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I just had my first TED experience.  I worked with the visionary- Ian Bryan of Sensible City as the graphic facilitator of the event (more on that later).  It was an amazing experience from all aspects.  I feel particularly close to this topic  because I am guiding my son through his learning  journey.    HOPE and Innovation feels paramount to the current state of education so it meets the needs we have in this 21st century

The day before this TEDxDenverED event on June 28th, I headed over to the convention center to learn how to use the PolyVision eno.  This is an electronic white board used in classrooms.  A pen and magnetic strip was all I had.  I spent 2.5 hours working and reworking and asking lots of questions…  “What might go wrong, what can I do to crash the system, is there anything I can do to really mess up?”  It worked out pretty well!

MORE TO COME~

I ran across a classic TED video today.  As I watched it (and of course shared it with everyone in my office) I couldn’t help but remember the session I attended at SXSW .  How to Spark a Movement #sparkamovement by Scott Heiferman.  Watch the video and then I will try to tie both of the ideas together.

OK…so I am going to try an experiment.  I taped an audio that unpacks the ideas from Derek’s TED video and Scotts talk at SXSW.  What I know is that after rerecording this 3x (I will work on saying um too many times), I have decided to let it go and put it out there.  Hopefully you will get something out of it.  And…if you weren’t at the talk at SX you will have a little glimpse into a session there.  You can also tap into the twitter feed that I listed above. 

Click here to listen…