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5 TED Talks Teachers Should Watch With Students | Edudemic - 1 views

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    Periodically, I find it interesting to see what's new over at TED Talks. While not every video they have really floats my boat, there is generally a wealth of inspiration and interesting stories shared there. We've shared a number of these inspiring talks in the past - some relate specifically to teaching, others cover more general life lessons or inspiration.
alexdani

50 Inspiring TED Talks For Teachers: An Updated List For 2014 - 0 views

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    50 Inspiring TED Talks For Teachers: An Updated List For 2014
davidlosaus

Stephen Burt: Why people need poetry | Talk Video | TED.com - 0 views

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    ""We're all going to die - and poems can help us live with that." In a charming and funny talk, literary critic Stephen Burt takes us on a lyrical journey with some of his favorite poets, all the way down to a line break and back up to the human urge to imagine."
mj_harnish

Justice with Michael Sandel - Online Harvard Course Exploring Justice, Equality, Democr... - 1 views

  • Nearly one thousand students pack Harvard’s historic Sanders Theatre to hear Michael Sandel talk about justice, equality, democracy, and citizenship.Now it’s your turn to take the same journey in moral reflection that has captivated more than 15,000 students, as Harvard opens its classroom to the world.
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    Nearly one thousand students pack Harvard's historic Sanders Theatre to hear Michael Sandel talk about justice, equality, democracy, and citizenship. Now it's your turn to take the same journey in moral reflection that has captivated more than 15,000 students, as Harvard opens its classroom to the world.
Laura Maly-Schmidt

Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are | Talk Video | TED.com - 2 views

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    "Body language affects how others see us, but it may also change how we see ourselves. Social psychologist Amy Cuddy shows how "power posing" - standing in a posture of confidence, even when we don't feel confident - can affect testosterone and cortisol levels in the brain, and might even have an impact on our chances for success."
ofarrell

TOK talk - 11 views

anonymous

Channel | Tate - 1 views

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    Excellent videos of Artists talking about their work.
kyleshahan

Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution! - YouTube - 1 views

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    http://www.ted.com In this poignant, funny follow-up to his fabled 2006 talk, Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning -- creating conditions where kids' natural talents can flourish.
Laura Maly-Schmidt

Sugata Mitra: The child-driven education | Talk Video | TED.com - 1 views

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    "Education scientist Sugata Mitra tackles one of the greatest problems of education - the best teachers and schools don't exist where they're needed most. In a series of real-life experiments from New Delhi to South Africa to Italy, he gave kids self-supervised access to the web and saw results that could revolutionize how we think about teaching."
plumbd

Browse Talks | TED.com - 0 views

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davidlosaus

Paul Bloom: The origins of pleasure | Talk Video | TED.com - 0 views

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    "Why do we like an original painting better than a forgery? Psychologist Paul Bloom argues that human beings are essentialists - that our beliefs about the history of an object change how we experience it, not simply as an illusion, but as a deep feature of what pleasure (and pain) is."
davidlosaus

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The danger of a single story | Talk Video | TED.com - 0 views

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    "Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice - and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding."
davidlosaus

Steven Pinker and Rebecca Newberger Goldstein: The long reach of reason | Talk Video | ... - 1 views

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    "Here's a TED first: an animated Socratic dialog! In a time when irrationality seems to rule both politics and culture, has reasoned thinking finally lost its power? Watch as psychologist Steven Pinker is gradually, brilliantly persuaded by philosopher Rebecca Newberger Goldstein that reason is actually the key driver of human moral progress, even if its effect sometimes takes generations to unfold. The dialog was recorded live at TED, and animated, in incredible, often hilarious, detail by Cognitive."
heunjens

30 Techniques to Quiet a Noisy Class | Edutopia - 13 views

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    Strategies for getting students to quiet down
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    30 Techniques to Quiet a Noisy Class
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    Classroom management for a noisy class
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    One day, in front 36 riotous sophomores, I clutched my chest and dropped to my knees like Sergeant Elias at the end of Platoon. Instantly, dead silence and open mouths replaced classroom Armageddon. Standing up like nothing had happened, I said, "Thanks for your attention -- let's talk about love poems."
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    "Most teachers use silencing methods, such as flicking the lights, ringing a call bell (see Teacher Tipster's charming video on the subject), raising two fingers, saying "Attention, class," or using Harry Wong's Give Me 5 -- a command for students to:"
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    One day, in front 36 riotous sophomores, I clutched my chest and dropped to my knees like Sergeant Elias at the end of Platoon.
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