69. Using Big Ideas to Change the World

<p dir="ltr">TED talks are so valuable because of the ideas they share across the world. When Patti Dobrolowski drew me standing on a TEDx platform, it sparked a goal in me: to stand on a TED stage.</p> <p dir="ltr">Fast forward a bit to the big idea that became my TED talk. </p> <p dir="ltr">I’ve done a lot to amplify my voice around changing our schools. That’s why this podcast exists in the first place! And after more than a year of working on my big idea, Changing My Mind to Change Our Schools is officially recorded and on its way to TED.</p> <p dir="ltr">We all have big ideas, and we can all speak them to the world. Some through TED, others through podcasts, and still others through a community of people who want to hear our message.</p> <p dir="ltr">Listen in to today’s episode to hear where my own TED talk came from and who was pivotal in it getting recorded.</p> <p> </p> <h2 dir="ltr">Jump in the Conversation:</h2> <p dir="ltr">[1:40] What is a TED Talk?</p> <p dir="ltr">[3:28] Why I did a TED Talk</p> <p dir="ltr">[4:20] Changing My Mind to Change Our Schools</p> <p dir="ltr">[5:33] Flashbacks of memorization</p> <p dir="ltr">[6:22] TED is a labor of love</p> <p dir="ltr">[7:28] Learning through the Education Evolution podcast guests</p> <p dir="ltr">[9:16] My big TED idea</p> <p dir="ltr">[11:45] Acknowledgments</p> <h2 dir="ltr"> </h2> <h2 dir="ltr">Links and Resources:</h2> <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href= "https://www.edmonds.wednet.edu/news/archived_news_2019-20/high_school_students_invited_to_speak_at_t_e_dx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Edmonds School District Youth TEDx</a> </p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href= "https://educationevolution.org/pulling-together-to-change-schools-but-keep-what-is-working-with-dr-maureen-oshaughnessy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Episode 59: Pulling Together to Change Schools--but Keep What’s Working</a></p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation