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My TED Story

A friend talked to me about TED. Actually he only mentioned it once and it was enough for me to become a TEDdict :). I watched about 3 or 4 talks when I discovered I could volunteer as a translator. The rest is well, history, but most of it is yet to come!

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  A comment on Conversation: Would you translate (or spread) a TED talk if you didn't agree with it's topic or the speaker's point of view?

  Apr 25 2012: Dear Dimitra,
  
  I wanted to say "yes", at first. I would translate a talk I don't agree with. I think I've reviewed talks I don't agree with. I like to learn new and different opinions, and share different ideas.
  
  But then I remembered there was one talk that at first seemed interesting, but after hearing the speaker, I chose to ignore it because I strongly disagreed with what he said. This opportunity, however, made me think differently. I decided I'm going to translate it and maybe learn something new in the process. Because, every time I translate, I go deeper into the subject, find out something that wasn't there on the first glance. I can stil disagree with his words, but I can also give other people a chance to agree ar disagree.
  
  Thank you for this conversation and everyone who contributed!

• A comment on Conversation: What is the most inspiring TED Talk of all time?

  Oct 1 2011: To me, besides Sir Ken Robinson's talks, one of the most inspiring talks and the one I keep coming back to is James Cameron's:
  http://www.ted.com/talks/james_cameron_before_avatar_a_curious_boy.html

• A comment on Conversation: Top Movies and why they inspire us?

  Apr 11 2011: Big Fish!! That movie taught me so much about the beauty and joy of life. Your life is what you make of it, you are the story teller, you choose how to see the world! "The biggest fish in the river gets that way by never being caught". Another great quote::
  "You must've taken a shortcut"
  "Yes I did. It almost killed me"
  "Life will do that to you. And truthfully the long way is easier - but it's longer".

• A comment on Conversation: Have you loved yourself today?

  Apr 11 2011: Yes, I have. The day was a bad one, but even in my down or difficult moments I feel I'm learning and I watch myself grow. The best gift I give myself is consciousness and awareness of the life around me and I am grateful.

• A comment on Conversation: Of all the great people who have left our planet, who would give your dream hypothetical post-mortem TED talk?

  Apr 11 2011: Carl Gustav Jung, Aldous Huxley, Amelia Earhart

• A comment on Conversation: "What did you want to be when you were little?"

  Apr 8 2011: Pilot, writer, director. Oh, and a photographer.

• A reply on Conversation: What would be the best way to make Khan Academy go International?

  Mar 15 2011: There are similar video lectures in Serbia. They are recent and for now they are only concentrated on explaining math problems and questions that kids need to know in order to pass the final exam in elementary schools. It's done by one teacher, and he is posting it on Youtube. He explains problems step by step.
  The response has been huge - kids say they learn things easier, they understand it better, parents are happy.. Some of the kids even say they would like other subjects explained in this way.
  The teacher said he wanted to bring math to where the kids are, and that is internet, youtube.
  
  I believe opensource would be better than just translating, because same things are taught differently in different languages and cultures and school systems. And I'm sure there are other inspired people, like everyone here or like that teacher in Serbia, who would be willing to do it. I'm inspired to look for other people and inspire them to get involved.
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  A reply on Conversation: create a team within our TED community working on ideas that can became educational games.

  Mar 13 2011: I'm up for it! And I can translate, too :)
  The idea to use games in education is great and it is something that kids today use and understand more than just sitting at the table and reading from a textbook. I'm a trainer also, and my team and I use different kinds of games - both with kids and adults, and they really work, everybody likes them.
  And games are not "just" games or entertainment. Jane McGonigal clearly pointed out that while playing a game, we experience a lot more than just fun. We just don't tend to look at it that way. While some of them may not be educational (although I wouldn't agree, even in the "stupid" games you learn something, or at least something about yourself), I don't think that formal (textbook) education is sufficient in the world today. What about social and emotional skills? Collaboration? It's not games per se that teach kids, it's the dynamics of games. And the content can really be anything we want to teach them.
  I suggest another great talk on the subject: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/seth_priebatsch_the_game_layer_on_top_of_the_world.html

• A comment on Conversation: For those who have seen them, what were your top 3 talks from TED2011?

  Mar 11 2011: Wow, tough question! they would be:
  Deb Roy - the whole subject and the technology in his research really amazed me.
  Kathryn Schulz - subject; It was interesting and "new" for me to think about being wrong in a different way.
  Salman Khan - I loved the way he pointet out such an important issue and the way he chose to deal with it and change education!

• A comment on Conversation: What is your first TED experience?

  Feb 16 2011: A friend told me about TED. He passionately talked about the speakers, the ideas and sleepless nights he spent watching the talks and reading blog posts. I watched a talk (my first was http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/rebecca_saxe_how_brains_make_moral_judgments.html), registered as a member and soon after also registered as a translator, because I too wanted to help the ideas reach other people who don't speak English.