![]() TED really is a general idea, and because of student privacy you can’t tell the actual number. Q: How many school districts in New Jersey have TED-Ed clubs? I spend a lot of time doing professional development for teachers, or modeling in classes for kids. Now as tech facilitator I oversee technology for the district. I coached teachers on how to bring technology into classrooms. A few years ago, our district merged two high schools into one, and I was made a technology coach. That led me to the “maker movement,” 3-D printing, then the STEM world, TED, design thinking, and I became a Teacher’s Guild fellow. I thought, “how do I bring more cool stuff into the classroom?” I saw the power of video and motivation kids wanted to do their own videos, learn how to make and edit them. As a history teacher I thought I’d start with a movie project once every marking period. Not too long after my first year, I took a workshop on movie making in the classroom. I’ve been in the district 16 years I started as a high school history teacher in 2001. I’m Marcos Navas, the technology facilitator in Union City. How did you get interested in technology, TED-Ed and Future Ready Schools? Q: Tell me something about yourself – your name and title, how long you have been in Union City. It was about connecting with other educators, spreading out more, a marketing thing to create more Ted-Ed clubs. Mine was a two-part project, the TED-Ed Club DIVE. They work on creating their passion project. They created a program where they select 30 educators globally, and create a cohort where educators get a crash course on TED principles, TED pedagogy, and the latest and greatest in educational processes. Q: You are a TED-Ed educator, correct? What does that mean? They provide curriculum and materials to run clubs. There’s an application process to put a TED club in a district, it can all be found on the TED-Ed website. It can be a class, it can be a club, usually led by a teacher, but there are schools where they’re led by kids themselves. TED-Ed clubs can be put together in schools, where we give students the platform to observe the world around them, find issues and problems, and find a solution. TED is a platform where you can place videos. TED-Ed provides resources that educators can bring to the classroom. The oldest form of communication is face-to-face talking dialogue, and in a way, video captures that power. ![]() He is the face of TED he wants to spread ideas quickly, and he figured the power of video is an amazing way to harness that. The founder of TED was a gentleman named Chris Anderson, who still leads the team. I think the TED organization realized they had an entire educational platform. When TED talks started becoming popular, educators across the country began using them in the classroom. It began in the 1980s TED talks are vignettes, mostly in the form of talks, about change and ideas. TED stands for technology, entertainment and design. Q: What is TED-Ed, and what is a TED-Ed club? How did the TED-Ed movement start nationally? ![]() In a Q&A interview with School Leader, he talks about what TED-Ed is how it’s growing in New Jersey and the power of seeing students express their passions in a new high-tech platform. He ultimately became a leader with the Future Ready Schools – New Jersey movement. A former high school history teacher, his interest in educational technology began when he introduced movie-making to his students, then searched for more “cool” stuff he could use in the classroom. Marcos Navas is the technology facilitator in the Union City School District, and a TED Innovative Educator. School Board Frequently Asked Questions. ![]()
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