An activity around the video: "Steve Jobs' Commencement Address" at Stanford University

This is the speech given by Steve Jobs to the students who were graduating at the University of Stanford in June 2005. To me, it is one of the most inspiring, moving and great speeches ever given.

"Who's Steve Jobs?" some of you may wonder. He's the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Apple, Pixar animations, .... You can read all about him in the English Wikipedia.

Follow-up to the text:

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We've also worked on some vocabulary using the text of the speech which was published in the Stanford University website.

Here is the link to the video with English subtitles part 1 and English subtitles part 2.

Steve Jobs tells us three stories from his life. Now you can vote for your favourite story:

Which is your favourite story?

Connecting the dots
Love and loss
Death

What will the future hold for us?

This highly interesting presentation is not something to be frightened about, but to be aware of.

Nowadays and everytime more and more, multi-national companies are employing people without experience, that is, without memory. Why? Because they have never had before, the problems they have now. So they do not need conventional minds, but genious minds. And the genious mind consists of imagination, creativity and intuition. This is something a computer will never have.
We should make sure our students don't grow out of creativity, but develop the creativity they were born with. 

Here you will find some suggestions for using this presentation in class.

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Go for it!

I would like to share a very inspiring text I found in the book In Your Hands: NLP in ELT, which I really recommend to all teachers.
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Until one is committed, 

there is hesitancy,

the chance to draw back,

always ineffectivess.

Concerning all acts of initiative

(and creation)

there is one elementary truth,

the ignorance of which

kills countless ideas

and splendid plans -

that the moment

one definitely commits oneself,

then Providence moves too.

All sorts of things occur to help one

that would never otherwise have occurred ...

I have learned a deep respect

for one of Goethe's couplets:

  
"Whatever you can do

 or dream you can, begin it

Boldness has genius,

power and magic in it."
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W H MURRAY . THE SCOTTISH HIMALAYAN EXPEDITION

Thank you very much to Pareeerica for sharing this amazing picture under a Creative Commons Licence.  

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Do schools kill creativity?

This is one of the best speeches I have ever heard about education and the importance of creativity in education.

It's hilarious, interesting, and you may like to listen to this case of a highly kinesthetic girl at school Gillian Lynne, a well-known multimillionare coreographer (Cats, Phantom of the Opera), who was diagnosed a learning disorder at school.

I absolutely agree with Sir Ken Robinson about the need to reshape the educational system which nowadays is still placing too much emphasis on the logico-mathematical, and linguistic intelligences.

This summer I had the chance to learn a bit more about the Multiple Intelligences Theory with Mario Rinvolucri thanks to a scholarship I received from the Generalitat de Catalunya. So I could attend a summer course in Pilgrims, University of Kent, in Canterbury, an experience I highly recommend: great trainers, great atmosphere, great campus.

"Internet en el aula"

Images of first national congress: "Internet en el Aula" (feel free to join our group discussions in flickr)
More information: Congreso Nacional Internet en el Aula,  Ning: Internet en el Aula.

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