I'm actually very glad to say that I have a teacher that does not scorn me for doodling. She is actually for it. It also keeps me from falling asleep in class, so... XD
Especially about that bit with learning and focusing better with doodling..I can vouch for that, I doodled all the time in class, and I still do now! And I found that I could focus much better than if I was not doodling and going stir-crazy while the class went on.
For many years I've fought teachers who insisted our daugther MUST stop Doodling while they are teaching or on her work. In fact, one teacher punished her all the time for Doodling on her papers. I challenged this teacher saying: "let her doodle and then quiz her on the material, then have her not doodle and then quiz her...see how she does."
1st Quiz with Doodling...100% correct
2nd Quiz without Doodling... 40% correct.
Thank you Sunni for your research...my daughter is proof of your theory!
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@cuervotaylor I have been both a high school and middle school teacher for 20 yrs - and there is no doubt that many students learn better if they are allowed to "doodle" while they are listening to a lecture or a discussion. I let students doodle until or unless it does not serve their learning - but in most cases it is a benefit. SO this is not a stupid talk - it is about how people learn AND it is a slam to all those old school - sit up straight eyes up at all times teachers.
"Bill! This is a very important meeting! Why aren't you doodling like everyone else? George here has drawn a duck in a pond! And what have you got? Words? Notes?! Get out."
I heard most of this 15 years ago when the teacher complained about me drawing rather than listening. But its interesting nonetheless.
And I don't count crying as "nerdy". More "geeky" since thats when you obsess about stuff. "A person with a devotion to something in a way that places him or her outside the mainstream."
@ryandrums1001 if you structure them in some pattern, you may end up with fractals that look like they have 2 or 3 dimentions. see my comment above for some awesome doodling videos from ViHart, the series called "doodling in mathclass".
If you make your own workplace, tie and all in front of a computer with your jammies on, you can doodle *and* masturbate at the same time, and make money.
people think doodling is bad? i have never EVER come across that attitude.
if were to ask what i'm doing when i'm doodling, i either tell them i'm working something out, or i'm taking notes. Both are completely accurate and apparently always sidestep any rising "situation", because a negative attitude to doodling is utterly foreign to me.
Unless she's talking about "doodling" as the artistic equivalent to daydreaming - ie: thought unfocused on the (paid) job at hand.
Lol. My school notes are completely surrounded by doodles. Glad to know it was actually a good thing. I found it was the best way to stay awake, better than coffee or tea.
I'm no expert, but I only found 4 studies related to doodling and attention in my research paper search. 2 supported a correlation, and 2 didn't. Even if we toss out the 2 not in agreement, we are still shy a mountain of evidence. I'm not saying she is right or wrong. I'm just curious where the evidence actually is, that she asserted as proven fact, demonstrating the benefit. It only would seem probable if we toss out the 2 studies that do not show the correlation. Thoughts?
Maybe I misinterpret her but I'm not really convinced by her so far.
When I went to high school I never listened to anything the teacher said when I was drawing stupid shit in my notebooks. So I don't really get how this should improve my learning if I ain't even listening to the world around me. (Could be just me though)
@lulhoofd1 Oh, I understand. Because you couldn't do it, no one can.
It was easy to see people like you in school, who didn't want to be there and were interested in virtually nothing. You didn't learn because you didn't want to. Don't kid yourself that we all operated that way.
That's not what I am saying. I am not saying it can't be like that for anyone, I'm saying I can't imagine it being that way because I didn't share that experience. It's like saying that I can't imagine someone actually likes listening to death metal. Obviously some people do, but because I don't share that experience I can't imagine it being so.
I honestly learned a lot at school mate, but only when I was paying attention to the teacher and not when I was just drawing things.
@lulhoofd1 My reply was unnecessarily snarky, and I apologize. I really found that then, just as now, I learn the most by having something pique my interest, then pursuing it. Some teachers are better than others at giving you that nudge, but you have to have that desire to find out more, or no amount of doodling will help you retain it.
I 'doodled' in literally any white space I could on all my school work. I always wondered if my teachers liked marking my papers more then other students because of it. And it did always help me focus :)
That was awesome! I teach Philosophy; on some assignments, I add an "illustrate this concept through stick figures" component. I also make a drawing a required part of in-class group presentations--that or a skit. Looks like I'm on the right track!
i've found that lots of people doodle when they're bored and not paying attention - doodling can be a useful communication tool, but the type that is 'banned' from classrooms tend to be when people aren't paying attention or are drawing genitals on their workbooks. The context is the key.
@DMcLeanUWE Considering you are right and Sunni Brown is right, imagine the communication and thinking improvement we would witness if doodling was encouraged and channeled in the right way at school. This is why I've mostly always bought plain page notebooks instead of the lined ones.
@DMcLeanUWE I never took notes in college...AT ALL. I went back through my binder recently, and it's literally page after page of doodling, faces, etc. I had a 4.0 gpa by the way. This is super crucial for people who are auditory learners.
The TED Intro is a good tool for self discovery. It makes me wonder 'Am I a masochist? Do I secretly hate my ears? There must be a reason why I keep forgetting to skip it.
At a training session at work, a lady asked the group what they found annoying in a training session (phone ringing etc...) but one of them said 'doodling' as it looks like the doodler isn't listening. I advised the whole group that I was a doodler, and that doodling helped me to concentrate. It is also good for un-natural situations to help you relax. I found it amusing that the people 'annoyed' by it spent plenty of time peering over my shoulder to see what I was drawing in the first place!
That was a well thought out speech. I remember doodling a lot in school. Mostly because I was bored, but as a programmer today, doodling is a wonderful tool to break down complexity.
I would imagine the doodling needs to be pertinent to the information being learned or taught in order to be more than a distraction, but I do agree with this talk quite strongly. Doodling helps me stay focused when math problems (eg) become a blur of numbers and formulas.
These TED talks frequently include, subtly inserted, "military" or military related terms like "war rooms" ( 5:07 ) trying to keep these things (in our heads) as something normal, acceptable and inevitable while talking about topics which are antagonistic to violence, hierarchy, aggression, ignorance, shallowness...
Now, I am not saying this is done on purpose.. just that it is interesting how conditioned we are.
@MarkoKraguljac Not so much a "TED" thing as a "modern English language" thing. I understand what you mean, though; we need to be more conscious and intentional towards the words and phrases we use, as they are the tools with which we do much of our thinking.
Going into my third year of university and I'm dyslexic, so needless to say keeping up with the popular power point format is difficult. I think I might give this a try, and see if doodling helps the lecture become more engaging. Has anyone already tried this? Was it successful?
4:00 what a load of crap! If someone asks you when Napoleon died, and you tell them by speaking, how often do they say "sorry i'm not an auditory learner, you're gonna have to draw me a picture"?
@richardcadbury No one does that, but if a lecturer or teacher draw a simple stick figure with a Napoleon hat and a birth and death date, the chances are, it will benefit a larger variety of learning types. There are simply some shit methods of imparting knowledge. Text and being talked at are two of those for a lot of people.
@richardcadbury And then two weeks later how likely is that someone to remember said "imparted" information. Get real, it is already a fact that people need more than just to be told something in order to really learn it.
i doodle all the fucking time always!! all of my notebooks since like 5th grade are doodled on the sides and i remmber one day a teacher saw it and something like its very bad well fuck him i still doodle and my grades are more than just fine so keep the doodling :]]]
Who are these bastards that think doodling (DRAWING) is counter to intellect? I don't think they themselves can possibly have that much intellect if they think this. Potential artists need to constantly be honing their skills, and it takes time to do that. It doesn't make you thick, it makes you learn.
to Ms Sunni Brown ...well done! ...masterfully articulated moreover timely in the sense that we have preconceived ideas regarding the use and management of 'writing' implements ...simple 'technology' for record keeping ...'tools' of expression
and the marks themselves ...well they are 'evidence' in fact 'forensic' evidence of the here and now ...definitly worthy of valuing on many levels
What she says makes sense if you consider doodling while thinking about stuff to learn.... but in my case, it's mostly to distract myself from boring classes
what happened to this commentary? ...when I first viewed this video it was 7:52 minutes and there were @20 comments that that reflected intelligent considerations ...one in particular was that of an artist sharing an opinion that doodling is a form of artistic expression ...incidently I agreed
additionally ...I had had a conversation about a 'google addon' which has perhaps conveniently disappeared completely as well
what's up TED?!? ...has 'this ideas worth spreading' become something else?
I don't know about you guys, but all the people who doodled in my classes didn't do well compared to the non-doodlers. I think she's just doodling up on that stage.
*EXCELLENT* TED Talk!! :D It felt like the quality of the talks had been waning (at least for me), and this one certainly redeemed them. Even on an absolute scale, I would say that this talk was very insightful and valuable for people to understand (particularly bosses and teachers!). I'm a lifelong doodler myself, and I definitely feel those creative juices flowing as I'm engaging in it, so it was simply confirmation that we are appealing to all of the learning styles when we doodle!
this is a great ted talk so why are most comments related to her ass? .. oh sorry i mean: what effect to my little jonny does it have to doodle penisses on other people worksheets?
Anyone who is hating on this video is missing the point. Her point is if we promote and support doodling, which we never have, then people will be able to learn and evolve at higher levels. Then the other big worldly problems will be solved more quickly and efficiently.
This is what I call a "first world problem". Show this to people who live in a 3rd world and they'll laugh at you. If doodling is so reviled in a society that you need a TED talk to defend it, we've failed as a society.
Personally, I've never heard of anyone even getting in trouble for doodling.
@KiloSierraAlpha It may seem pointless to you, but it is apart of a web that is holding back aducation and the interlectual structure of our society. Schooling and work being pushed for stanadardisation and simple right/wrong answers is pushing away creativity. A way to teach people to learn creativity and think about questions differently is to doodle,so show the information to themselves in different ways. On its own it seems like a stupid problem,but it is a small step to lateral thinking :)
@Dixavd You articulated that well. I doodled as a child. It always felt to me as if it satisfied an innate need. I never had particular thoughts about it. It helps you focus, yes, I believe it does. Perhaps, doodling is a form of easing tension, or anxiety. It frees up energy to think, because it relaxes.
@effentjes Yeah, thanks. Most people ignore me since I am pretty bad with spelling and grammar (and expressing exactly what I mean, which results in some pretty abstract answer). Thanks for looking past it and seeing what I meant. :)
@tristbjorn LOL... when you were a kid, everything was considered disruptive.
To claim that this "freedom to doodle" cause is somehow important in our lives and that "anti-doodlers" are oppressing us is a total nonsense! We have bigger things to worry about right now... yes, even those of us lucky to live in the first world countries.
@KiloSierraAlpha - If we can't help ourselves, then we can't help others. It might be a cliche example, but why do you think airline attendants tell mothers to put their own oxygen masks on before their child's?
I'm actually very glad to say that I have a teacher that does not scorn me for doodling. She is actually for it. It also keeps me from falling asleep in class, so... XD
SongstressofNight 1 month ago
YES...100% YES
Especially about that bit with learning and focusing better with doodling..I can vouch for that, I doodled all the time in class, and I still do now! And I found that I could focus much better than if I was not doodling and going stir-crazy while the class went on.
catmaniac8x 1 month ago 2
I was punished for doodling by teachers the whole way through school.
Now I make a living doodling – take that, teachers.
TheAnderman 1 month ago 11
For many years I've fought teachers who insisted our daugther MUST stop Doodling while they are teaching or on her work. In fact, one teacher punished her all the time for Doodling on her papers. I challenged this teacher saying: "let her doodle and then quiz her on the material, then have her not doodle and then quiz her...see how she does."
1st Quiz with Doodling...100% correct
2nd Quiz without Doodling... 40% correct.
Thank you Sunni for your research...my daughter is proof of your theory!
shepherdess5 3 months ago 3
In India we call it scribbling senselessly, mentally absent in the class!
ikartik90 3 months ago
@ikartik90
In soviet Russia doodle doodles you.
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lightandbeautiful 4 months ago
I love this talk, it is great. I doodle a lot and it doesn't just help you think but, at least for me, it also helps to relax. ^^
THEoriginaldragontrs 4 months ago 4
Goofy but excellent execution
1wordFyga 4 months ago
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The most stupid talk on ted
cuervotaylor 4 months ago
@cuervotaylor I have been both a high school and middle school teacher for 20 yrs - and there is no doubt that many students learn better if they are allowed to "doodle" while they are listening to a lecture or a discussion. I let students doodle until or unless it does not serve their learning - but in most cases it is a benefit. SO this is not a stupid talk - it is about how people learn AND it is a slam to all those old school - sit up straight eyes up at all times teachers.
ShalomYal 4 months ago 5
2:35 Is it me or did she make a vicious joke about Bill Gates ?!! x)
AlexMorellon 4 months ago
She is a great speaker. Didn't miss a beat but was still very timely
93heylove 5 months ago
4:10 why is the black guy the angry one?
IwantMeSomeMusic 5 months ago
Wait a minute! I'm not supposed to masturbate at work?
comingatchu 5 months ago 7
"Bill! This is a very important meeting! Why aren't you doodling like everyone else? George here has drawn a duck in a pond! And what have you got? Words? Notes?! Get out."
FungusyHam 5 months ago 65
Hard to doodle on a computer
monkeyrecordsnz 5 months ago
I heard most of this 15 years ago when the teacher complained about me drawing rather than listening. But its interesting nonetheless.
And I don't count crying as "nerdy". More "geeky" since thats when you obsess about stuff. "A person with a devotion to something in a way that places him or her outside the mainstream."
Razzfazz87 5 months ago
A good talk.
For a few examples of doodling as a powerful cognitive tool, check out the youtube channel ViHart and the video series "Doodling in mathclass":
My personal favourite: Factoring (Stars): watch?v=CfJzrmS9UfY
Exponential functions (binary trees and fractals): watch?v=e4MSN6IImpI
Infinite series (Infinity Elephants): watch?v=DK5Z709J2eo
Graph theory (Snakes on a plane(2D) and knots): watch?v=heKK95DAKms
gulllars 5 months ago 8
@gulllars Thank you thank you thank you! I'd not come across ViHart before, but she is amazing!
WhichDoctor1 5 months ago
@WhichDoctor1 which is the reason i took the time to list youtube-IDs / URLs to 4 of the videos in her doodling series.
Give my comment with the Youtube IDs a thumbs up so other liking this talk may find her too ;)
gulllars 5 months ago
what if you only draw cubes
ryandrums1001 5 months ago
@ryandrums1001 if you structure them in some pattern, you may end up with fractals that look like they have 2 or 3 dimentions. see my comment above for some awesome doodling videos from ViHart, the series called "doodling in mathclass".
gulllars 5 months ago
If you make your own workplace, tie and all in front of a computer with your jammies on, you can doodle *and* masturbate at the same time, and make money.
... Win-win-Win.
physivic 5 months ago
Frank Gehry sucks
nihilist809 5 months ago
people think doodling is bad? i have never EVER come across that attitude.
if were to ask what i'm doing when i'm doodling, i either tell them i'm working something out, or i'm taking notes. Both are completely accurate and apparently always sidestep any rising "situation", because a negative attitude to doodling is utterly foreign to me.
Unless she's talking about "doodling" as the artistic equivalent to daydreaming - ie: thought unfocused on the (paid) job at hand.
roidroid 5 months ago
She's hot obviously.
faunos51 5 months ago
Lol. My school notes are completely surrounded by doodles. Glad to know it was actually a good thing. I found it was the best way to stay awake, better than coffee or tea.
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I'm no expert, but I only found 4 studies related to doodling and attention in my research paper search. 2 supported a correlation, and 2 didn't. Even if we toss out the 2 not in agreement, we are still shy a mountain of evidence. I'm not saying she is right or wrong. I'm just curious where the evidence actually is, that she asserted as proven fact, demonstrating the benefit. It only would seem probable if we toss out the 2 studies that do not show the correlation. Thoughts?
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Incrediblemouse5 5 months ago
I doodle... A LOT.
leonidasx666 5 months ago 2
@leonidasx666 same here passed biology with that
sneakertri 5 months ago
@sneakertri lol
leonidasx666 5 months ago
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futureboy00 5 months ago 2
Maybe I misinterpret her but I'm not really convinced by her so far.
When I went to high school I never listened to anything the teacher said when I was drawing stupid shit in my notebooks. So I don't really get how this should improve my learning if I ain't even listening to the world around me. (Could be just me though)
lulhoofd1 5 months ago
@lulhoofd1 Yup, it's just you.
artsmith100 5 months ago
@artsmith100
Really? You actually paid MORE attention to the teacher by paying attention to what you were drawing? Sounds kinda iffy.
lulhoofd1 5 months ago
@lulhoofd1 Oh, I understand. Because you couldn't do it, no one can.
It was easy to see people like you in school, who didn't want to be there and were interested in virtually nothing. You didn't learn because you didn't want to. Don't kid yourself that we all operated that way.
artsmith100 5 months ago
@artsmith100
That's not what I am saying. I am not saying it can't be like that for anyone, I'm saying I can't imagine it being that way because I didn't share that experience. It's like saying that I can't imagine someone actually likes listening to death metal. Obviously some people do, but because I don't share that experience I can't imagine it being so.
I honestly learned a lot at school mate, but only when I was paying attention to the teacher and not when I was just drawing things.
lulhoofd1 5 months ago
@lulhoofd1 My reply was unnecessarily snarky, and I apologize. I really found that then, just as now, I learn the most by having something pique my interest, then pursuing it. Some teachers are better than others at giving you that nudge, but you have to have that desire to find out more, or no amount of doodling will help you retain it.
artsmith100 5 months ago
@lulhoofd1 I was actually more likely to absorb the information being taught in class if I drew in class.
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Suddenly I feel less guilty about drawing in my physics class.
Saesegral 5 months ago
she doesnt mention she works for Sharpie? you know the people who make pens?
KaylinJH 5 months ago
this is bs, im a genius and i dont doodle
solojam 5 months ago
I'd totally doodle her.
theshredator 5 months ago 49
@theshredator sorry, I've already cross-hatched her.
livingsk8erpunk 2 weeks ago
I 'doodled' in literally any white space I could on all my school work. I always wondered if my teachers liked marking my papers more then other students because of it. And it did always help me focus :)
Noemro 5 months ago
Look Hussein -- she can speak WITHOUT a teleprompter..! ..for a long time..;))
SorryObamination 5 months ago
@SorryObamination She also spoke with a slideshow on a massive screen behind her and on a screen in front of her.
SeRoAnthem 5 months ago
@SeRoAnthem but you have to admit, WITHOUT a single mistake, yes? lol
SorryObamination 5 months ago
I never hid the fact I am doodling..
SorryObamination 5 months ago
Big problem here. She doesn't understand the way centuries work. We are in the 21st century, not the 20th. Jesus christ, lady.
geragna 5 months ago
I love to doodle during my classes, it actually helps me concentrate during long lectures. I totally got her back.
Iker888 5 months ago
@Iker888 Its always helped me learn when I was in high school. My teachers/parents tended to disagree though
ninjask1 5 months ago
we must change our reality..
johnello 5 months ago
I always told my teachers that doodling helps me concentrate. Now they can eat it.
metacarpied 5 months ago 5
I'd doodle her six ways from Sunday.
tdietz20 5 months ago
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connore99 5 months ago 2
small breasts
elchafa 5 months ago
That girl was hot but very creative think I stand a chance
mookie9439 5 months ago
That was awesome! I teach Philosophy; on some assignments, I add an "illustrate this concept through stick figures" component. I also make a drawing a required part of in-class group presentations--that or a skit. Looks like I'm on the right track!
purplebikecafe 5 months ago
I don't doodle.
Mrmoc7 5 months ago
Vihart would approve of this.
TheMintCondish 5 months ago 4
@TheMintCondish I'm glad you mentioned Vi, was going to do that myself. She's a great doodler :)
salerio61 5 months ago
i've found that lots of people doodle when they're bored and not paying attention - doodling can be a useful communication tool, but the type that is 'banned' from classrooms tend to be when people aren't paying attention or are drawing genitals on their workbooks. The context is the key.
DMcLeanUWE 5 months ago
@DMcLeanUWE Considering you are right and Sunni Brown is right, imagine the communication and thinking improvement we would witness if doodling was encouraged and channeled in the right way at school. This is why I've mostly always bought plain page notebooks instead of the lined ones.
JMartinsATV 5 months ago
@DMcLeanUWE I never took notes in college...AT ALL. I went back through my binder recently, and it's literally page after page of doodling, faces, etc. I had a 4.0 gpa by the way. This is super crucial for people who are auditory learners.
munkyusm 5 months ago 2
Doodling unintellectual? I've never encountered this idea. Doodling has always been a primary way of communicating for my teachers and coworkers.
xilliah 5 months ago
The TED Intro is a good tool for self discovery. It makes me wonder 'Am I a masochist? Do I secretly hate my ears? There must be a reason why I keep forgetting to skip it.
Xarr23 5 months ago 5
UK, doodling only means to make simple drawings.
JaySmith91 5 months ago
This video becomes much more interesting to watch once you realize "doodle" is just another euphemism for "penis"
rxsquared 5 months ago 2
I like the idea. I didn't like the presentation. Just my opinion.
AnJelllo9607 5 months ago 2
@AnJelllo9607 It's a hell of a lot better than a million other presentations that are spoken in monotone.
mmmAH 5 months ago
@mmmAH
I definitely agree on that. I don't know, maybe I just don't like the word doodle lol.
AnJelllo9607 5 months ago
At a training session at work, a lady asked the group what they found annoying in a training session (phone ringing etc...) but one of them said 'doodling' as it looks like the doodler isn't listening. I advised the whole group that I was a doodler, and that doodling helped me to concentrate. It is also good for un-natural situations to help you relax. I found it amusing that the people 'annoyed' by it spent plenty of time peering over my shoulder to see what I was drawing in the first place!
amywamie 5 months ago
I'm in.
TerryBain 5 months ago
That was a well thought out speech. I remember doodling a lot in school. Mostly because I was bored, but as a programmer today, doodling is a wonderful tool to break down complexity.
sporkonomix 5 months ago
I would imagine the doodling needs to be pertinent to the information being learned or taught in order to be more than a distraction, but I do agree with this talk quite strongly. Doodling helps me stay focused when math problems (eg) become a blur of numbers and formulas.
NjC121 5 months ago
I dont agree with her theory
bhamel2000 5 months ago 2
The guy in the front row at 5:26 is doodling.
PcaKestheaod 5 months ago 6
These TED talks frequently include, subtly inserted, "military" or military related terms like "war rooms" ( 5:07 ) trying to keep these things (in our heads) as something normal, acceptable and inevitable while talking about topics which are antagonistic to violence, hierarchy, aggression, ignorance, shallowness...
Now, I am not saying this is done on purpose.. just that it is interesting how conditioned we are.
MarkoKraguljac 5 months ago 2
@MarkoKraguljac Not so much a "TED" thing as a "modern English language" thing. I understand what you mean, though; we need to be more conscious and intentional towards the words and phrases we use, as they are the tools with which we do much of our thinking.
Kojak7snap 5 months ago
umm anyone heard of Vihart? check her channel search:
Doodling in Math Class: Squiggle Inception
yea doodling is beast....
theloshowfosho 5 months ago
Going into my third year of university and I'm dyslexic, so needless to say keeping up with the popular power point format is difficult. I think I might give this a try, and see if doodling helps the lecture become more engaging. Has anyone already tried this? Was it successful?
IdoloR 5 months ago
I was a compulsive doodler in high school, every teacher got mad at me daily. I did really badly in high school.
When I entered college, I stopped doodling, and got A's every time. Go figure.
DeoMachina 5 months ago
4:00 what a load of crap! If someone asks you when Napoleon died, and you tell them by speaking, how often do they say "sorry i'm not an auditory learner, you're gonna have to draw me a picture"?
Fact is, the information has been imparted.
richardcadbury 5 months ago
@richardcadbury No one does that, but if a lecturer or teacher draw a simple stick figure with a Napoleon hat and a birth and death date, the chances are, it will benefit a larger variety of learning types. There are simply some shit methods of imparting knowledge. Text and being talked at are two of those for a lot of people.
IdoloR 5 months ago
@richardcadbury And then two weeks later how likely is that someone to remember said "imparted" information. Get real, it is already a fact that people need more than just to be told something in order to really learn it.
halfthishalfthat 5 months ago
My grandpa used to say: "You let them doodle, and soon they'll be twiddling their thumbs"
RareAirSupply 5 months ago
Sexist comments are disgusting. TED should disable comments on Youtube. There's much more accountability on their own website.
yammerz 5 months ago
i doodle all the fucking time always!! all of my notebooks since like 5th grade are doodled on the sides and i remmber one day a teacher saw it and something like its very bad well fuck him i still doodle and my grades are more than just fine so keep the doodling :]]]
sashakid 5 months ago
Awesome video, so interesting
DTOlness2860 5 months ago
That explains why even though I feel like I don't pay attention in class, I can answer questions later.
Except in the classes I actually take notes.
Cyllid 5 months ago
I'm wondering what's gonna be the 1.000 video.
notreveh 5 months ago
Took her advice and tried to doodle myself. now I gotta clean up the keyboard.
ExclusiveManual 5 months ago 3
WTF
nai237 5 months ago
I'd put my penis in her!
deimosbg 5 months ago
If my boss sees this, doodling will become mandatory.
SAsgarters 5 months ago
Who are these bastards that think doodling (DRAWING) is counter to intellect? I don't think they themselves can possibly have that much intellect if they think this. Potential artists need to constantly be honing their skills, and it takes time to do that. It doesn't make you thick, it makes you learn.
Destro7000 5 months ago
She made a masturbation joke at TED. I like her.
popaddict 5 months ago 136
@popaddict so would like to date :(
rakanzrib 5 months ago
@popaddict She also misspoke once and said "diddling".
Ploon72 5 months ago
Future wife, is that you?
XenuBlud 5 months ago 2
Excellent, excellent video.
YawnGod 5 months ago
hot AND interesting
laury150 5 months ago 6
to Ms Sunni Brown ...well done! ...masterfully articulated moreover timely in the sense that we have preconceived ideas regarding the use and management of 'writing' implements ...simple 'technology' for record keeping ...'tools' of expression
and the marks themselves ...well they are 'evidence' in fact 'forensic' evidence of the here and now ...definitly worthy of valuing on many levels
thanks for sharing
gaiagale 5 months ago
What she says makes sense if you consider doodling while thinking about stuff to learn.... but in my case, it's mostly to distract myself from boring classes
Nyocurio 5 months ago
And that why gammers solve biomolecular problems that scientist can't :D. Don't believe me ? google FOLDIT and EteRNA.
DraskyVanderhoff 5 months ago
what happened to this commentary? ...when I first viewed this video it was 7:52 minutes and there were @20 comments that that reflected intelligent considerations ...one in particular was that of an artist sharing an opinion that doodling is a form of artistic expression ...incidently I agreed
additionally ...I had had a conversation about a 'google addon' which has perhaps conveniently disappeared completely as well
what's up TED?!? ...has 'this ideas worth spreading' become something else?
gaiagale 5 months ago
crabstickz brought me here xD
CarsAllLinedUp 5 months ago
I don't know about you guys, but all the people who doodled in my classes didn't do well compared to the non-doodlers. I think she's just doodling up on that stage.
Arcus2658 5 months ago
why is she so out of breath? sounds like she ran a marathon before this.
codenameGIZM0 5 months ago
Well, I guess I'll have an excuse to doodle at school now. So, thanks TED.
LookieHippie 5 months ago
doodling helped me learn in the most boring of lectures: programming, so it really does work
MaJoRMJR 5 months ago
I want to bone her
frededy4 5 months ago
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my screen name is great
phantomdoodler 5 months ago
Masturbating at work is not totally inappropriate if you work as a pornstar.
ornitorrinco01 5 months ago 35
*clapping
twistedbass15 5 months ago
I am not a native English speaker... I can't get past the word "doodle"... it's to silly and funny
shadman1911 5 months ago 5
:D <--------- doodle
laojace 5 months ago
Those definitions of doodling sound more like the definitions for diddling =P
LeftOfToday 5 months ago
wow... im still on the spirals in order of development
Karmakameleeon 5 months ago
I still don't buy it.
azndude3600 5 months ago
So does this mean that it is also okay now to masturbate during an important meeting? I don't really doodle, but I do love to masturbate.
MartianStories 5 months ago 8
Finally another TEDTalk to masturbate to.
miskee11 5 months ago 3
*EXCELLENT* TED Talk!! :D It felt like the quality of the talks had been waning (at least for me), and this one certainly redeemed them. Even on an absolute scale, I would say that this talk was very insightful and valuable for people to understand (particularly bosses and teachers!). I'm a lifelong doodler myself, and I definitely feel those creative juices flowing as I'm engaging in it, so it was simply confirmation that we are appealing to all of the learning styles when we doodle!
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masakomasako 5 months ago
this is a great ted talk so why are most comments related to her ass? .. oh sorry i mean: what effect to my little jonny does it have to doodle penisses on other people worksheets?
eMWe 5 months ago
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i want to lick her asshole
bmw123321 5 months ago
oh, i get it now: for the 1000th video, TED will reduce the volume of the intros
lgrisotto 5 months ago
What's up with all the inappropriate remarks about her? Are you people seriously that immature?
thales1davinci 5 months ago 8
I started doodling after this. It does help!
thales1davinci 5 months ago
dat ass =D
TheHickstead 5 months ago
Anyone who is hating on this video is missing the point. Her point is if we promote and support doodling, which we never have, then people will be able to learn and evolve at higher levels. Then the other big worldly problems will be solved more quickly and efficiently.
AAquaticAApe 5 months ago 8
I want to see a video about the benefits of public masturbation.
Shalek 5 months ago
someone wife her!
XxhilfmirxX 5 months ago
8===D
Johnnymarzo 5 months ago
I paused the video and doodled a beard and moustache on her face to "help me focus".
iSOBigD 5 months ago
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I wouldn't mind doodling all over her!
iSOBigD 5 months ago 50
@iSOBigD That's disrespectful.
thales1davinci 5 months ago
@iSOBigD if youre good enough chicks will let you draw on them
7Rafe7 5 months ago
@iSOBigD You know, if you have nothing to add to the conversation, it's okay to stay silent.
/watch?v=v3rhQc666Sg
jussts 5 months ago 2
@iSOBigD you are prevert
099923257457 5 months ago
She can play with my doodle any day!
iSOBigD 5 months ago
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I wouldn't mind doodling her all day if you know what I'm sayin'!
iSOBigD 5 months ago
I doodled in the workplace once and lost my job!
iSOBigD 5 months ago
This is what I call a "first world problem". Show this to people who live in a 3rd world and they'll laugh at you. If doodling is so reviled in a society that you need a TED talk to defend it, we've failed as a society.
Personally, I've never heard of anyone even getting in trouble for doodling.
KiloSierraAlpha 5 months ago
@KiloSierraAlpha It may seem pointless to you, but it is apart of a web that is holding back aducation and the interlectual structure of our society. Schooling and work being pushed for stanadardisation and simple right/wrong answers is pushing away creativity. A way to teach people to learn creativity and think about questions differently is to doodle,so show the information to themselves in different ways. On its own it seems like a stupid problem,but it is a small step to lateral thinking :)
Dixavd 5 months ago 3
@Dixavd You articulated that well. I doodled as a child. It always felt to me as if it satisfied an innate need. I never had particular thoughts about it. It helps you focus, yes, I believe it does. Perhaps, doodling is a form of easing tension, or anxiety. It frees up energy to think, because it relaxes.
effentjes 5 months ago
@effentjes Yeah, thanks. Most people ignore me since I am pretty bad with spelling and grammar (and expressing exactly what I mean, which results in some pretty abstract answer). Thanks for looking past it and seeing what I meant. :)
Dixavd 5 months ago
@KiloSierraAlpha So solving our other problems, we should just stop and not try to improve further?
I used to doodle in school and that was seen as disruptive by the teacher
tristbjorn 5 months ago
@tristbjorn LOL... when you were a kid, everything was considered disruptive.
To claim that this "freedom to doodle" cause is somehow important in our lives and that "anti-doodlers" are oppressing us is a total nonsense! We have bigger things to worry about right now... yes, even those of us lucky to live in the first world countries.
KiloSierraAlpha 5 months ago
@KiloSierraAlpha - If we can't help ourselves, then we can't help others. It might be a cliche example, but why do you think airline attendants tell mothers to put their own oxygen masks on before their child's?
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georgek7 5 months ago
She is really hot.....and i mean it on the good way.......if you know what i am doodling...........
ginofrater 5 months ago
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KiloSierraAlpha 5 months ago
well she's pretty and wears tight clothes.
trixter21992251 5 months ago 4
i dilly dally everyday
TonyGT37 5 months ago
Wonderful.
mattmar826 5 months ago
Re-upload :o
Crusherix 5 months ago
btw 0:15
trufuuuullll 5 months ago
0:15
SEThatered 5 months ago 119
@SEThatered Thank you SEThatered :)
bogdanbelcea 5 months ago
@SEThatered Why thank you, roflmao
SincereCreature 5 months ago
@SEThatered seriously who the FUCK cares!
Seannyskillz 5 months ago
first! yaay
trufuuuullll 5 months ago