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If you missed the live stream of John speaking at TEDxIndianapolis yesterday, you can see his talk here, starting at about 16:40 in. He speaks about “The Paper Town Phenomenon” described by the TEDxIND site as thus:
When we think of education as a school-based phenomenon, we do a disservice both to students and to the rest of us. Green argues that we should imagine education as a kind of cartography, and discuss how online communities are helping to build learning maps that will encourage students. From YouTube to tumblr to the Khan Academy, the line between education and entertainment is blurring, and as these tools reach more and more people. The youth of today are quietly becoming the best-informed, most intellectually engaged generation in world history.
Revolutionizing Education…With Weirdos
Check out Crash Course: http://www.youtube.com/crashcourse
and SciShow: http://www.youtube.com/scishow
I am at the conference right now, so I actually can’t write a proper description here…but online video education…is good. And exciting. Much love to YouTube for promoting this stuff and much love to all the people below, who everyone should check out.Smarter Every Day: http://www.youtube.com/smartereveryday
Veritasium: http://www.youtube.com/1veritasium
Numberphile: http://www.youtube.com/numberphile
Deep Sky Videos: http://www.youtube.com/deepskyvideos
ViHart: http://www.youtube.com/vihart
Minute Physics: http://www.youtube.com/minutephysics
CGP Grey: http://www.youtube.com/cgpgrey
VSauce: http://www.youtube.com/vsauce
Is College Worth It?
In which John ponders whether a college degree is worth the high tuition, student loans, opportunity cost, and low-paying entry-level positions involved. Is the cost involved worth the returns? Is this even a simple economic question, or are there intangible benefits that come along with education?
John’s Open Letter to Students Returning to School
Summer is ending.
I argue that this is good news.
"I’d like to share with you some actual questions actual teenagers have actually asked about my new book, and I swear these are true and can produce witnesses if necessary.
“Can you talk about why Quentin survives his encounter with the land whale while Captain Ahab doesn’t survive his encounter with Moby Dick?”
“Is Margo’s hair always in her face because no one is seeing her?”
“Are we really able to reinvent ourselves like Dr. Jefferson Jefferson or are we just boats getting borne back ceaselessly into the past like they say in Gatsby?”
Real questions. Real teenagers. There were hundreds more. And of course there were silly questions, too—do you think margo or lacey is hotter; if you could be any kind of cheese, what kind of cheese would you be? (To the latter, I answered Nicholas Sparks.) Silly questions are great, too. But again and again, I met teenagers who were reading thoughtfully and critically, and I believe that as writers and educators, we have a shared responsibility to give teenagers every opportunity to encounter everything that books can do."
John Green (x)
(Source: teenwolframandhart)
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