Over in the OEGlobal Slack my colleague @IslaHF shared this announcement from TED founder and cheerleader for 25 years, Chris Anderson
Huge shoes to fill, eh? And yes, TED is this high profile, status level gathering (has anyone had the $ to go to one? not me) and tries to sell stuff but also offers so much of its content openly e.g. videos with transcripts, multilingual options, podcasts, TEDed educational resources, and the TEDx local events.
Our group had some good back and forth that seems worth generating more sharing.
Do you remember the first TEDTalks video you saw? Who and what topic?
Is there a standout TEDTalk that stays with you?
Have you been at, attended/ spoken at a TED or TEDx - boast right here!
I hope I can convince my colleagues to repost their TEDmemories here, the more shared the better, eh?
The first TEDTalk I saw was the amazing Hans Rosling from Sweden waving arms in the air with excitement showing his world health data visualizations
The work of Rosling is a huge contribution to open data, visualization, and making human the global perspective on health all of which is currently in use and even more useful at https://gapminder.com/
While just checking the link I found this new feature that should be of interest in this global community Dollar Street provides a photographic and monetary perspective on the costs of things and incomes worldwide, compared on a linear scale
There are so many possibilities for using this in activities!
Dollar Street was invented by Anna Rosling Rönnlund at Gapminder. For 15 years she spent her workdays making global public data easier to understand and use. Over time her frustration grew: carefully selecting data to present it in colorful and moving charts made overall global trends and patterns easier to understand. But it did not make everyday life on different income levels understandable. Especially not in places far from home. “People in other cultures are often portrayed as scary or exotic.” Anna explains: “This has to change. We want to show how people really live. It seemed natural to use photos as data so people can see for themselves what life looks like on different income levels. Dollar Street lets you visit many, many homes all over the world. Without travelling.”
Also memorable from TEDTalks and something I used often for talking about digital storytelling was Ken Robinson’s RSA Animate style “Do Schools Kill Creativity”