- What is the purpose of this media/information resource?
The
purpose of TED refects the basic doctrine of information literacy
because it recognizes the need for information, gives power to ideas,
and leaves room for interpretation, and allows viewers to have access to
new ideas and alternative solutions to some of the worlds problems.
- How is this produced?
Charles
Leadbeater did his research in a variety of slums in developing
countries. He took the information gathered and wrote a talk to
synthesize and convey his findings. A video is made of London’s
TEDSalon in April of 2010 of Charles Leadbeater’s talk. After the talk,
the video of the presentation was edited and uploaded to the TED
website in June 2010.
- Who created it?
This
TED Talk was created by Charles Leadbeater in association with TED and
research was sponsored by CIsco. These 3 entities worked in
collaboration to produce the TED talk we were able to watch on ted.com.
- Who is the intended audience? How do you know?
Anyone
concerned with global education and is looking for reform in the
current system. Also, this talk is intended for investors who care
about the future of education and, thus, society. You know that this is
the intended audience because it addresses the needs of education and
education reformers explaining its future impact on the world.
Leadbeater talks about pro-ams (professionals and amateurs) that are
needed to be involved in making education intrinsic and extrinsic in
order to reach the largest group of people, showing that everyone and
anyone can be an educator and make a difference.
- What is the main message?
A
radical reform of education is needed to transform education systems to
meet the needs of children and pull them into education instead of
pushing them. Mr. Leadbeater emphasized the need for social
entrepreneurship to create highly motivating and low costs ways to
educate at a large scale in the developing world.
- Who benefits and what do they gain?
The
children who receive this new, innovative education reform will benefit
first hand. As these children grow up, the societies and communities
from which they come will benefit, as well with the skills and education
they have received.
- What would have been my information needs that would have led me to this video?
In
order to find this video, you would have had to search for “education,”
“reform,” “talks,” and “slums” in Google in the videos section. Since
Leadbeater is an expert in innovation strategies, that could be another
way to look for information regarding this talk.
- How would I understand, organize and assess the information found?
We
watched the video in order to understand, we took time to discuss the
information presented in order to organize our thoughts and ideas and we
assessed the information by looking at its context and thinking of ways
that it would apply to our own teaching practices.
- Identify and explain the Big6 steps you're applying in this activity.
We
are using number 4, Using Information, to understand the problem and
the solutions Leadbeater is giving. We then use number 5, Synthesis, to
take in the information and make our own opinions based on the
information presented. We used number 6, Evaluation, to combine the
information with our own opinions and apply them to our own realities
and improve our teaching by applying our existing knowledge to the new
information we have learned.
