World History
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: "The most popular TED talk of all time contains no slides, no props, no technology, and very little movement?a success that seems anomalous until you look closely at its argument. He "fires a shot over the bow of modern public education, suggesting that schooling is, basically, set up to guide students toward becoming university professors." The four other TED talks he lists are equally interesting, especially Jill Bolte Taylor's 2008 talk about a stroke that messed up her left hemisphere.
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The big talk at the ISTE 13 conference (The International Society for Technology in Education) in San Antonio, Texas, which you can get a taste of on Twitter, is the keynote talk by game designer, Jame McGonigal. Apparently her talk was so compelling...
- 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....
- Ted Talks Education Coming To Pbs
Watch TED Talks Education Preview on PBS. See more from TED Talks Education.This is interesting as television is moving more towards online, anytime. But Ted Talks, perhaps showing how big it has become, will have Ted Talks Education this coming...
- Top Posts For July
Thanks to all of you for your continuing interest in this blog - even while you may be doing other things than teaching as we had a ton of posts for July. Here are the top ones: Flipping History Without VideoHindu Caste System GraphicSir Ken 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...
World History
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: "The most popular TED talk of all time contains no slides, no props, no technology, and very little movement?a success that seems anomalous until you look closely at its argument. He "fires a shot over the bow of modern public education, suggesting that schooling is, basically, set up to guide students toward becoming university professors." The four other TED talks he lists are equally interesting, especially Jill Bolte Taylor's 2008 talk about a stroke that messed up her left hemisphere.
- Gaming & Education: Jane Mcgonigal
The big talk at the ISTE 13 conference (The International Society for Technology in Education) in San Antonio, Texas, which you can get a taste of on Twitter, is the keynote talk by game designer, Jame McGonigal. Apparently her talk was so compelling...
- 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....
- Ted Talks Education Coming To Pbs
Watch TED Talks Education Preview on PBS. See more from TED Talks Education.This is interesting as television is moving more towards online, anytime. But Ted Talks, perhaps showing how big it has become, will have Ted Talks Education this coming...
- Top Posts For July
Thanks to all of you for your continuing interest in this blog - even while you may be doing other things than teaching as we had a ton of posts for July. Here are the top ones: Flipping History Without VideoHindu Caste System GraphicSir Ken 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...