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

Ang pagtuturo ni Gever Tulley ng mga aral sa buhay sa pamamagitan ng pagkalikot

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Dala ni Gever Tulley ang ilang litrato at bidyo na nagpapatunay sa mga aralin na natututunan ng mga bata sa Tinkering School. Kapag nabigyan ng tamang kagamitan at paggabay, malayo ang nararating ng kanilang imahinasyon at nabibigyang solusyon ang mga problema gaya ng paggawa ng mga bangka, tulay at kahit rollercoaster pa!
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This is the exacteksaktong momentilang sandali
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Ito ang mismong pangyayari
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that I startednagsimula creatingpaglikha ng mga something calledtinatawag na TinkeringPagkutinting SchoolPaaralan.
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nang naisip kong lumikha ng tinatawag na Tinkering School.
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TinkeringPagkutinting SchoolPaaralan is a placelugar where kidsmga bata can pickPumili ng up stickspatpat
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Ang Tinkering School ay isang lugar kung saan ang mga bata ay maaaring gumamit ng tingting na kahoy
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and hammershammers and other dangerousmapanganib objectsmga bagay,
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at martilyo at iba pang mapanganib na bagay,
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and be trustednagtiwala.
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at mapagkatiwalaan.
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TrustedNagtiwala not to hurtsaktan themselveskanilang sarili,
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Pinagkakatiwalaan na hindi sasaktan ang sarili,
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and trustednagtiwala not to hurtsaktan othersiba pa.
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at pinagkakatiwalaang hindi makakasakit ng iba.
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TinkeringPagkutinting SchoolPaaralan doesn't followsundin a setMagtakda ng mga curriculumkurikulum,
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Walang sinusundang curriculum ang Tinkering School,
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and there are no testsmga pagsusuri.
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at walang mga pagsusulit.
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We're not tryingsinusubukan to teachmagturo anybodykahit kanino any specificpartikular na thing.
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Wala kaming sinusubukang ituro na anumang partikular na bagay.
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When the kidsmga bata arrivedumating
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Pagdating ng mga bata
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they're confrontedhinarap with lots of stuffmga bagay-bagay:
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nakatambad ang iba't ibang klase ng kagamitan:
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woodkahoy and nailspako and ropelubid and wheelsgulong,
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mga kahoy at pako at lubid at gulong,
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and lots of toolskagamitan, realtunay toolskagamitan.
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at maraming kasangkapan, mga totoong kagamitan.
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It's a six-dayanim na araw immersivenakaka-engganyong experiencekaranasan for the kidsmga bata.
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Ito ay isang karanasan para sa mga bata sa loob ng anim na araw.
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And withinsa loob ng that contextkonteksto, we can offernag-aalok ng the kidsmga bata time --
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Sa ganitong paraan, nabibigyan namin ang mga bata ng panahon --
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something that seemstila in shortmaikling supplysuplay
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isang bagay na tila kulang na ngayon
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in theirkanilang over-scheduledsobrang naka-iskedyul livesbuhay.
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dahil sa dami ng kanilang gawain.
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Our goallayunin is to ensurematiyak ang that they leaveiwanan ang
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Layunin namin na sa pag-alis nila
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with a better sensekahulugan of how to make things
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lumawak ang kanilang pag-unawa sa paggawa
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than when they arriveddumating ang,
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higit pa sa noong sila'y unang dumating,
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and the deepmalalim internalpanloob realizationNapagtanto
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at ang pagtanto
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that you can figureFigure things out by foolingfooling around.
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na may kaalamang nakukuha sa pamamagitan ng pagkalikot.
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Nothing ever turnslumiliko out as plannedbinalak ... ever.
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Gayunman ... walang bagay na natutupad ayon sa napagplanuhan.
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(LaughterTawanan)
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(Tawanan)
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And the kidsmga bata soonHindi nagtagal learnmatuto
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At maaga nilang natututunan
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that all projectsmga proyekto go awryawry --
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na lahat ng proyekto ay nabubulilyaso --
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(LaughterTawanan)
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and becomemaging at easekadalian with the ideaideya that everybawat stephakbang
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at madaling nilang natatanggap na bawat hakbang
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in a projectproyekto is a stephakbang closermas malapit
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sa isang proyekto ay hakbang tungo
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to sweetmatamis successtagumpay,
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sa matamis na tagumpay,
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or gleefulnangatuwa calamitykalamidad.
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o sa nakakatuwang kasawiangpalad.
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We startsimulan ang from doodlesng doodle and sketchesSketches.
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Nagsisimula kami mula sa mga doodles at pagguhit.
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And sometimeskung minsan we make realtunay plansplano.
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At minsan gumagawa kami ng totoong disenyo.
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And sometimeskung minsan we just startsimulan ang buildinggusali.
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At minsan agad kaming nagbubuo.
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BuildingGusali is at the heartpuso of the experiencekaranasan:
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Ang paggawa ay nasa puso ng karanasang ito:
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handsmga kamay on, deeplymalalim immersedmailubog
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gawa ng sariling kamay,
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and fullylubos committednakagawa ng to the problemproblema at handkamay.
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at ganap na nakatutok sa napiling suliranin.
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RobinRobin and I, actingkumikilos as collaboratorspunong-taga-usig,
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Kami ni Robin, bilang katuwang at katulong,
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keep the landscapetanawin of the projectsmga proyekto
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sinisiguro namin na ang direksyon ng mga proyekto
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tiltedtikwas towardspatungo sa completionpagtapos.
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ay upang matapos ito.
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SuccessTagumpay is in the doing,
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Ang tagumpay ay nasa paggawa,
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and failuresmga kabiguan are celebratedIpinagdiwang and analyzedaralan.
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at ang pagkabigo ay pinagdiriwang at sinisiyasat.
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ProblemsMga problema becomemaging puzzlesmga palaisipan
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Ang mga suliranin ay nagiging palaisipan
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and obstaclesbalakid disappearmawala.
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at nawawala ang mga balakid.
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When facedhinarap with particularlylalo na difficultmahirap
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Kapag nahaharap sa matinding
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setbacksmga problema or complexitieskasalimuotan,
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dagok o sa masalimuot na balakid,
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a really interestingkawili-wiling behaviorpag-uugali emergeslumilitaw: decorationmedalya.
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isang nakakatuwang ugali ang kusang lumalabas: paglalagay ng dekorasyon.
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(LaughterTawanan)
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(Tawanan)
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DecorationMedalya of the unfinishedhindi natapos projectproyekto
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Ang pagpapalamuti sa proyektong hindi natapos
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is a kinduri of conceptualkonseptuwal incubationpaglaganap.
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ay gaya ng isang limliman ng mga konsepto.
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From these interludesinterludes come deepmalalim insightsmga kabatiran
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Sa paghinto nagmumula ang mga bagong pananaw
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and amazingkamangha-manghang newbagong approachesmga pamamaraan to solvingpaglutas ng mga the problemsmga problema
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at kahanga-hangang pamamaraan sa paglutas ng mga suliranin
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that had them frustratedBigo just momentssandali before.
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na dati'y humahadlang sa kanila.
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All materialsmga materyal are availablemagagamit for use.
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Lahat ng materyales ay maaring gamitin.
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Even those mundanepangmundo, hatefulnakakagalit, plasticplastik grocerygrocery bagsbag
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Kahit pa ang mga nakamumuhing plastik pang-grocery
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can becomemaging a bridgetulay
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ay maaaring maging isang tulay
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strongermas malakas than anyonekahit sino imaginedNaisip.
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na mas malakas pa kaysa sa inakala.
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And the things that they buildbumuo ng
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At kahit sila mismo ay napapahanga
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amazeHumanga sa even themselveskanilang sarili.
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sa mga bagay na binuo nila.
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VideoVideo: ThreeTatlong, two, one, go!
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Bidyo: Tatlo, dalawa, isa, go!
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GeverGever TulleyTulley: A rollercoasterrollercoaster builtbinuo by seven-year-oldspitong taong gulang.
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Gever Tulley: Isang rollercoaster na binuo ng mga batang pitong-taon gulang.
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VideoVideo: YayYay!
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Bidyo: Yay!
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(ApplausePalakpakan)
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(Palakpakan)
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GTGT: Thank you. It's been a great pleasurekasiyahan.
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GT: Salamat. Ako'y tunay na nagagalak.
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(Palakpakan)
Translated by Schubert Malbas
Reviewed by Polimar Balatbat

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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