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Jeff R.

Dan Meyer: Math class needs a makeover - 1 views

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  • Jeff R. on 17 Apr 12
     
    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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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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Singapore's 21st-Century Teaching Techniques - 0 views

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    By cultivating strong school leadership, committing to ongoing professional development, and exploring innovative models like its technology-infused Future Schools, Singapore has become one of the top-scoring countries on the PISA tests.
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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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Diana Laufenberg: How to learn? From mistakes - 0 views

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    Diana Laufenberg shares 3 surprising things she has learned about teaching -- including a key insight about learning from mistakes.
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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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The Deep Dive - Part 1 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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Kiran Bir Sethi teaches kids to take charge - 2 views

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    Kiran Bir Sethi shows how her groundbreaking Riverside School in India teaches kids life's most valuable lesson: "I can." Watch her students take local issues into their own hands, lead other young people, even educate their parents.
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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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Dan Pink - Drive - 0 views

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    Daniel Pink provides concrete examples of how intrinsic motivation functions both at home and in the workplace.
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Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation - 0 views

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    Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don't: Traditional rewards aren't always as effective as we think. Listen for illuminating stories -- and maybe, a way forward.
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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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RSA Animate - Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us - 1 views

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    This lively RSAnimate, adapted from Dan Pink's talk at the RSA, illustrates the hidden truths behind what really motivates us at home and in the workplace.
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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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Kelly Gallagher Readicide Interview Part 1 - 0 views

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    Kelly Gallagher discusses what propelled him to write his new book, Readicide.
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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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  • Jeff R. on 16 Mar 12
     
    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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Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child - 0 views

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    Nicholas Negroponte, founder of the MIT Media Laboratory, describes how the One Laptop Per Child project will build and distribute the "$100 laptop."
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