hey hi! it's me again:)
have you guys ever heard of (or seen the word) TED?
well, don't mixed it up with the movie..
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cos what i'm talking about is a nonprofit platform devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading.
The word 'TED' is actually stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design.
The TED Conference was originally found in 1984 as an one-off event, provided people opportunities to share their ideas across the world. And with its popularity, it has become an annual conference by the year of 1990. However, what i would like to share is not the history of TED conference, but how TED has made use of the new form of media to achieve their goal - spreading great ideas across the world.
The most obvious and simple strategy that they have adopted is sharing video clips online.
What we can see from here is that they not just made use of a new form of technology - videos, but also an online system, which enable the widespread of information and ideas. Tho this combination of the use of technology has nothing special, it was highly effective. Great ideas that worth spreading are now highly accessible to people all around the world, inspiring and educating them on different aspects of life.
Therefore, from this example, what we may conclude is that if we can make a proper use of different kinds of technology, it will become a powerful tool (or mean) that enable us to achieve our goal effortlessly.
Thx for your share:) It's a really educative and remarkable channel that is worth spending a day on^.^
ReplyDeleteN I agree that we are all capable of acomplishing our goal much more easy if we can take advantage of Internet.
I'm a great fan of TED. For one thing, you can find a lot of interesting videos that describe the effects of digital media on our lives. One of the things I think the site demonstrates, is that, as well as making good use of technology, in writing for new media we need to search for ideas that are 'worth spreading'. In other words, the content matters a lot. What do you think?
ReplyDeleteRe Ka Ming: haha yes! internet is a great platform that provides us with so many great opportunities.
ReplyDeleteRe Christoph: think so!! apart from the content, what i can learn from the speakers is that we must be bold and dream big to create great ideas:D