ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Gever Tulley - Tinkerer
The 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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Gever Tulley: Life lessons through tinkering

Gever Tulley podučava životne lekcije kroz čeprkanje

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Gever Tulley koristi zanimljive fotografije i snimke da demonstrira vrijedne lekcije koje djeca uče u njegovoj Školi čeprkanja. Kad im se daju alati, materijal i usmjeravanje, ove mlade mašte se oslobode i kreativno rješavanje problema preuzme stvar u izgradnji jedinstvenih čamaca, mostova, pa čak i tobogana!
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This is the exacttočno momenttrenutak
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Ovo je baš onaj trenutak
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that I startedpočeo creatingstvaranje something calledzvao TinkeringIgranja SchoolŠkola.
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u kojem sam počeo stvarati nešto što zovem Škola čeprkanja.
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TinkeringIgranja SchoolŠkola is a placemjesto where kidsdjeca can pickodabrati up sticksštapići
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Škola čeprkanja je mjesto gdje djeca mogu uzeti štapove
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and hammersčekići and other dangerousopasno objectsobjekti,
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i čekiće i druge opasne predmete,
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and be trustedpouzdana.
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bez bojazni.
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TrustedPouzdana not to hurtpovrijediti themselvesse,
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Bez bojazni da će se ozlijediti,
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and trustedpouzdana not to hurtpovrijediti othersdrugi.
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i bez bojazni da će ozlijediti druge.
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TinkeringIgranja SchoolŠkola doesn't followslijediti a setset curriculumnastavni plan,
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Škola čeprkanja nema zadani nastavni program.
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and there are no teststestovi.
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I nema testova.
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We're not tryingtežak to teachučiti anybodyiko any specificspecifično thing.
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Ne pokušavamo nikoga naučiti ništa konkretno.
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When the kidsdjeca arrivestići
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Kada djeca dođu
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they're confrontedsuočeni with lots of stuffstvari:
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suoče se s mnogo stvari,
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wooddrvo and nailsnokti and ropeuže and wheelskotači,
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drvetom i čavlima i konopcem i kotačima,
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and lots of toolsalat, realstvaran toolsalat.
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i s mnogo alata, pravih alata.
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It's a six-dayšest dana immersivepotop experienceiskustvo for the kidsdjeca.
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To je šestodnevno duboko iskustvo za djecu.
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And withinunutar that contextkontekst, we can offerponuda the kidsdjeca time --
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U tom kontekstu, mi djeci možemo ponuditi vrijeme.
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something that seemsčini se in shortkratak supplyOpskrba
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Nešto čega izgleda ima malo
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in theirnjihov over-scheduled-raspored livesživot.
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u njihovim životima s nakrcanim rasporedom.
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Our goalcilj is to ensureosigurati that they leavenapustiti
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Naš cilj je osigurati da odu od nas
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with a better senseosjećaj of how to make things
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s boljim osjećajem za izradu stvari
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than when they arrivedstigao,
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nego kad su došli,
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and the deepduboko internalinterni realizationRealizacija
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i da ostvare duboko unutarnje razumijevanje
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that you can figurelik things out by foolingšalio around.
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da možete shvatiti stvari tako što čeprkate.
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Nothing ever turnsokreti out as plannedplanirani ... ever.
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Ništa se ne odvija kako je planirano… ikada.
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(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
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And the kidsdjeca soonuskoro learnnaučiti
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I djeca brzo nauče
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that all projectsprojekti go awrynaopako --
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da svi projekti zastrane --
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(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
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and becomepostati at easeolakšati with the ideaideja that everysvaki stepkorak
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i počinju prihvaćati ideju da je svaki korak
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in a projectprojekt is a stepkorak closerbliže
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u projektu jedan korak bliže
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to sweetslatko successuspjeh,
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slatkom uspjehu,
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or gleefulrazdragan calamitynesreća.
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ili vedroj pogibelji.
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We startpočetak from doodlescrteži and sketchesskice.
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Počinjemo sa crtkarijama i skicama.
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And sometimesponekad we make realstvaran plansplanovi.
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A katkada radimo i prave planove.
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And sometimesponekad we just startpočetak buildingzgrada.
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A ponekad samo počnemo graditi.
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BuildingZgrada is at the heartsrce of the experienceiskustvo:
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Izgradnja je samo srce iskustva.
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handsruke on, deeplyduboko immerseduronjen
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Zaposlenih ruku, duboko uronjeni
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and fullypotpuno committedpredan to the problemproblem at handruka.
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i potpuno predani problemu koji se rješava.
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RobinRobin and I, actinggluma as collaboratorssuradnici,
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Robin i ja, uključeni kao suradnici,
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keep the landscapepejzaž of the projectsprojekti
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održavamo krajolik projekata
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tiltednaginje towardsza completionzavršetak.
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nagnutim prema dovršetku.
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SuccessUspjeh is in the doing,
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Uspjeh je u radu.
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and failuresneuspjeh are celebratedslavni and analyzedanaliziraju.
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A neuspjesi se slave i analiziraju.
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ProblemsProblemi becomepostati puzzleszagonetke
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Problemi postaju zagonetke,
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and obstaclesprepreke disappearnestati.
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a prepreke nestaju.
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When facedsuočeni with particularlynaročito difficulttežak
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Kada smo suočeni s posebno teškim
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setbackszastojima or complexitiessloženost,
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zastojima ili složenošću,
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a really interestingzanimljiv behaviorponašanje emergesproizlazi: decorationukras.
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pojavljuje se doista zanimljivo ponašanje: dekoracija.
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(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
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DecorationDekoracija of the unfinishednezavršen projectprojekt
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Dekoracija nedovršenog projekta
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is a kindljubazan of conceptualpojmovni incubationinkubacije.
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je svojevrsna konceptualna inkubacija.
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From these interludesinterludiji come deepduboko insightsuvidi
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U ovim pauzama nastaju duboki uvidi
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and amazingnevjerojatan newnovi approachespristupi to solvingrješavanje the problemsproblemi
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i zapanjujući novi pristupi rješavanju problema
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that had them frustratedfrustriran just momentstrenutke before.
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koji su ih frustrirali nekoliko trenutaka ranije.
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All materialsmaterijali are availabledostupno for use.
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Svi se materijali mogu koristiti.
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Even those mundanezemaljski, hatefulmrzak, plasticplastika grocerytrgovine bagsvrećice
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Čak i te obične plastične vrećice koje mrzimo
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can becomepostati a bridgemost
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mogu postati most
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strongerjači than anyonebilo tko imaginedzamislio.
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jači nego što bi itko zamislio.
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And the things that they buildizgraditi
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A stvari koje naprave
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amazeiznenaditi even themselvesse.
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zapanje čak i njih same.
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VideoVideo: ThreeTri, two, one, go!
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Video: Tri, dva, jedan, idemo!
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GeverGEVER TulleyTulley: A rollercoasterRollercoaster builtizgrađen by seven-year-oldssedam godina.
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Gever Tulley: Tobogan koji su napravili sedmogodišnjaci.
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VideoVideo: YayJupi!
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Video: Jee!
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(Pljesak)
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GTGT: Thank you. It's been a great pleasurezadovoljstvo.
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Gever Tulley: Hvala vam. Bilo mi je veliko zadovoljstvo.
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Translated by Davorin Jelačić
Reviewed by Tilen Pigac - EFZG

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Gever Tulley - Tinkerer
The 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.

More profile about the speaker
Gever Tulley | Speaker | TED.com

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