TEL.A.VISION Featured on B2E News Alert
Posted on 12. Jul, 2009 by Ringmaster in All Posts, Media, Power of Vision, TEL.A.VISION News
We visited with Anne Wujcik at the National Educational Computer Conference in Washington DC. Anne is, among other things, the Editor of B2E News Alert, Business Education Intelligence from QED and the Heller Report.
Anne Wujcik —Friday, July 10, 2009
George Johnson, founder and CEO of TEL·A·VISION, is a man on a mission. TEL·A·VISION ‘s mission is to inspire youth to identify and express their unique gifts in service of a better world for all. It does this by providing tools that make it very easy for anyone to create a Vision Video.
The technology is powered by One True Media, a TEL·A·VISION partner and maker of online software that allows people to easily create and share video montages. The vision comes from the hearts and souls of students who use their videos to share their passion, explores the possibilities or frame their dreams.
The TEL·A·VISION web site features six tutorials that walk the user through the process of creating a Vision Video. There is a complete Curriculum Guide to help teachers or adult mentors lead students through the Vision process from start to finish, supported by video tutorials that explain the process of each unit. As George shared some of the Vision Videos with me and talked about the students who had created them, I could see how powerful this tool could be, not only for goal setting and developing communication and technology skills, but for helping educators learn more about their students.
TEL·A·VISION is a technology platform for everyone (I could see myself using this tool, though I have resisted manipulating video and even photos, to date), but its focus is the special ed and at-risk student. George talks about special education teachers who use their students’ videos to help regular classroom teachers see beyond the students’ particular problems to their potential. TEL·A·VISION offers teachers new insights into students’ goals, values and dreams, opening the door to enhanced communication and a better understanding of their needs and how to help them succeed. Check out a few student example videos at http://telavision.tv/student-examples
Vision Videos Empower Students – District Administration
Posted on 12. Jul, 2009 by Ringmaster in All Posts, Media, Power of Vision, TEL.A.VISION News
A new Web-based tool, Tel.A.Vision, inspires young people to dream the possible dream.
By Mary Johnson Patt June 2009
District Administration Magazine, the magazine of School district Management, completed a three page article on TEL.A.VISION in its June/ July NECC issue. Here is an excerpt: 
In early March, as he addressed the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C., President Obama spoke at great length of the reforms he believes will give Americans “a complete and competitive education, from the cradle up through a career.” The proposals he laid out for improving early childhood education, K12 standards and assessments, graduation rates, teacher quality and college funding will be debated for months to come by thousands of school administrators, teachers, parents and politicians. It was the voice of a single teenager, however, that helped drive the president’s messages home that day.
At the end of his speech, Obama quoted Yvonne Boroquez, a California student whose high school class recently made a video exploring the impact of the economic crisis on their dreams of higher education and professional employment.
“It was heartbreaking that a girl so full of promise was so full of worry that she and her class titled their video ‘Is Anybody Listening?’” Obama said. “I am listening. We are listening. America is listening,” the president assured Boroquez and her classmates.
“We have a huge vision deficit in this country,” Johnson explains. “There is so much fear and negativity, especially in the media. I decided to start a movement about bringing more hope and possibility into the world, and to do it by helping kids create little three-minute visions of what they want their life to become.”
Enter Tel.A.Vision. Johnson’s free Web tool gives today’s tech-savvy youth everything they need to create and share “vision videos.” A Tel.A.Vision is essentially a highly personal montage combining a student’s written hopes and dreams with still photographs, music and computer animation—created with tools available online at www.telavision.tv.
TEL.A.VISION Adopted by all Youth
Posted on 24. Apr, 2009 by Ringmaster in All Posts, How to Help!, Vision Videos
We started piloting TEL.A.VISION by working with 120 5th graders at a suburban school. The students and teachers readily adopted it. One Teacher said,”I can think of nothing I could have done to get to know my students better.”
Next we took TEL.A.VISION to a Junior High and 350 7th graders completed TEL.A.VISIONs. The students were near unanimous in calling the project their favorite homework assignment of the year. One girl, who hadn’t completed an assignment all year finished her video and in her diary said “Its about time someone asked us what we wanted.”
We created a Vision for an alternative School in Switzerland and the teacher said ” This is the best behaved I have ever seen our children.”
A class of slow learners did TEL.A.VISION videos. The teacher said ” These are kids who don’t read, don’t right and don’t participate. We were blown away with what they accomplished.” ( One of there videos is shown below.)
Recently a group of teenage girls of color, the Divas, completed beautiful TEL.A.VISION videos. They did a beautiful job and the teachers are already using the videos as a way to reinforce studying habits and appropriate behavior.
A few weeks ago I was at the Red Wing Juvenile Corrections Facility. The warden loves the idea of having the residents create TEL.A.VISION videos. I asked one resident if he would like to do one. He said he already knew what he would say in his:
- I make my mother proud
- I get my GED and graduate from High School
- I find a full time job
- I hang with friends that appreciate me
What we have seen is that all youth regardless of economic status, age, race or personal circumstances want the opportunity to dream of their futures of hope and possibility. Please help us spread the word.
http://www.onetruemedia.com/media/15/543d53632c849267/89952696a5a79e8c.flvNational Creative Society Recommends TEL.A.VISION
Posted on 13. Mar, 2009 by Ringmaster in All Posts, Supporters, TEL.A.VISION News
During the TEL.A.VISION roll-out at the 2008 Conference of the Search Institute in Minneapolis, I had a chance to meet Dr. Charles Reichel, executive director of the National Creative Society.
Much to my delight, Dr. Reichel recently wrote this article recommending TEL.A.VISION and had this to say about our offering, “It can make a big difference in each person’s expression of their integrity and realization of their career path.“
He also referenced a statement by Dr. David Walsh (Founder of the Institute for Media and the Family) who’d said that TEL.A.VISION, “…is both an exciting technology and capable of changing the lives of millions” as it was clear that Dr. Reichel concurs.
What we’re seeing is an accelerating number of recommendations from thought leaders, guides, coaches or leaders who work directly with youth or with the organizations and people who do. Dr. Reichel’s willingness to place TEL.A.VISION in front of those with whom he interacts and guides is very appreciated and validating. It’s also illustrative of the sorts of people who are seeing TEL.A.VISION as a movement worthy of their recommendation and of high value.
Malcolm Comes to America – Part 3
Posted on 29. Dec, 2008 by Ringmaster in All Posts, Story of TEL.A.VISION
Here is the next in an ongoing series of videos where I tell you the Story of TEL.A.VISION and keep you updated as it unfolds…
A Message from Sitting Bull – Part 2
Posted on 21. Dec, 2008 by Ringmaster in All Posts, Story of TEL.A.VISION
Here is the next in an ongoing series of videos where I tell you the Story of TEL.A.VISION and keep you updated as it unfolds…
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