World History
Hans Rosling, known for his data visualization, explains in this clip why props are so important to teaching.
You can read more about Rosling and the use of props here at Quality Teacher Talk.
- Toxic Culture Of Education
Here high school math teacher, Johnathan Katz, talks about "the toxic culture" of high stakes testing for this TEDx talk at the University of Akron. You can read the overview of this talk at the Washington Post's Answer Sheet. "We have ignored research...
- Age Of Exploration Rap
Thanks to my fellow teacher Ryan Mrowka who found this Age of Exploration rap. It not only is catchy, but the girl in the video covers all of the major rappers and has props to illustrate her points. ...
- Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes
This is an awesome clip showing the changes in the wealth of countries between 1810 and today. Rosling uses logarithmic scales in a novel way to illustrate the changes. The clip is a great introduction to globablization....
- The Mobile Wave
The Mobile Wave is a new book by Michael Saylor (above briefly discussing it) that looks across the spectrum of the world for a good over view of where mobile devices are going to take us. The cool things include how we will be able to set our...
- Sir Ken Robinson On Eucation (ted Talks)
For the New Yorker, Nathan Heller complied a list of five of the most distinctive TED talks. This one is from Sir Ken Robinson. He's absolutely hilarious but makes some serious points. Here's what Heller says about Robinson:...
World History
Hans Rosling on Making Teaching Fun
Hans Rosling, known for his data visualization, explains in this clip why props are so important to teaching.
You can read more about Rosling and the use of props here at Quality Teacher Talk.
- Toxic Culture Of Education
Here high school math teacher, Johnathan Katz, talks about "the toxic culture" of high stakes testing for this TEDx talk at the University of Akron. You can read the overview of this talk at the Washington Post's Answer Sheet. "We have ignored research...
- Age Of Exploration Rap
Thanks to my fellow teacher Ryan Mrowka who found this Age of Exploration rap. It not only is catchy, but the girl in the video covers all of the major rappers and has props to illustrate her points. ...
- Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes
This is an awesome clip showing the changes in the wealth of countries between 1810 and today. Rosling uses logarithmic scales in a novel way to illustrate the changes. The clip is a great introduction to globablization....
- The Mobile Wave
The Mobile Wave is a new book by Michael Saylor (above briefly discussing it) that looks across the spectrum of the world for a good over view of where mobile devices are going to take us. The cool things include how we will be able to set our...
- Sir Ken Robinson On Eucation (ted Talks)
For the New Yorker, Nathan Heller complied a list of five of the most distinctive TED talks. This one is from Sir Ken Robinson. He's absolutely hilarious but makes some serious points. Here's what Heller says about Robinson:...