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RSA Animate - Changing Education Paradigms - 0 views

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    This animate was adapted from a talk given at the RSA by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education and creativity expert and recipient of the RSA's Benjamin Franklin award.
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Sir Ken Robinson - Changing Paradigms - 1 views

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    Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson will ask how do we make change happen in education and how do we make it last?
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Dan Meyer: Math class needs a makeover - 1 views

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    Today's math curriculum is teaching students to expect -- and excel at -- paint-by-numbers classwork, robbing kids of a skill more important than solving problems: formulating them. At TEDxNYED, Dan Meyer shows classroom-tested math exercises that prompt students to stop and think.
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Dateline NBC: News stories about crime, celebrity and health - 1 views

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    About the show 'Dateline NBC,' the signature broadcast for NBC News in primetime, premiered in 1992. Since then, it has been pioneering a new approach to primetime news programming. The multi-night franchise, supplemented by frequent specials, allows NBC to consistently and comprehensively present the highest-quality reporting, investigative features, breaking news coverage and newsmaker profiles.
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Michael Norton: How to buy happiness - 1 views

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    At TEDxCambridge, Michael Norton shares fascinating research on how money can, indeed buy happiness -- when you don't spend it on yourself. Listen for surprising data on the many ways pro-social spending can benefit you, your work, and (of course) other people.
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Salman Khan: Let's use video to reinvent education - 0 views

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    Salman Khan talks about how and why he created the remarkable Khan Academy, a carefully structured series of educational videos offering complete curricula in math and, now, other subjects. He shows the power of interactive exercises, and calls for teachers to consider flipping the traditional classroom script -- give students video lectures to watch at home, and do "homework" in the classroom with the teacher available to help.
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The Deep Dive - Part 3 of 3 - 0 views

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    First aired on 13th July 1999, this abcNEWS - Nightline clip features international design firm and shares some of the best practice in encouraging innovation at the workplace today. Read more at http://go.innovatus.com.sg/bis
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The Deep Dive - Part 2 of 3 - 0 views

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    First aired on 13th July 1999, this abcNEWS - Nightline clip features international design firm and shares some of the best practice in encouraging innovation at the workplace today. Read more at http://go.innovatus.com.sg/bis
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Thomas Suarez: A 12-year-old app developer | Video on TED.com - 0 views

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    Most 12-year-olds love playing videogames -- Thomas Suarez taught himself how to create them. After developing iPhone apps like "Bustin Jeiber," a whack-a-mole game, he is now using his skills to help other kids become developers. Thomas Suarez, a 12 year old, taught himself to build iphone apps.
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WHERE GOOD IDEAS COME FROM by Steven Johnson - 0 views

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    One of our most innovative, popular thinkers takes on-in exhilarating style-one of our key questions: Where do good ideas come from?
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Kelly Gallagher Readicide Part 2 - 0 views

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    There's a new endangered species...the adolescent reader. Kelly Gallagher discusses how schools are contributing to the death of reading.
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Susan Cain: The power of introverts - 0 views

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    In a culture where being social and outgoing are prized above all else, it can be difficult, even shameful, to be an introvert. But, as Susan Cain argues in this passionate talk, introverts bring extraordinary talents and abilities to the world, and should be encouraged and celebrated.
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Charles Leadbeater: Education innovation in the slums - 1 views

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    Charles Leadbeater went looking for radical new forms of education -- and found them in the slums of Rio and Kibera, where some of the world's poorest kids are finding transformative new ways to learn. And this informal, disruptive new kind of school, he says, is what all schools need to become.
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Rory Sutherland: Sweat the small stuff | Video on TED.com - 1 views

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    TED Talks It may seem that big problems require big solutions, but ad man Rory Sutherland says many flashy, expensive fixes are just obscuring better, simpler answers. To illustrate, he uses behavioral economics and hilarious examples.
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Malcolm Gladwell on spaghetti sauce | Video on TED.com - 1 views

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    TED Talks Tipping Point author Malcolm Gladwell gets inside the food industry's pursuit of the perfect spaghetti sauce -- and makes a larger argument about the nature of choice and happiness.
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John T. Spencer: Customized Learning - Reform Symposium Presentation - 2 views

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    The following is a preview video for the Reform Symposium presentation I'll be doing tomorrow morning. It's a free conference with a lot of cool presentations. Hope you check it out.
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Brené Brown: Listening to shame | Video on TED.com - 1 views

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    Is this at the root of our fear of collaboration in ed.? TED Talks Shame is an unspoken epidemic, the secret behind many forms of broken behavior. Brené Brown, whose earlier talk on vulnerability became a viral hit, explores what can happen when people confront their shame head-on. Her own humor, humanity and vulnerability shine through every word.
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Dave Meslin: The antidote to apathy | Video on TED.com - 0 views

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    TED Talks Local politics -- schools, zoning, council elections -- hit us where we live. So why don't more of us actually get involved? Is it apathy? Dave Meslin says no. He identifies 7 barriers that keep us from taking part in our communities, even when we truly care.
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Imagine: How Creativity Works - 1 views

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    The process of frustration and mental blocks lead us toward astonishing and surprising breakthroughs,
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Joshua Foer: Feats of memory anyone can do - 0 views

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    There are people who can quickly memorize lists of thousands of numbers, the order of all the cards in a deck (or ten!), and much more. Science writer Joshua Foer describes the technique -- called the memory palace -- and shows off its most remarkable feature: anyone can learn how to use it, including him.
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