{"id":125707,"date":"2018-11-10T19:53:24","date_gmt":"2018-11-10T17:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/south-african-teenagers-to-take-to-the-ted-stage-in-new-york-city\/"},"modified":"2018-11-10T19:53:24","modified_gmt":"2018-11-10T17:53:24","slug":"south-african-teenagers-to-take-to-the-ted-stage-in-new-york-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/south-african-teenagers-to-take-to-the-ted-stage-in-new-york-city\/","title":{"rendered":"South African teenagers to take to the TED stage in New York City"},"content":{"rendered":"

South African teenagers to take to the TED stage in New York City<\/a>: <\/p>\n

\"\"Two SA students selected from hundreds of entries to deliver their TED talks, \u201cHow can we stop racism in private schools” and “How criticism affects people\u2019s confidence”<\/p>\n

Johannesburg, South Africa \u2013 9 November 2018 \u2013 Think Ahead is ecstatic to announce that Boipelo Moagi (Roedean School) and Ayanda Bokaba (Carlswald House) from Think Ahead\u2019s TED-ED Club have been invited to New York to deliver their talks, \u201cHow can we stop racism in private schools\u201d and \u201cHow criticism affects people\u2019s confidence\u201d at the upcoming TED-Ed Weekend event 17 \u2013 18 November.<\/p>\n

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 \u2013 including these two students from South Africa.<\/p>\n

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\u2019s 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\u2019s New York headquarters.<\/p>\n

Michelle Lissoos, Managing Director at Think Ahead, commented, \u201cThink 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 \u2013 and can\u2019t wait to hear their voices from the NY TED stage.\u201d<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

For more information visit www.thinkahead.co.za<\/p>\n

About TED-Ed
TED-Ed is TED\u2019s youth and education initiative. TED-Ed\u2019s mission is to spark and celebrate the ideas of teachers and students around the world. Everything we do supports learning \u2014 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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE to submit your press release to MyPR.co.za.<\/p>\n

Source:<\/strong> MyPR<\/a><\/small>
\n<\/p>\n

Submit your own Press Release<\/a> or get free content for your publication.<\/p>\n

Video – How to post your Press Release on MyPR:<\/strong>
\n