South African teenagers to take to the TED stage in New York City:
Two SA students selected from hundreds of entries to deliver their TED talks, “How can we stop racism in private schools” and “How criticism affects people’s confidence”
Johannesburg, South Africa – 9 November 2018 – Think Ahead is ecstatic to announce that Boipelo Moagi (Roedean School) and Ayanda Bokaba (Carlswald House) from Think Ahead’s TED-ED Club have been invited to New York to deliver their talks, “How can we stop racism in private schools” and “How criticism affects people’s confidence” at the upcoming TED-Ed Weekend event 17 – 18 November.
The TED-ED weekend is an annual gathering of students from around the world, who participate in TED-Ed Clubs, designed to amplify the voices of the next generation of TED. The TED-Ed team in New York has spent months reviewing hundreds of talks uploaded by Clubs like Think Ahead’s and have chosen a select group of passionate student speakers to present their TED-Ed Club talks live on the TED stage – including these two students from South Africa.
The Think Ahead TED-Ed Club ran a thirteen-week public speaking curriculum prepared by TED to help participants from schools across Gauteng discover and develop their ideas to deliver their own TED-style talk. During the event at TED’s New York headquarters, participants will share inspiring performances, participate in hands-on workshops and attend sessions of TED Talks. They will also deliver their talks in a newly created theatre housed at TED’s New York headquarters.
Michelle Lissoos, Managing Director at Think Ahead, commented, “Think Ahead believes strongly in giving young SA a voice. We ensure all our programmes instil key 21st century skills in the students that participate. That is why we were so excited to offer our partner schools the TED-Ed programme. We are so proud of Boipelo and Ayanda – and can’t wait to hear their voices from the NY TED stage.”
About Think Ahead
Think Ahead works in partnership with schools to support them in their 21st century teaching and learning journey. Think Ahead brings Apple technology to schools as part of a fully integrated solution including teacher training, parent support, student training, coding and robotics. Think Ahead also manages the iSchoolAfrica programme that partners with government, foundations and corporates to bring these programmes to township and rural schools.
For more information visit www.thinkahead.co.za
About TED-Ed
TED-Ed is TED’s youth and education initiative. TED-Ed’s mission is to spark and celebrate the ideas of teachers and students around the world. Everything we do supports learning — from producing a growing library of original animated videos, to providing an international platform for teachers to create their own interactive lessons, to helping curious students around the globe bring TED to their schools and gain presentation literacy skills, to celebrating innovative leadership within TED-Ed’s global network of over 250,000 teachers. TED-Ed has grown from an idea worth spreading into an award-winning education platform that serves millions of teachers and students around the world every week.
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