Ted Talk Assignment

TED Talk Assignment:

View & respond to a variety of media including documentaries, advertisements, news segments on television, radio, or online

Choose a TED Talk to view from the list below (by clicking on the title):

1.    Manoush Zomorodi: How boredom can lead to your most brilliant ideas

2.    Eva-Maria Geigl: The history of the world according to cats

3.    Thomas Suarez: 12-year-old app developer

4.    Danielle Feinberg: The magic ingredient that brings Pixar movies to life

5.    Angela Lee Duckworth: Grit: The power of passion and perseverance

6.    Shane Koyczan: To This Day … for the bullied and beautiful

7.    Jarrett J. Krosoczka: Why lunch ladies are heroes

8.    The LXD: In the Internet age, dance evolves

9. Underwater astonishments

10.OR a TED talk of your choic 

Fill out the TED Talk summary chart below:

 

Title of the TED talk:

 

 

Name of the Speaker:

 

 

What was the speaker's thesis (main point) of this talk?

 

TED talk presenters are known as effective speakers. Describe two things that this speaker does well to engage their audience.

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Write two specific things you learned from this presentation.

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If you could ask this speaker a question about their topic, what would you ask?

 

What group of people might benefit the most from listening to this talk?

 

 

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