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Spreadsheet with every Ted Talk ever given!

Daniel Pink describes how we must change our techniques for motivation (as in motivating students) if we are to motivate them in the 21st Century.

Important video for gesture based students to view. This is about the evolution of input into the computer. Pranav Mistry is the inventor.

November 20, 2010 People can have viewing parties or run their own event.

#TEDActiveEDU How can we empower kids to reshape the education system?  Fantastic idea worth spreading started by Steve Hargadon on March 3, 2011 calling students to action in speaking up about their education. Our Flat Classroom Keynote from Mount Carmel Area High School "Student Perspective ~ Change Matters" was one of the top 10 videos.

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Mozilla's Pascal Finette explains how the rising culture of participation combined with technology and power of networks will instigate the most fundamental change in human history. Recorded live at TEDxOrangeCoast

"Jaz Ampaw-Farr shares her amazing, inspirational story from the TEDxNorwich stage of her journey through education, both as a pupil and as an educator and how hero teachers saved her life."

Christian Long and his students developed this project during the 2009-2010 school year. 

Fascinating and informative video on the idea that kids can teach themselves how to use computers and learn from it. This applies especially to children in remote areas.

The Pangea Day Mission & Purpose Pangea Day is a global event bringing the world together through film. Why? In a world where people are often divided by borders, difference, and conflict, it's easy to lose sight of what we all have in common. Pangea Day seeks to overcome that - to help people see themselves in others - through the power of film. The Pangea Day Event Starting at 18:00 GMT on May 10, 2008, locations in Cairo, Kigali, London, Los Angeles, Mumbai, and Rio de Janeiro will be linked for a live program of powerful films, live music, and visionary speakers. The entire program will be broadcast - in seven languages - to millions of people worldwide through the internet, television, and mobile phones.

Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining (and profoundly moving) case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity, rather than undermining it. With ample anecdotes and witty asides, Robinson points out the many ways our schools fail to recognize -- much less cultivate -- the talents of many brilliant people.