How to Escape the Death Valley of Education
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How to Escape the Death Valley of Education



Here is Ken Robinson at his best, which I found on Open Culture. In this 20 minute talk, Robinson takes on the test-centric culture of American education and argues that it is destroying creativity and curiosity.




- Father Guido Sarducci And The Five Minute Universtiy
Father Guido Sarducci and the Five Minute University from Saturday Night Live in 1977. Sarducci is no Ken Robinson but he is very funny. I found this on Open Culture....

- 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:...

- Top Ten Ted Talks For Education
Here is the link for the Top Ten Ted Talks for Education. The videos include Ken Robinson, above, Salmon Khan, Jane McGonigal, Shulka Bose, Adora Svitak, and Richard Baraniuk. I haven't listened to them all but I have listened to Robinson and McGonigal...

- Virtual Tour Of The Sistine Chapel
This Open Culture site has a terrific panoramic virtual tour of the Sistine Chapel. The tour takes a minute or so to load but once loaded you can move around any way you want. You can zoom in on the paintings including those on the ceiling. My thanks...

- Hiroshima 1946
This is a seventeen minute film of Hiroshima in 1946 made by the US Air Force. I found it on Open Culture. ...



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