Ted Talks

For our next blog post you are in control. Ted Talks are short videos made by inspiring people similar to the one we watched from Essena last week. For this post I want you to choose a video from the site below and summarize it for us in a paragraph or two.

First give us the title of the one you watched. Then describe in detail what it was about, why you chose to watch it and why you would recommend it for your classmates to watch.

http://www.onlinecollegecourses.com/2011/11/28/20-incredible-ted-talks-you-should-show-your-high-school-students/

Social Media and You

According to our social media survey, every student in class claims to have a current social media account...

and many of you spend a lot of time monitoring it with little parental oversight. For this assignment consider the results of the polls above and think about how you currently interact with social media and then consider the following.  What is your reaction to Essena? Did it move you? Is she onto something? Is it easy for her to say because she's experienced "fame"? If you could do a video response to her what would you say?  Excerpt from Essena's website: 

Let's bee Game Changers  "For me I just completely cut off social media and all use of youtube/tumblr/snapchat/facebook/instagram... and I found my whole life/self esteem just increased dramatically. I was using it anywhere from 4-8 hours a day! That's like over 4 months of my year! It was the centre of my career, but even then, I was just aimlessly stalking, scrolling, comparing, wishing, wanting.... I just had to cut it all off like 'nope I have a serious addiction, these perfect lives and pictures aren't doing all that much for me anymore'. I had soooo much more time after that, and I started doing things like writing, reading and drawing that I always thought I didn't have time for. I now can't wait for my lunch break or after work to go read a novel, or leisurely write, or go out into the forest for a run... There's something so mystical and beautiful in life out of screens. I'm serious! It was as if - when I completely quit - the spell of comparison, boredom, anxiety was lifted. I started seeing a lot of how I used social media as absurd - perfect edited highlights, not the raw, mystical, genuine, calm, educated substance of integrity. I now crave those things, things of substance. That now 'sucks' me in. And those things enrich my life. "NYTimes article:

Essena O'Neill causes a stir.