Once again I'm appropriating my friend Della's blog from Colorado. Lucky for me, last week her TED-Ed Tuesday was based on the speaker of one of my favorite TEDYouth 2015 talks. We were able to see her at TEDYouth in November 2015. Having worked with gifted learners for 9 years now, I love this message. Kids can do SO MUCH MORE than we think they can. I have had students who wrote novels, made beautiful, original artwork. I have had students who were leaders of their peers. I've had students who could build robots! Students who can do so much more than many adults give them credit for. Ishita Katyal may be small but she is mighty. People wonder why I am so excited about TED and TED-Ed. If you watched this video, I hope that you can understand why! As a gifted education specialist, I have never found a better way to bring students a voice, to give them opportunities for leadership, and to use every 21st century skill.
How do you get kids to be innovative? You let them. You get out of their way. -Nicholas Provenzano from the TED-Ed Blog Katyal's message is that we should encourage students to work toward their dreams right now. If they want to be a writer, let's not restrict them to five paragraphs. If they want to give a TED talk-- why not? What do you want to do now?
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