{"id":437,"date":"2014-01-07T14:09:27","date_gmt":"2014-01-07T19:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/ted-talks-education\/?page_id=437"},"modified":"2019-01-02T16:46:16","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T21:46:16","slug":"test-child","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/ted-talks-education\/partner-content\/test-child\/","title":{"rendered":"The Education SPARK, Lakewood, CO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TEDxCrestmoorParkED, presented by Colorado Public Television, featured <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cpt12.org\/community\/special_event2.cfm?CFID=58657863&amp;CFTOKEN=261ea7c3563b9370-7365A2A2-F9B3-B85D-D5755D1194F9C7BF&amp;jsessionid=f0303f4bc163ad96d48e3468712a4e252d62\">The Education SPARK<\/a> on October 24, 2013, in Lakewood, CO. This live, interactive event featured dynamic speakers who talked about the importance of physical education in the learning environment, dropout prevention strategies, and a variety of innovative education initiatives. Watch videos below to view talks featured at the event, as well as a special <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cpt12.org\/\">Colorado Public Television<\/a> Studio 12 episode featuring some of the speakers.<\/p>\n<h1>Studio 12: <em>Sparking Your Kids\u2019 Brains<\/em><\/h1>\n<p>Host Tamara Banks talks with fitness, neuroscience and education experts about groundbreaking research that shows the positive effects of exercise on kids&#8217; brains. Guests include Dr. John Ratey, author of <em>Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain<\/em>; brain\/exercise expert, Kim Bevill; Principal Ryan West; student Mae Thompson; and dropout expert, Steve Dobo.<\/p>\n<style>.video-wrap {position: relative;  padding-bottom: 56.25%; margin-bottom: 1em;} .video-wrap\tiframe {position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; overflow: hidden;} .video-wrap.no-topbar {padding-bottom: 56.25%;}<\/style><div class=\"video-wrap no-topbar nocontent no-content cf\"><iframe id=\"partnerPlayer\" name=\"partnerPlayer\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"  src=\"\/\/player.pbs.org\/widget\/partnerplayer\/n11zmi2-fABSFHVJ5JyPQA==\/?chapterbar=false&topbar=false&autoplay=false&endscreen=false\" title=\"Embedded Video Player\" loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen width=\"512\" height=\"288\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h1>Christen Bakken<\/h1>\n<p>Christen Bakken, a Yogi and former teacher who left being a teacher in the hope of serving children&#8217;s hearts, gives a Brain Break to the audience full of educators. With her experience teaching yoga in schools to help children, teachers, and parents move she gives lessons about yoga and life.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hNUenN1-3fI\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1>Kim Bevill<\/h1>\n<p>Kim Bevill brings her 14 years of teaching and more recent experience working with educators to stop the dropout phenomenon to the TEDx stage.  She explains how getting kids moving helps their ability to think, process, focus, and succeed in school.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e1aNERoMndU\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1>Jessica Clayton<\/h1>\n<p>Jessica Clayton describes how she uses movement and dance to help kids read, learn math, and more. 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He talks about the need to strive for a zero dropout rate and believes a simple step towards achieving that goal is looking kids in the eye and saying, &#8220;I see you\u201d and practices this exercise with a roomful of educators.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iPoS7rSs2NE\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1>Stacie Gilmore<\/h1>\n<p>In this talk, Stacie Gilmore describes how she and her husband worked together to create <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elkkids.org\/\">Environmental Learning for Kids (ELK)<\/a>, an organization devoted to helping teach kids about the outdoors. She also discusses the rewards of following her gut.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xix2ZIsuzDE\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1>David Kollar<\/h1>\n<p>David Kollar talks about how authentic connections between parents and children at school can help decrease dropout rates and close the achievement gap. He discussed how without parents involvement, kids have a much harder time and elementary school is critical to student\u2019s academic and social outcomes. He emphasizes the importance of having schools provide opportunities for mentoring and role models in school and, especially, opportunity for fathers to be engaged in these types of programs. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pAZq0LVIRzY\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1>Lisa Lee<\/h1>\n<p>Lisa Lee, a teacher with 25 years\u2019 experience, talks about the importance of teachers respecting and valuing their students and making the classroom a safe place to learn. She discusses that if teachers reach the \u201cinner core\u201d first, it is easier to teach the Common Core.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YJM6WUNDnhA\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1>Darius Richards<\/h1>\n<p>6th grader, Darius Richards, talks about his self-discovery about the importance of recess and how increased movement during the school day helps him do better in school.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/01sXsQkehjA\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1>Reggie Rivers<\/h1>\n<p>Former Denver Broncos running back Reggie Rivers discusses how focusing specifically on goals is the one sure way NOT to achieve them. 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She challenges the audience to ask provocative questions and continue the journey of sharing stories.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QFWJIIdJmAE\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1>Cyrus Weinberger<\/h1>\n<p>Cyrus Weinberger, the founder and principal of Red Hawk Elementary School in Erie, Colorado, discusses how he successfully incorporated rigorous physical activity into every school day and how that has led to improved academic performance and improved student attitudes about school. He discusses how this model can be implemented in every school at little to no cost.  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