Thursday, 4 December 2014

TedTalk review Sugata Mitra Assignment

Review of a TED (Technology Entertainment and Design) Talk Delivery
A generic worry of this great medium is that pier review is critical to keep up the high moral standard of projects presented. The suggestion is to eliminate talks that have no clear basis in science and that there should be no commercial bias/ agenda, to maintain trust, the latter being more difficult to decide upon.ted.com/conversations/2032/who-feels-that-tyed-curation-sh.html This medium, TED Talk, appears to have become the greatest stage on earth, surpassing even World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davros.
TED is part science and part showmanship. The issue is that this balance could go wrong and loose its technology base and thus subtracting from the conversation. There is a tendency that people like Nathan Jurgenson think ‘that TED provides for self-promotion or over-glorification of individuals believing that “at TED everyone is Steve Jobs and every idea is treated like iPad” there is considerable room for caution and improvement with what gets said and how at high profile forums such as TED and whether or not it serves or disrupts the purpose of science.’http://muslim-science.com/is-ted-good-for-science-the-real-talk-on-ted-talks/

With this in mind I have looked at Sugata Mitra TED Talk. I have found him entertaining in his modest delivery. The primary research he is involved with appears to be extraordinary with a very clear message. The message that is delivered offers hope and direction to many ie learners and educators. He presents the idea that young learners (ages 6-12) can unsupervised achieve the same progress as taught pupils via computers in a pod. That is one computer 20 pupils group learning, pier taught. His research is getting approval from pier review slowly and surely. He showed convincing video clips and concluded his delivery in 20 mins and kept his audience throughout.

Bibliography....
.ted.com/conversations/2032/who-feels-that-tyed-curation-sh.html
http://muslim-science.com/is-ted-good-for-science-the-real-talk-on-ted-talks/

1 comment:

  1. Don't forget to check you links when you publish your posts. Good choice of TED though, really interesting.

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