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TED Conversations was designed and built from the ground up to foster meaningful conversation among the global community who watch, share and discuss TEDTalks.

A linguist's perspective on the evolution of language and using texting to replicate spoken language. Useful for our consideration of chat functionalities and the appearance of texting language in unexpected arenas.

Okay, so this is good for two reasons: it demonstrates some of the principles of gamification in practice, but also, the little activities she does could be a good icebreaker activity for a learning experience.

Augmented reality becomes feasible! 

This platform also allows users to take any useful educational video, not just TED's, and easily create a customized lesson around the video. Users can distribute the lessons, publicly or privately, and track their impact on the world, a class, or an individual student.