TEDxISL is an event hosted by the International School of Luxembourg that will be comprised of TED talks from staff members of the school. The event is the first of its kind at ISL, and at this time is not open to the public.

International School of Luxembourg
36, blvd Pierre Dupong
Luxembourg City, L-1430
Luxembourg

Janet Ungrin

Janet Ungrin is a Canadian teacher with experience in Ontario, New Zealand, Mexico, and Europe.  In her career she has taught Physical and Health Education, Science, Math, Outdoor Education, and the Humanities, mostly at the secondary level. She enjoys sports of all varieties, paddling through moose infested swamps, and rolling down grassy hills.  She is also a bit of a nerd, and freely admits her favourite activity is curling up on the couch with a good book (the old fashioned paper kind). Janet’s interest in outdoor play comes from a childhood filled with “lion hunts”, tree forts, and snowball fights, and in recent years has been influenced by the works of  Richard Louv, Dr. John J. Ratey,  Dr. Stuart Brown, and Tim Gill.

Elizabeth Cutshall

Elizabeth Cutshall is a former Actuarial Account Manager who now teaches Mathematics internationally. She currently lives and works in Luxembourg. She has also taught in Taiwan, South Korea, and was head of the Mathematics Department for five years at Bellarmine Jefferson High School in Burbank California, just down the road from Universal Studios. She has degrees in Mathematics and Philosophy from the University of Arizona and was awarded her teaching credential from The State of California after completing California State University Northridge Teacher Credentialing Program. As a Maths teacher she has always been engaged in additional professional development and has always been a member of NCTM and ISMTF. Elizabeth’s unique perspective is direct result of the path she took to become a teacher. Her message is clear that everyone is capable of learning Maths, and that every student should be fostered.

Geoffrey Jenkins

I am a History and Business teacher of many years’ experience. I have always been interested in Economic and Social rather than political and diplomatic History. I started teaching Economics in my first post in the 1970s and over the years, while maintaining my interest in History teaching have moved more and more into Business and Economics. During the global financial crisis of 2007-08, I became interested in money and banking and its apparent distance from the industrial economy. Ideas of social responsibility and ethical marketing to which most other industries seemed at least to pay lip service, and in many cases embrace, seemed to have been totally ignored by the banking sector leading to the disastrous collapse. Three years of reading and research have made me aware of a whole range of alternative solutions to the problems caused by the banks, eventually leading me to the small not for profit organisation, Positive Money. I attended their annual conference in London on October 29th this year, my participation generously financed by the school as a Professional Development. The talk I have prepared today is a very brief overview of the problems of money and banking as I see it, and an attempt to raise awareness with a view to bringing them somehow into the school curriculum as an important global issue.

James Penn

Susanna Friggione