Forget what you know | Jacob Barnett | TEDxTeen

Forget what you know | Jacob Barnett | TEDxTeen

Forget what you know | Jacob Barnett | TEDxTeen SJacob Barnett is an American mathematician and child prodigy. At 8 years old, Jacob began sneaking into the back of college lectures at IUPUI. After being diagnosed with autism since the age of two and placed in his school’s special ed. program, Jacob’s teachers and doctors […]

Hackschooling makes me happy | Logan LaPlante | TEDxUniversityofNevada

Hackschooling makes me happy | Logan LaPlante

Hackschooling makes me happy | Logan LaPlante | TEDxUniversityofNevada When 13 year-old Logan LaPlante grows up, he wants to be happy and healthy. He discusses how hacking his education is helping him achieve this goal. Logan Laplante is a 13 year-old boy who was taken out of the education system to be home schooled instead. […]

Do schools kill creativity?-ted2006-SirKenRobinson

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Do schools kill creativity? | Sir Ken Robinson | TED2006 Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtYCreativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we’re educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity […]