World History
- The Most Important Invention In Modern History - The Clock?!
This is a fascinating video arguing that the invention of the clock lead to a completely changed way of life for all of us, changing our sleep patterns, hurrying our lives, but also making us think more in terms of accounting for all part of our life...
- The Atlantic Slave Trade & Impact: Awesome Teded Talk
Here's an excellent TedEd talk on the slave trade and its impact on Africa. Thanks to F.C. Tymrak for tweeting the link. ...
- More On Chromebooks
Here's a video clip about the advantages of Chrome books for education. I use laptops a lot in the classroom and waste a lot of time while they boot up or run out of battery power. Chrome Books with almost instant on and eight hours of battery life...
- Ted Talks Manipulated For The Classroom
By going here, I can take any Ted Talk, or for that matter, any video on Youtube and create a lesson with multiple choice and short answer questions to go with it. When that is done you will be given a unique url which you can then give to your...
- 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
The Invention of Gunpowder
Here's a terrific TedEd talk about the invention of gunpowder, just in time for July 4! My thanks to Angelea Lee for the link.
- The Most Important Invention In Modern History - The Clock?!
This is a fascinating video arguing that the invention of the clock lead to a completely changed way of life for all of us, changing our sleep patterns, hurrying our lives, but also making us think more in terms of accounting for all part of our life...
- The Atlantic Slave Trade & Impact: Awesome Teded Talk
Here's an excellent TedEd talk on the slave trade and its impact on Africa. Thanks to F.C. Tymrak for tweeting the link. ...
- More On Chromebooks
Here's a video clip about the advantages of Chrome books for education. I use laptops a lot in the classroom and waste a lot of time while they boot up or run out of battery power. Chrome Books with almost instant on and eight hours of battery life...
- Ted Talks Manipulated For The Classroom
By going here, I can take any Ted Talk, or for that matter, any video on Youtube and create a lesson with multiple choice and short answer questions to go with it. When that is done you will be given a unique url which you can then give to your...
- 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...