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Gever Tulley: Life lessons through tinkering
Gever Tuelly bied lewenslesse aan deur knutselwerk
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Gever Tulley gebruik aangrypende foto's en video-opnames om die waardevolle lesse wat kinders by sy Knutselwerkskool leer te demonstreer. Wanneer hulle toegerus word met gereedskap, materiale en leiding ken hierdie jong verbeeldings geen perke nie en kreatiewe probleemoplossing neem oor om unieke bote, brûe en selfs ’n tuimeltrein te bou.
Gever Tulley - Tinkerer
The founder of the Tinkering School, Gever Tulley likes to build things with kids. Full bio
The founder of the Tinkering School, Gever Tulley likes to build things with kids. Full bio
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This is the exact moment
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Hierdie is die einste oomblik
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that I started creating something called Tinkering School.
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wat ek ’n Knutselwerkskool begin skep het.
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Tinkering School is a place where kids can pick up sticks
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Knutselwerkskool is ’n plek waar kinders stokke, hammers
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and hammers and other dangerous objects,
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en ander gevaarlike voorwerpe kan optel,
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and be trusted.
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en vertrou kan word.
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Trusted not to hurt themselves,
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Vertrou word om nie hulleself
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and trusted not to hurt others.
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of ander seer te maak nie.
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Tinkering School doesn't follow a set curriculum,
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Knutselwerk Skool volg nie ’n vasgestelde kurrikulum nie.
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and there are no tests.
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En daar is geen toetse nie.
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We're not trying to teach anybody any specific thing.
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Ons probeer nie om vir iemand een spesifieke ding te leer nie.
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When the kids arrive
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Wanneer die kinders aankom
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they're confronted with lots of stuff:
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word hulle gekonfronteer met baie goeters,
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wood and nails and rope and wheels,
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hout en spykers en tou en wiele,
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and lots of tools, real tools.
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en baie regte egte gereedskap.
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It's a six-day immersive experience for the kids.
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Dis ’n ses-dae lange ervaring waarin die kinders hulself kan verdiep.
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And within that context, we can offer the kids time --
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En binne daardie konteks kan ons vir die kinders tyd bied.
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something that seems in short supply
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Iets wat oënskynlik skaars is
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in their over-scheduled lives.
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in hulle oorvol lewens.
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Our goal is to ensure that they leave
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Ons doelwit is om te verseker dat hulle weggaan
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with a better sense of how to make things
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met ’n beter idee van hoe om goed te maak
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than when they arrived,
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as toe hulle aangekom het,
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and the deep internal realization
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en die diepe gewaarwording
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that you can figure things out by fooling around.
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dat ’n mens dinge kan baasraak deur rond te speel.
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Nothing ever turns out as planned ... ever.
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Niks draai ooit uit soos beplan nie.
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(Laughter)
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(Gelag)
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And the kids soon learn
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En die kinders leer vinnig
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that all projects go awry --
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dat alle projekte skeefloop --
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(Laughter)
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(Gelag)
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and become at ease with the idea that every step
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en word gerus met die idee dat elke tree in ’n
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in a project is a step closer
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projek ’n tree nader is aan
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to sweet success,
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soete sukses
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or gleeful calamity.
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of vrolike rampspoed.
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We start from doodles and sketches.
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Ons begin met krabbels en sketse.
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And sometimes we make real plans.
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En partykeer maak ons regte planne.
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And sometimes we just start building.
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En soms begin ons sommer net bou.
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Building is at the heart of the experience:
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Bou is ’n kerndeel van die ervaring.
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hands on, deeply immersed
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Prakties, in dit verdiep
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and fully committed to the problem at hand.
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en ten volle verbind tot die taak voor hulle.
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Robin and I, acting as collaborators,
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Robin en ek tree op as medewerkers,
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keep the landscape of the projects
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en ons hou die landskap van die projekte
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tilted towards completion.
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gekantel na voltooiing.
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Success is in the doing,
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Sukses is in die doenwerk.
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and failures are celebrated and analyzed.
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En mislukkings word gevier en geanaliseer.
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Problems become puzzles
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Probleme word raaisels
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and obstacles disappear.
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en hindernisse verdwyn.
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When faced with particularly difficult
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Wanneer ’n besonder moeilike
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setbacks or complexities,
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terugslag of kompleksiteit opduik,
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a really interesting behavior emerges: decoration.
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kom ’n baie interessante gedrag na vore: versiering.
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(Laughter)
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(Gelag)
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Decoration of the unfinished project
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Die versiering van die onvoltooide projek
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is a kind of conceptual incubation.
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is ’n soort konseptuele inkubasie.
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From these interludes come deep insights
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In die tussentyd kom diep insigte na vore
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and amazing new approaches to solving the problems
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en ongelooflike nuwe benaderings tot die oplossing van probleme
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that had them frustrated just moments before.
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wat hulle net oomblike van te vore frustreerd gehad het.
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All materials are available for use.
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Alle materiale is beskikbaar vir gebruik.
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Even those mundane, hateful, plastic grocery bags
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Selfs daardie vervelige, vieslike plastiek inkopiesakke
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can become a bridge
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kan ’n brug word,
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stronger than anyone imagined.
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sterker as wat enigiemand kon dink.
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And the things that they build
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En die dinge wat hulle bou,
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amaze even themselves.
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verbaas selfs hulleself.
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Video: Three, two, one, go!
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Video: Drie, twee, een, GAAN!
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Gever Tulley: A rollercoaster built by seven-year-olds.
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Gever Tulley: ’n Tuimeltrein gebou deur sewe-jariges.
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Video: Yay!
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Video: Jippie!
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(Applause)
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(Applous)
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GT: Thank you. It's been a great pleasure.
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Gever Tulley: Dankie. Dit was ’n groot plesier.
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(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Gever Tulley - TinkererThe founder of the Tinkering School, Gever Tulley likes to build things with kids.
Why you should listen
Gever Tulley writes the best Twitters: Just landed my paraglider in an empty field behind Santa 8arbara. ... Making amazing tshirts with a laser cutter at the maker faire in austin. ... Washing fruit, putting sheets on bunkbeds, and grinding up aluminum foil in a cheap blender ... Updating the school blog, trying to figure out how many cubic feet of air are in a 5 gallon cylinder at 200 PSI. ... Trying to figure out if the tinker kids are going to be able to get molten iron from magnetite sand ...
A software engineer, Gever Tulley is the co-founder of the Tinkering School, a weeklong camp where lucky kids get to play with their very own power tools. He's interested in helping kids learn how to build, solve problems, use new materials and hack old ones for new purposes. He's also a certified paragliding instructor.
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