Knowledgeable to Knowledge-able. A TEDx talk by Michael Wesch
I have never witnessed someone like Michael Wesch before seeing this Tedx talk from 2010. I have never seen a public speaker so acquiscent, unassuming, humble and ordinary deliver such a powerful, formulated, and downright poetic lecture. I agree with everything that Wesch says in his talk. With the "world on fire" as it is, there is this glimmer of hope shinning in the horizon called the internet. Wesch shows us how social media can save the world. What? But isn't social media the ultimate downfall of our children these days? Isn't it the biggest distraction for our teenagers and why they can't seem to get any homework done? Yes, probably, but social media and the shear ability to get things publicized and heard has brought the global community that much smaller and tighter knit. Wesch talks about how technology makes it easy to Connect, Organize, Share, Collect , Collaborate and Publish. Wesch shows us some of these advances and great works in his lecture. He tries to implement these things into his classroom whenever possible so that students stop asking the wrong questions like "what is going to be on the test", and start asking the right ones like "How can I connect, organize, share, collect collaborate, and publish ideas and works to tackle this world on fire ". When I was introduced to this lecture I was asked to think about what I could do in my classroom with asking my students to connect, organize, share, collect, collaborate and publish. I know for absolute certainty that I will show this video to my students each and every year and the above image will hang in my classroom. I will ask my class how they want to incorporate these things into their learning and see where they take it. I can't wait to see what they come up with.