January 18, 2016

Tedtalk




What is a TEDtalk ?

TEDtalks are powerful short talks made by people from different backgrounds. It is platform for speakers to present inspiring, informative ideas within 18 minutes.



I find TEDtalks inspiring and innovative. This TEDtalk that I have embedded above is an example of a TEDtalk by David Carson. He is a famous revolutionary graphic designer. 

You can source any talk on any topic on Tedtalks.  You can even find Tedtalk examples on Youtube, they follow the same rules and formats.

I suppose when I think of Tedtalks I remember a Tedx talk that I saw in a lecture. It was a very inspiring talk by Sarah Hyndman on the topic of Typography called 'Wake up & smell the fonts'.


Sarah talks about type and asks us to think about emotional responses when we see type in its printed form. She goes on to say how when we see type created in different typefaces we interpret them according to the type face used. We usually do this without thinking about it. If we think about type when we see it we can interpret them differently on an emotional level and this can lead to us enjoying typefaces more and also help us to make conscious decisions. Sarah then goes on to show us some fantastic examples of type in our everyday life and the emotional meanings of them.




In my teaching I would definitely use this application to engage the learner. I feel that this gives the students an inspiring insight to lives of different people and different topics. As long as the talk has been seen by myself and I feel it is appropriate I would definitely use Tedtalks or Tedx.

Advantages to my teaching and my students:
  • It is easy to use
  • Looks professional
  • Can be engaging
  • High-quality presentations for FREE
  • Students can view from any mobile device
  • Needs to be appropriate
Disadvantages
  • Does not work offline


This is definitely a thumbs up for me