TED Challenge

1) What is the TED organization about? TED is an oganization with the goal of spreading new ideas of up and comming innovaters with a global impact in mind.

2) What is the purpose of their website and how does the functionality of their site support that? The purpose of the website is to showcase the new inventions and ideas in an organized way making subjects and material easy to locate.

3) As Engineers and Problem Solvers, which topic areas (the choices from the "Show talks related to:" section on the sidebar) are of most interest to us? Justify your answer. I would argue that Design is the most relavent to our class, but then again, we are a class of 2012 and so we use technology a lot. Those combined really relate to our engineering class and our daily lives.

4) Based on your previous answer, what are 3 talks (videos) on the site that appear like they would be of most interest to you as an Engineer/Problem Solver? Justify your choices. I think that Gaming really is important, just look at the Gaming industry. Its smart this day in age to know a little about computers and gaming. Also the video about increasing the creativity in a classroom. Creativity and intelligence are hand in hand.

5) Each student will watch a unique video (clear your choice with me... first come, first served!). Watch the video. Embed the video in your blog post and create a bulletized outline of the key issues presented in the talk. embedded This video is about a man from Africa who built a windmill for his family. He actually wrote a book about it called "The Boy who Harnessed the Wind." It is truly inspiring. I think that afluent countries really take our education for granted. We could all do amazing things like this, things that could impact the world and create a chain reaction of good. This video just really opened my eyes to tghe human potential.

6) How could you get involved in the field/technology/issue you chose to hear about? What experience/skills/training/education would you need to learn to get involved with this field? This is a tricky question for this video seeing as this man had littole education or practice. This was really a mind of matter situation. I feel like anyone could do this, the hard part is getting the motivation and the heart that it requires.