's success may be lost. Personally I agree and disagree with Broadbent's views. Although this technology does enable loved ones to communicate conveniently over long distances, it also secludes us to our computers or cell phones. Personally, I can say that I spend more time planning events with friends over Facebook or texting than actual face to face interaction. It gives our society an excuse to seclude ourselves, which may ultimately be a down fall. On the other hand, these methods also provide many opportunities in education. Skype and other social networking sites, such as blogger, allow students the ability to interact with each other in a class room while bringing incorporating outside sources into the discussion, such as our fish bowls. I believe this helps students become more involved and knowledgeable about the outside world. Overall, I personally think that Broadbent's ideas are revolutionary as well as controversial, showing both benefits and disadvantages in today's technology.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Monday, May 2, 2011
Paul Collier- TED Talk #7
Through his TED Talk, Paul Collier reflected on his views on how a conflicting nation should reform in order to become a successful nation. Collier stated that 40% of post-conflict countries revert back to instability within the next decade. This statistic encouraged Collier to look into these situations with more depth. With this gained knowledge, he concluded that politics can not be the first priority of a new nation. Instead, the government must focus on economic development and security. He believes that the nation's leaders must create a sense of security among the nation to make the citizens feel comfortable that their developing country is on the right track. This will prevent controversies or any conflicting views. He also believes that elections promote the wrong actions. Although elections are democratic, they eventually end in a winner and loser. This competition in a developing country will lead to more conflict, he says, as represented through his statistic he shared at the beginning. Through a specific objective given to the government, Collier believes that renewed nations will be able to progress and become successful in today's society.
Throughout his talk, Paul Collier didn't use any visual aids or examples that I believe would help better convey his message. Instead, he maintained almost the same position on stage, making his presentation slightly bland and lacking amusement. Although his physical actions did not reflect enthusiasm, his excited statements did contribute to his message, which created significance in the video.
I believe that if today's post-conflict societies followed Collier's method to creating a better society, the world would benefit greatly. By following these objectives, maturing nations would be able to interact internationally, ultimately aiding their economy, politics, and credibility. If these nations focused on reform rather than just the government, the conflict rate in these societies would decrease. Personally, I support Collier's ideas of making politics of a low priority when attempting to reform a new country. With the government and its people already demonstrating unstable behavior, security is the ultimate goal. With this, the nation can then progress onto other issues such as government responsibility, and ultimately its leaders. Collier's intellectual discussion broadened my horizon on how to handle international problems unlike the US has in its history. With these new ideas, we could create a world full of opportunity and success.
Throughout his talk, Paul Collier didn't use any visual aids or examples that I believe would help better convey his message. Instead, he maintained almost the same position on stage, making his presentation slightly bland and lacking amusement. Although his physical actions did not reflect enthusiasm, his excited statements did contribute to his message, which created significance in the video.
I believe that if today's post-conflict societies followed Collier's method to creating a better society, the world would benefit greatly. By following these objectives, maturing nations would be able to interact internationally, ultimately aiding their economy, politics, and credibility. If these nations focused on reform rather than just the government, the conflict rate in these societies would decrease. Personally, I support Collier's ideas of making politics of a low priority when attempting to reform a new country. With the government and its people already demonstrating unstable behavior, security is the ultimate goal. With this, the nation can then progress onto other issues such as government responsibility, and ultimately its leaders. Collier's intellectual discussion broadened my horizon on how to handle international problems unlike the US has in its history. With these new ideas, we could create a world full of opportunity and success.
Dave Eggers- TED Talk #6
What are you take-aways from this video? What are the speaker's effective speaking techniques? What is his/her presentation style? What matters from this video? How does it connect to you personally? To education? To the world?
Through this video, I believe Dave Eggers wished to encourage communities to get together and work towards the goal of improving the youth's education and confidence. He urged business owners to reach out to public schools and work one on one with its students. This human interaction would enable students to learn at a better rate as well as gain confidence in the subject they're being tutored in. I think he wished to share the idea that education must be combined with the idea of fun and extravagance, rather than just being related with the word "boring." Through his ideas, he encouraged support throughout a community which would ultimately contribute to the community's unity.
Egger's speaking techniques involved using visual examples which aided his speech. Through these pictures, he was able to portray the environment of his tutoring center, which contributed to the understanding of his overall objective. Egger's was also able to relate his ideas to the pictures which helped lead his discussion. Throughout his TED Talk, his nervous behavior also led to many openings for jokes which eased the audience and make the TED Talk more enjoyable. This paralleled his ideas of integration with entertainment and information.
Dave Egger's ideas about coming together as a society supported the ideas of previous TED Talk participant, Shirky. They believe that if the world collaborates through an organized objective, modern day's society will improve and progress in a positive way, hopefully portrayed in today's youth. This new method of combining the ideas of fun and learning, as Eggers says, would change the perspective of education. Working one on one to create a comfortable environment would ultimately lead to the children's success in subjects needing improvement. He believed that this human interaction is beneficial to the developing minds of children. If this method becomes prominent in our society, the idea of school would change. Instead of expecting lectures, one would look forward to individual, possibly hands-on learning. I believe this type of learning would show the most advantages in the right brained thinkers. Through visual and interactive methods, these children would learn in ways that they learned best, rather than molding every child into the note-taking, A plus student. Personally, I support Egger's determination to create a tutoring program that targets certain children's interests. His ability to relate and connect to the young mind enables him to create a diverse form of education, which I believe will greatly benefit our future education system.
Through this video, I believe Dave Eggers wished to encourage communities to get together and work towards the goal of improving the youth's education and confidence. He urged business owners to reach out to public schools and work one on one with its students. This human interaction would enable students to learn at a better rate as well as gain confidence in the subject they're being tutored in. I think he wished to share the idea that education must be combined with the idea of fun and extravagance, rather than just being related with the word "boring." Through his ideas, he encouraged support throughout a community which would ultimately contribute to the community's unity.
Egger's speaking techniques involved using visual examples which aided his speech. Through these pictures, he was able to portray the environment of his tutoring center, which contributed to the understanding of his overall objective. Egger's was also able to relate his ideas to the pictures which helped lead his discussion. Throughout his TED Talk, his nervous behavior also led to many openings for jokes which eased the audience and make the TED Talk more enjoyable. This paralleled his ideas of integration with entertainment and information.
Dave Egger's ideas about coming together as a society supported the ideas of previous TED Talk participant, Shirky. They believe that if the world collaborates through an organized objective, modern day's society will improve and progress in a positive way, hopefully portrayed in today's youth. This new method of combining the ideas of fun and learning, as Eggers says, would change the perspective of education. Working one on one to create a comfortable environment would ultimately lead to the children's success in subjects needing improvement. He believed that this human interaction is beneficial to the developing minds of children. If this method becomes prominent in our society, the idea of school would change. Instead of expecting lectures, one would look forward to individual, possibly hands-on learning. I believe this type of learning would show the most advantages in the right brained thinkers. Through visual and interactive methods, these children would learn in ways that they learned best, rather than molding every child into the note-taking, A plus student. Personally, I support Egger's determination to create a tutoring program that targets certain children's interests. His ability to relate and connect to the young mind enables him to create a diverse form of education, which I believe will greatly benefit our future education system.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Jane Poynter- TED Talk #5
What are your take-aways from this video? What are the speaker's effective speaking techniques? What is his/her personal style? What matters from this video? How does it connect to you personally? To education? To the world?
In this TED Talk, Jane Poynter, one of the scientists involved in the Biosphere 2 project, reflected on her experiences and learnings while preforming this revolutionary experiment. From this video, I learned that by creating and applying new ideas, the world can evolve and progress by learning new information. For example through this experiment, scientists learned that it was possible to create a similar environment to that of Earth. This enabled today's scientist to build off of the results of Biosphere 2 to create new experiments that include plants, agriculture, and the progress of different cultures in the world.
Throughout this video, Poynter maintained an enthusiastic attitude throughout her entire speech. This allowed the audience to become more entertained by the information she was sharing, as well as become more involved in what she was saying. She also shared numerous visuals of her life inside Biosphere 2. This helped Poynter make her statements more clear and easier to understand by providing examples. I believe Poynter's personal style was very layed-back and calm. She was able to share her ideas with clarity and was direct with her ideas in order to refrain from confusion. Instead of using scientific terms that few would understand, she instead applied her ideas to the real world and aspects that her audience could relate to.
I believe that Jane Poynter's numerous messages such as "the small stuff counts," the idea that we affect the world with everything we, as a people, do and her suggestions to return to our roots were the most evident pieces of information in her speech. She urged the idea of simplicity. Through her experiences in the Biosphere 2, such as growing her own food and maintaining an equilibrium inside the small atmosphere, she was able to appreciate the ability to live naturally, without the vast concepts of today's society. She encouraged others to think about how they affect others as well as the environment through their actions. She also explained how new ideas can lead to more inventions, much like the ideas of Daniel Pink in his chapter of Symphony. Through the data collected during the Biosphere 2 experiment, scientists around the world were able to gain more knowledge of how the Earth's environment works, allowing them to create more and build off their previous knowledge to formulate new ideas. Personally, I found interest in this subject because I had recently visited Biosphere 2 during Spring Break. It intrigued me and made me wonder what else could come from this experiment. Through this video, I was able to learn that every aspect of our lives affects the Earth and those around us. Everything is connected. Everything on Earth relies on others to exist, no one can live alone. I think this reflects the ideas of collaboration that Pink shares in his book, A Whole New Mind. It connects his ideas of integrating both the left and right hemispheres of the brain to the idea that everything on the world is connected. In able to progress as a society, we must learn how to incorporate every aspect to create new ideas, technology, and ways of living.
In this TED Talk, Jane Poynter, one of the scientists involved in the Biosphere 2 project, reflected on her experiences and learnings while preforming this revolutionary experiment. From this video, I learned that by creating and applying new ideas, the world can evolve and progress by learning new information. For example through this experiment, scientists learned that it was possible to create a similar environment to that of Earth. This enabled today's scientist to build off of the results of Biosphere 2 to create new experiments that include plants, agriculture, and the progress of different cultures in the world.
Throughout this video, Poynter maintained an enthusiastic attitude throughout her entire speech. This allowed the audience to become more entertained by the information she was sharing, as well as become more involved in what she was saying. She also shared numerous visuals of her life inside Biosphere 2. This helped Poynter make her statements more clear and easier to understand by providing examples. I believe Poynter's personal style was very layed-back and calm. She was able to share her ideas with clarity and was direct with her ideas in order to refrain from confusion. Instead of using scientific terms that few would understand, she instead applied her ideas to the real world and aspects that her audience could relate to.
I believe that Jane Poynter's numerous messages such as "the small stuff counts," the idea that we affect the world with everything we, as a people, do and her suggestions to return to our roots were the most evident pieces of information in her speech. She urged the idea of simplicity. Through her experiences in the Biosphere 2, such as growing her own food and maintaining an equilibrium inside the small atmosphere, she was able to appreciate the ability to live naturally, without the vast concepts of today's society. She encouraged others to think about how they affect others as well as the environment through their actions. She also explained how new ideas can lead to more inventions, much like the ideas of Daniel Pink in his chapter of Symphony. Through the data collected during the Biosphere 2 experiment, scientists around the world were able to gain more knowledge of how the Earth's environment works, allowing them to create more and build off their previous knowledge to formulate new ideas. Personally, I found interest in this subject because I had recently visited Biosphere 2 during Spring Break. It intrigued me and made me wonder what else could come from this experiment. Through this video, I was able to learn that every aspect of our lives affects the Earth and those around us. Everything is connected. Everything on Earth relies on others to exist, no one can live alone. I think this reflects the ideas of collaboration that Pink shares in his book, A Whole New Mind. It connects his ideas of integrating both the left and right hemispheres of the brain to the idea that everything on the world is connected. In able to progress as a society, we must learn how to incorporate every aspect to create new ideas, technology, and ways of living.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Clay Shirky- TED Talk #4
What are your take-aways from this video?
What are the speaker's effective speaking techniques?
What is his/her presentation style?
What matters from this video?How does it connect to you personally? To education? To the world?
During Clay Shirky's TED Talk, he shared with the audience his views on motivation and creativity. He believed that through internal motivation, society would be able to make both communal and civic creations, which would overall benefit the 21st century. But ultimately, sharing and collaborating internationally, he said, would promote our society to accomplish tasks that are beyond mediocre, but rather exceeding the limits. Through a study of an Islam Pre-School, it was proven that punishment actually discourages the ability to follow the rules because it is not fueled by internal motivation. He believed that by corresponding with others and sharing new ideas, our society could advance with a cognitive surplus.
Throughout Shirky's TED Talk, he used many examples and visuals that helped the audience better understand his ideas. Through his visuals, such as the "wall cats" and the images from "Ushahidi," Shirky was able to support his ideas and promote cognitive thinking. Also, Shirky began his speech by telling a story of how Ushahidi began. According to A Whole New Mind, this strategy provides the audience with the ability to better retain and understand the information that Shirky shared during the talk.
I believe Shirky's personal style was slightly bland and lacked much enthusiasm. Rather than a few hand gestures, Shirky never showed much emotion or passion for the topic he was talking about. The way he conducted and shared his ideas was hard to understand. I feel that he lacked a main topic and jumped around to numerous topics without a definite purpose. The different topics didn't relate and he lacked comprehensible segways that would aid the audience. Overall, I don't believe his presentation style was effective. It didn't inspire me to change the world with cognitive thinking as he was supposedly sharing with the audience. Instead, it accomplished to make me slightly confused about the purpose of his TED Talk.
Shirky's video promotes the ability to communicate and collaborate with others efficiency in order to create a more productive society. He also wished to share that internal motivation and the ability to enjoy a certain activity would aid the world by influencing individuals to stay on task and be productive. Personally, this will create a drive within myself to search for the internal motivation that both Shirky and Daniel Pink promote. I also believe that Shirky's ideas will aid our future and the way students are taught. Instead of being assigned a specific topic, students may be allowed to explore new ideas and study things that they are interested in through internal motivation.
What are the speaker's effective speaking techniques?
What is his/her presentation style?
What matters from this video?How does it connect to you personally? To education? To the world?
During Clay Shirky's TED Talk, he shared with the audience his views on motivation and creativity. He believed that through internal motivation, society would be able to make both communal and civic creations, which would overall benefit the 21st century. But ultimately, sharing and collaborating internationally, he said, would promote our society to accomplish tasks that are beyond mediocre, but rather exceeding the limits. Through a study of an Islam Pre-School, it was proven that punishment actually discourages the ability to follow the rules because it is not fueled by internal motivation. He believed that by corresponding with others and sharing new ideas, our society could advance with a cognitive surplus.
Throughout Shirky's TED Talk, he used many examples and visuals that helped the audience better understand his ideas. Through his visuals, such as the "wall cats" and the images from "Ushahidi," Shirky was able to support his ideas and promote cognitive thinking. Also, Shirky began his speech by telling a story of how Ushahidi began. According to A Whole New Mind, this strategy provides the audience with the ability to better retain and understand the information that Shirky shared during the talk.
I believe Shirky's personal style was slightly bland and lacked much enthusiasm. Rather than a few hand gestures, Shirky never showed much emotion or passion for the topic he was talking about. The way he conducted and shared his ideas was hard to understand. I feel that he lacked a main topic and jumped around to numerous topics without a definite purpose. The different topics didn't relate and he lacked comprehensible segways that would aid the audience. Overall, I don't believe his presentation style was effective. It didn't inspire me to change the world with cognitive thinking as he was supposedly sharing with the audience. Instead, it accomplished to make me slightly confused about the purpose of his TED Talk.
Shirky's video promotes the ability to communicate and collaborate with others efficiency in order to create a more productive society. He also wished to share that internal motivation and the ability to enjoy a certain activity would aid the world by influencing individuals to stay on task and be productive. Personally, this will create a drive within myself to search for the internal motivation that both Shirky and Daniel Pink promote. I also believe that Shirky's ideas will aid our future and the way students are taught. Instead of being assigned a specific topic, students may be allowed to explore new ideas and study things that they are interested in through internal motivation.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Daniel Pink- TED Talk #3
What are your take-aways from this video? What are the speaker's effective speaking techniques? What is his/her personal style? What matters from this video? How does it connect to you personally? To education? To the world?Through this video, I believe Daniel Pink wished to educate the world on the type of motivation that would work best in our progressing nation. This drive would not fall under "if, then rewards" but rather self direction. Pink described self direction as a type of motivation that one wishes to complete a task purely on internal will and engagement. According to Pink, this type of right brained ability will create high productivity rates in today's businesses. Pink believes that incentives and rewards do not promote productivity in our society instead they hinder creation and creativity. To support these ideas, Pink shared numerous studies with the audience. For example, during his presentation, he showed the audience "The Candle Problem." This problem demonstrated the need to think outside the box and promoted the ability to use a different perspective in order to solve the puzzle. This ability can be used in everyday lives as we as a nation can choose whether to see conflicts in a different way. By being internally motivated, our nation can achieve more than any previous time, in which we strived for rewards rather than internal satisfaction.
During the video, Daniel Pink used extreme enthusiasm to share his new ideas and revelations. His enthusiasm made his studies more interesting and entertained the audience, making Pink's speech more enjoyable and intriguing. Pink also offered visual examples to the audience, making the talk more interactive rather than simply being informative. This strategy enabled Pink to gain the interest of the audience, as well as support his findings with previous studies and proofs. Daniel Pink also maintained a clear speaking style, making the information easy to receive and understand. Through his own excitement for the new revelations in science, Pink was able to maintain the audience's attention and receive a genuinely amazed reaction from the audience. Also, throughout the TED Talk, Pink continued his friendly banter by adding a few jokes about his past, as somewhat of an attention getter. I believe that this strategy helped Daniel Pink appear to be more relatable and down to earth, instead of an intimidating, best-selling author. He was able to use his experience's in law school to appeal to the masses through facts, by making a case. This expressed his creativity, as he promoted in his speech, while at the same time demonstrated his intelligence and credibility to the audience.
Through this video, I believe Daniel Pink wished to share that despite prior knowledge, receiving incentives and rewards for doing a job will ultimately hinder productivity rather than promote it. He encouraged our world to put aside greed and materialism and instead reach for something more, something that pleases the individual rather than the boss or corporation. From personal experience, I can relate to and support Pink's theory. Although getting good grades does encourage me to work harder in school, the reward of an 'A' has lost its massive appeal it once had. I still do wish and strive for an 'A' in my classes, but it's my internal drive that motivates me rather than my previous wishes only for a good grade. With this reward, one may feel as though they must complete this task to please others, such as colleges or future teachers, rather than to enjoy and be proud of oneself through their own accomplishments. We grow up being told to get good grades, go to a good college, and get a successful job; but instead students should be encouraged to learn, enjoy oneself, and do what they love. I also believe this theory would promote the will of modern day's students to learn for themselves, just for the sake of learning, rather than receiving a good grade. This advancement in our society would greatly impact our productivity in jobs as well as everyday life. As Pink shared, rewards are for the mechanical aspects in life, and not to be used with skill. Skill is something every human being should value, be proud of, and internally wish to do great in. With this mentality, the world can become more dedicated and creative with our lives.
Monday, April 18, 2011
David Blaine- TED Talk #2
What are your take-aways from this video? What are the speakers effective speaking techniques? What is his/her presentation style? What matters from this video? How does it connect to you personally? To education? To the world? David Blaine, a world record holder for the longest amount of time spent underwater while holding one's breathe, shared his views on the world and how to accomplish your goals through determination and will. After many long months of training, Blaine was able to set the record of 17 minutes and 4 seconds while holding his breath underwater. But in order to accomplish this goal, Blaine shared with the audience his strategies while attempting this feat. For example, Blaine shared that he had to preform major studies, research, and obtain much doctor input in order to fully understand his body and the risks he would be taking if he attempted this record. He challenged himself mentally and physically by training and testing his body, by which he accomplished through great determination. I believe Blaine's main message he wished to spread to the world was to never give up on your dreams. Although they may be difficult, one must push through those obstacles and fulfill what they truly believe in. Besides constant critiques and a lack of media support, Blaine continued to push through and eventually accomplish his goal. I think he wished to tell the world that you must push yourself to be truly successful in one's passion. Throughout David Blaine's TED Talk, he continued to maintain the audience's attention by telling jokes and stories. He also engrossed the audience with interesting past experiences as well as his many failed attempts at this goal. He shared every failure, lack of confidence, and problem he faced, which I believe made him a more relatable figure in the eyes of the world. By admitting that he had mistakes, Blaine was able to glorify his success. Though he may have seemed to be exaggerating a few aspects of his stories, overall Blaine was able to gain respect for his accomplishments by being down to earth, confident, and friendly while speaking to the audience. Although David Blaine's TED Talk contained interesting stories and cliff hanger tales, his speech was a bit bland. He usually talked in a monotone voice, with lack of enthusiasm or much emotion. The only time excitement was showed was when he talked about completing his goal or attempted to tell a joke, which usually wasn't clear to the audience and led to awkward laughs among the crowd. He also stood in the same place throughout the entire twenty minutes, making the information he shared less interesting and capturing than it would have been if he had used gestures and movement. I think motion appeals to the human eye, whereas a stagment figure becomes less appealing. This strategy may have led to less interest in Blaine's story whereas with enthusiastic behavior, Blaine would have recieved more reception from his audience. I believe Blaine's message of how pushing past barriers, having will and determination, and preparing oneself for the future will ultimately benefit oneself was an important message shared in this video. His accomplishments have contributed to scientific studies, of which have examined the limits of the human body. This contribution will aid education greatly in schools around the world, as well as provide evidence for future studies on the subject. Blaine's accomplishments have shown the world that virtually anything is possible if we have the right tools, capability, and will to make it happen. It has opened new doors to scientific studies and curiousity about the human body. Blaine's ability to risk everything, even his life, has led the world into a new way of thinking. Instead of aiming for the bare minimun, or what we know is possible, people around the world, encouraged by Blaine's actions, have begun reaching for the once thought to be impossible ideas of our world today. Personally, I am at awe by what Blaine has done. His actions inspire me to reach for more than average. It has encouraged me to seek out new adventures and possibilites in our world and work for something greater. As Blaine said, "If it could be done by one, it can be done by others." I think what Blaine was trying to say is that we, as a modern society, should not be intimidated by the possibilites of our world, but rather reach out to find them, find the magic in our world. With these new ideas, our society can grow scientifically, physically, and mentally to instill a progressive world.
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