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 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.
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This is the exactpresiese momentoomblik
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Hierdie is die einste oomblik
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that I startedbegin creatingskep something calledgenoem TinkeringTinkering SchoolSkool.
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wat ek ’n Knutselwerkskool begin skep het.
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TinkeringTinkering SchoolSkool is a placeplek where kidskinders can pickaf te haal up sticksstokkies
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Knutselwerkskool is ’n plek waar kinders stokke, hammers
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and hammershamers and other dangerousgevaarlike objectsvoorwerpe,
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en ander gevaarlike voorwerpe kan optel,
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and be trustedvertrou.
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en vertrou kan word.
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TrustedVertrou not to hurtseer themselveshulself,
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Vertrou word om nie hulleself
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and trustedvertrou not to hurtseer othersander.
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of ander seer te maak nie.
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TinkeringTinkering SchoolSkool doesn't followvolg a setstel curriculumkurrikulum,
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Knutselwerk Skool volg nie ’n vasgestelde kurrikulum nie.
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and there are no teststoetse.
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En daar is geen toetse nie.
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We're not tryingprobeer to teachleer anybodyenigiemand any specificspesifieke thing.
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Ons probeer nie om vir iemand een spesifieke ding te leer nie.
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When the kidskinders arrivekom
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Wanneer die kinders aankom
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they're confrontedgekonfronteer with lots of stuffdinge:
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word hulle gekonfronteer met baie goeters,
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woodhout and nailsnaels and ropetou and wheelswiele,
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hout en spykers en tou en wiele,
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and lots of toolsgereedskap, realwerklike toolsgereedskap.
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en baie regte egte gereedskap.
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It's a six-dayses-dag immersivemeeslepende experienceervaring for the kidskinders.
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Dis ’n ses-dae lange ervaring waarin die kinders hulself kan verdiep.
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And withinbinne that contextkonteks, we can offeraanbod the kidskinders time --
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En binne daardie konteks kan ons vir die kinders tyd bied.
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something that seemsblyk in shortkort supplytoevoer
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Iets wat oënskynlik skaars is
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in theirhulle over-scheduledveel geskeduleer liveslewens.
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in hulle oorvol lewens.
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Our goaldoel is to ensureverseker that they leaveverlaat
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Ons doelwit is om te verseker dat hulle weggaan
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with a better sensesin 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 arrivedaangekom,
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as toe hulle aangekom het,
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and the deepdiep internalinterne realizationverwesenliking
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en die diepe gewaarwording
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that you can figurefiguur things out by foolingflous around.
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dat ’n mens dinge kan baasraak deur rond te speel.
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Nothing ever turnsdraaie out as plannedbeplan ... ever.
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Niks draai ooit uit soos beplan nie.
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(LaughterLag)
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(Gelag)
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And the kidskinders soonbinnekort learnleer
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En die kinders leer vinnig
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that all projectsprojekte go awrypartykeer --
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dat alle projekte skeefloop --
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(LaughterLag)
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and becomeword at easeverlig with the ideaidee that everyelke stepstap
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en word gerus met die idee dat elke tree in ’n
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in a projectprojek is a stepstap closernader
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projek ’n tree nader is aan
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to sweetsoet successsukses,
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soete sukses
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or gleefulgleeful calamityonheil.
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of vrolike rampspoed.
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We startbegin from doodlesdoodles and sketchessketse.
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Ons begin met krabbels en sketse.
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And sometimessoms we make realwerklike plansplanne.
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En partykeer maak ons regte planne.
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And sometimessoms we just startbegin buildinggebou.
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En soms begin ons sommer net bou.
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BuildingGebou is at the hearthart of the experienceervaring:
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Bou is ’n kerndeel van die ervaring.
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handshande on, deeplydiep immersedgedompel
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Prakties, in dit verdiep
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and fullyten volle committedverbind to the problemprobleem at handhand.
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en ten volle verbind tot die taak voor hulle.
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RobinRobin and I, actingWaarnemende as collaboratorsbuiteklubs,
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Robin en ek tree op as medewerkers,
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keep the landscapelandskap of the projectsprojekte
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en ons hou die landskap van die projekte
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tiltedskuins gehou towardsteenoor completionvoltooiing.
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gekantel na voltooiing.
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SuccessSukses is in the doing,
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Sukses is in die doenwerk.
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and failuresmislukkings are celebratedgevierde and analyzedontleed.
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En mislukkings word gevier en geanaliseer.
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ProblemsProbleme becomeword puzzleslegkaarte
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Probleme word raaisels
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and obstaclesstruikelblokke disappearverdwyn.
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en hindernisse verdwyn.
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When facedgekonfronteer with particularlyveral difficultmoeilik
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Wanneer ’n besonder moeilike
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setbacksterugslae or complexitieskompleksiteit,
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terugslag of kompleksiteit opduik,
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a really interestinginteressant behaviorgedrag emergesna vore: decorationversiering.
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kom ’n baie interessante gedrag na vore: versiering.
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(LaughterLag)
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DecorationVersiering of the unfinishedonvoltooide projectprojek
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Die versiering van die onvoltooide projek
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is a kindsoort of conceptualkonseptuele incubationinkubasie.
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is ’n soort konseptuele inkubasie.
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From these interludesinterludes come deepdiep insightsinsigte
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In die tussentyd kom diep insigte na vore
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and amazingongelooflike newnuwe approachesbenaderings to solvingoplossing the problemsprobleme
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en ongelooflike nuwe benaderings tot die oplossing van probleme
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that had them frustratedgefrustreerd just momentsoomblikke before.
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wat hulle net oomblike van te vore frustreerd gehad het.
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All materialsmateriaal are availablebeskikbaar for use.
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Alle materiale is beskikbaar vir gebruik.
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Even those mundaneaards, hatefulhaatlike, plasticplastiek grocerykruideniersware bagssakke
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Selfs daardie vervelige, vieslike plastiek inkopiesakke
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can becomeword a bridgeoorbrug
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kan ’n brug word,
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strongersterker than anyoneenigiemand imaginedverbeel.
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sterker as wat enigiemand kon dink.
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And the things that they buildbou
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En die dinge wat hulle bou,
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amazeverbaas even themselveshulself.
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verbaas selfs hulleself.
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VideoVideo: ThreeDrie, two, one, go!
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Video: Drie, twee, een, GAAN!
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GeverGever TulleyTulley: A rollercoasterry builtgebou by seven-year-oldssewe--jariges.
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Gever Tulley: ’n Tuimeltrein gebou deur sewe-jariges.
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VideoVideo: YayJippieee!
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Video: Jippie!
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GTGT: Thank you. It's been a great pleasureplesier.
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Gever Tulley: Dankie. Dit was ’n groot plesier.
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Translated by Ingrid Lezar
Reviewed by Christiaan Crafford

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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