Will This Be on the Test? | Mike Taylor & Patrick Ohslund | TEDxHumboldtBay
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- Mike Taylor and Patrick Ohslund provide a radically new perspective on how to generate personally and culturally relevant curriculum through their work in the upcoming non-profit Bay Area Creative.
Bay Area Creative: bayareacreative...
Patrick and Mike are the founders of Bay Area Creative a youth development agency that provides spoken word poetry and film making workshops at schools and community centers in the San Francisco Bay Area. Their programs SPARC poetry and Digital Storytellers work with under-served students at over 30 sites in Elementary, Junior High and High Schools; in these programs curriculum is created that responds to the students’ lived experiences in and outside of the classroom. This allows for a customized teaching and learning experience that responds to the humanity of teachers and students by building on strengths, cultural experiences and identities. Mike and Patrick are both nationally ranked spoken word poets and have toured internationally performing their original work in Guatemala, London and Canada. When we tell our stories we find the places we connect. Mike Taylor writes poems that tell his own story while uncovering feelings most people can relate to. He is a three time competing National slam poet and has been performing spoken word on large stages internationally for 15 years. In 2008 Mike won the San Francisco Teen Slam and also competed at Nationals in Washington DC that same year. He was also featured as an upcoming poet on the documentary Brave New Voices which aired on HBO, and in 2012 he won the International Farrago Poetry Slam in London. He has since performed at schools and businesses including Google, and TH-cam.
Ten years ago as a freshman at San Francisco State University, he Founded SPARC Poetry to introduce spoken word to elementary students in the Bay Area. In 2011, SPARC Poetry received full sponsorship for the Pacifica district and is now being offered in 13+ schools in Pacifica, Hayward, and Richmond. SPARC Poetry is designed to help students conquer stage fright at an early age. The curriculum is built to fit different student needs, focusing on ways to enjoy the English language, methods to engage in self reflection, and opportunities to advocate for social change. He is also a Program Director of the umbrella company Bay Area Creative which connects organizations that foster growth through writing.
Patrick is a...
Teaching artist at Digital Storytellers
Poet at Berkeley Poetry Slam
Studied Educational research at McGill University
Studied Philosophy at UCSC This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
"Sharpened in to a tool". I can't stop laughing at that one.
Loved this.
Me too!
We had to do some of this sort of stuff in school . The sense of unity it gave all of us, a sense of commonality that we hadn't experienced before, instead of laughing at each other we were laughing with each other. I think what these guys are doing is so important, especially when the arts keeps getting funding cuts. Well done guys.
What a breath of fresh air to see a couple of young men making such a difference with such passion and experience. So needed these days!
I LOVE THESE TWO GUYS!!!
thehiphopprophet the one on the left is my poetry teacher
@@marleymuller5595 AWESOME! Keep at it and never be afraid to express yourself youngsta.
There's nothing like challenging the system with wit, awesome. What a couple of brilliant guys!
We're not robots, we have rich backgrounds and lots of experiences.... This talk was DIVINE. This is exactly how we need to be looking at education. How do we expect any child, any human for that matter, to flourish and thrive when we're too busy trying to control them, push them in directions they're not comfortable and create some idealistic example of what success is.
Well this is also true.
Honestly I think this conveys a really important message. The speech and stage presence is amazing, and the metaphors... OH THE METAPHORS!! Honestly, this is amazing.
Love these guys. Do well people.
Wonderful talk gentlemen, ignore the trolls, change is needed in our schools, this is a great step.
We need creativity in the classroom, other wise we are just creating robots and soldiers.
these guys are amazing
how true
How true!
What fine men...
@@elaineward1925 great teachers!
these guys are fantastic!! how much better we all would have done in school with people like this leading the way!!
I wish my children had teachers like this, what wonderful men!
these guys are a hoot, and good.
This reminds me of Maria Montessori and her plethora of school's that now cover our planet. Hands on, self directed learning is so important !!
You guys are amazing and I am sure students just love attending your classes.
I was one of the sorts that just never fit in at school... except when a teacher would see a spark in me and take the time to figure out what i enjoyed doing. It's been awesome seeing more and more alternative schools opening up that focus on these sorts of things!
Same here. Really refreshing to see people like this these days.
Suffering in silence...well I was trained that way. No questions asked. The school room with no voice is a must hear.
Conflict within ourselves and with each other. I've always wondered why the fight to stronghold our institutions and repeat the same things year after year? If intention was to develop humans to live their best life, it would definitely be more of what these gentlemen are doing. Marvelous talk!
I know many teachers who care about their students, and students who have learned great lessons. If you follow the system and do as expected all is good. It works for some, certainly not all.
Love these guys, great teachers.
this man was fr my poetry teacher bruh
If we keep teaching kids like we are, we will continue to have all the problems we have.
Im in his class rn😂
This is sad, almost funny but its not because its true.
Who ever came up with the idea you can take a 6 year old and get them to sit silent for lots of hours and expect you will teach them anything.
no kidding
so true, kids need room to run and room to play and room to create
madness absolute madness.
this is so right on, these guys are rad.
Spot on. It seems that the powers that be will continue to defund public education in developed countries... Seeing this talk gave me hope
thanks for the link..
Education is the most important part of learning to live. Too bad it doesn't start in school.
ha! spot freaking on
Someone sent me this, great guys great talk, but, where the heck is Humboldt Bay?
How beautiful is Daphne's poem. The potential our children have is infinite, if only we could let them learn and do at their own pace! Loved this talk. I am so happy that finally we are understanding the importance of play when educating children, I feel like it'll lead to more understanding and openness with their development.
Preparing for life, its not on the test or is it. Discipline is the reason for institutional education. Learning the rules makes for a ordinary life. Everybody want that, don't they?
What a dynamic duo! With such a message... Sharing this right away!! So many children would benefit with this kind of thinking.
So very true! If these were the sorts of people calling the shots for the curriculum in our primary and high schools I feel we would be a much better and more well rounded society.
Sleeping at my school desk, absolutely. Some of my best sleeps were in history. And if I look around today, I can see we've learned nothing from history accept how to repeat it.
how would you know it's being repeated if you were asleep when learning about it?
Tick those boxes, forget about critical thinking. Oh this is very very good.
Definitely could have used this narrative 15 years ago. Absolute legends these 2. Keep at it.
they're doing such good work!
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Patrick was my Ethnic Studies professor this semester at SFSU 💀
So glad to have Ohslund as my poetry teacher!!!
Love this talk love these guys! Now these are true teachers?
Can't help but wonder how we can get these programs into schools when funding keeps getting cut time and time again. I wish more communities were able to support groups like this!
This is why I'm a big advocate for home schooling!
Brilliant tedtalk! I wish we had more incentives like this in the UK! Great work lads, our kids need people like you!
Isn't that the truth! Imagine what we could have accomplished!
@@babssinnerd or what will be!
@@juicystar1370 sounds like a song title!!!
@@babssinnerd you are right it does!
@@juicystar1370 thank you!