Lessons learned from the seat of a bicycle | Steve Buettner | TEDxEdina

A certain amount of knowledge can be gained from traditional education. But the additional knowledge gained from experience--say, the experience of traveling across continents by bicycle--contributes much to make a person who they are and make a life full.

Steve Buettner is the Director of Media and Technology for Edina Public Schools. Steve began working with education and technology when he co-created the award winning online Internet project called MayaQuest. MayaQuest used technology to communicate with over 26,000 classrooms around the world on the subject of the ancient Maya civilization. Steve’s earlier work included co-creating AfricaTrek and SovieTrek. Created as a way to demonstrate collaboration between countries and races, these expeditions successfully set the Guinness World Book of Records for Traversing the Soviet Union (12,888 miles), and Africa (11,885 miles). The video Steve shot while on the AfricaTrek expedition, was later used to create the Emmy award winning documentary produced by KTCA. Steve has a Masters degree in Educational Leadership as well as a degree in Economics and Spanish from the University of St. Thomas.

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