Members Veronica Vera

I'm passionate about

-Diversity and its wonderful magic
-The power of networked knowledge to transform the world
-Education. Giving everyone the chance of learning in an creative way for unleashing all of its potential

An idea worth spreading

Roger Schank:

"Let’s teach by telling stories; in a meaningful way, which allow us to do our own connections and find our own way"
"Good stories engage our mind and spirit; and inspire and encourage us to work for our dreams and ideas"
"Education must be a process where an individual learns to discover oneself by improving and expanding one’s own internal processes and abilities and, in doing so, endeavour to improve the human condition"
"John Adams said that education should teach people how to live or how to make a living"
“People learn best when they are pursuing goals that they really care about and when what they learn helps them attain their goals. The best means of learning has always been experience"
"Story-centered curricula is meant to simulate real-life situations and entail meaningful goals that encourage children to explore their own interests"

http://www.rogerschank.com

Talk to me about

Global issues, astronomy, design, technology, world cultures, photography, innovation, education, brain, knowledge Management, language, running, books, movies. Let me know stories!

People don't know that I'm good at

Cooking! If you want to eat delicious pizzas, just let me know!

My TED story

At the beginning of 2009, I’ve received by mail a link with a wonderful and striking talk: “Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity”
Since then I fell in love with TED and this wonderful project of “Ideas worth spreading”, and of course I became fond of listening 2 or 3 talks by week.
Finally, at the end of last year, when I manage to find some free time, I decided to volunteer and become a TED translator, for many reasons, but primarily for the following ones:
- As a way of thanking and giving back for all the great knowledge I get with every talk;
- The talks are inspiring and motivating.
- Every talk teaches us something we didn’t know before and provides us a new perspective for looking at the world.
- Everyone (in this case Spanish-speaking people who don’t speak English) has the right of learning new things and getting different perspectives of the world. That’s why I want to help spreading these worthy ideas of TED to all of these people.