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The question of what learning matters most to our students is one that I return to regularly. A fascinating range of models are available each with similar elements but presented in a slightly different manner. Most could be summarised by the 'Four C's' model outlined in 'Most Likely to Succeed' by Tony Wagner and ted Dintersmith. Critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity are vital and each plays an important role in allowing us to manage the complexity of modern day life. Beyond being relevant to success in the classroom the Four C's are the foundations of life-long learning but I question if alone they are enough. I believe we must include a fifth; compassion.

Infographic: Clues to tell a great story. "How to tell a great story, visualized by Andrew Stanton. "

'Ted doesn't think we work hard enough because in a DEECD survey of face-to-face teaching hours they found teachers only teach an average 16.3 hours. This surveyed teachers across the state but did not acknowledge time release for additional duties. (Victoria) '

TEDxSydney is returning to Carriageworks on Saturday 26 May 2012. We look forward to bringing you another inspiring and entertaining day full of Australian Ideas Worth Spreading.

Joyce Valenza TED Philadelphia

Squishy circuits: circuits made using playdoh. Check out TED talk too

excellent video for yr 10's Mao's last dancer - and yr 12 encountering conflict. gives insight into China today, use of social media and the ways people go about gaining freedom of speech.

A wiki created by Jackie Gerstein that shares videos along with lesson ideas connected to each one

"Games like World of Warcraft give players the means to save worlds, and incentive to learn the habits of heroes. What if we could harness this gamer power to solve real-world problems? Jane McGonigal says we can, and explains how."

This Google Spreadsheet has a listing of all of the TED talks from 2006 through to 2010. It includes a short summary of the talk as well as listings by date, conference and speaker first name