TEDTalks

TEDTalks

An annual conference held in Monterey, California and semi-annually in other cities around the world. TED describes itself as a "group of remarkable people that gather to exchange ideas of incalculable value".
 
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Unmoderated Tag: TEDTalks Rating: No Votes Hits: 25 Comments: 0 Ted Talks: Peter Singer: The Why and How of Effective Altruism Ted Talks: Peter Singer: The Why and How of Effective Altruism If you're lucky enough to live without want, it's a natural impulse to help others in need. But, asks philosopher Peter Singer, what's the most effective way to give charitably? He talks through some surprising thought experiments to help you balance emotion and practicality -- and make the biggest impact with whatever you can share. May 20, 2013 10:01 AM
Unmoderated Tag: TEDTalks Rating: No Votes Hits: 25 Comments: 0 Ted Talks: Sergey Brin: Why Google Glass? Ted Talks: Sergey Brin: Why Google Glass? It's not a demo, more of a philosophical argument: Why did Sergey Brin and his team at Google want to build an eye-mounted camera/computer, codenamed Glass? Onstage at TED2013, Brin calls for a new way of seeing our relationship with our mobile computers -- not hunched over a screen but meeting the world heads-up. May 17, 2013 11:00 AM
Unmoderated Tag: Music Rating: No Votes Hits: 34 Comments: 0 Ted Talks: Jay Silver: Hack a Banana, Make a Keyboard! Ted Talks: Jay Silver: Hack a Banana, Make a Keyboard! Why can't two slices of pizza be used as a slide clicker? Why shouldn't you make music with ketchup? In this charming talk, inventor Jay Silver talks about the urge to play with the world around you. He shares some of his messiest inventions, and demos MaKey MaKey, a kit for hacking everyday objects. May 16, 2013 10:01 AM
Unmoderated Tag: TEDTalks Rating: No Votes Hits: 50 Comments: 0 Ted Talks: Liu Bolin: The Invisible Man Ted Talks: Liu Bolin: The Invisible Man Can a person disappear in plain sight? That's the question Liu Bolin's remarkable work seems to ask. The Beijing-based artist is sometimes called "The Invisible Man" because in nearly all his art, Bolin is front and center — and completely unseen. He aims to draw attention to social and political issues by dissolving into the background. May 15, 2013 11:01 AM
Unmoderated Tag: TEDTalks Rating: No Votes Hits: 26 Comments: 0 Ted Talks: Maria Bezaitis: The Surprising Need for Strangeness Ted Talks: Maria Bezaitis: The Surprising Need for Strangeness In our digital world, social relations have become mediated by data. Without even realizing it, we're barricading ourselves against strangeness -- people and ideas that don't fit the patterns of who we already know, what we already like and where we've already been. A call for technology to deliver us to what and who we need, even if it's unfamiliar. (Filmed at TED@Intel.) May 14, 2013 10:01 AM
Unmoderated Tag: TEDTalks Rating: Good Hits: 61 Comments: 0 Ted Talks: Meg Jay: Why 30 is Not the New 20 Ted Talks: Meg Jay: Why 30 is Not the New 20 Clinical psychologist Meg Jay has a bold message for twentysomethings: Contrary to popular belief, your 20s are not a throwaway decade. In this provocative talk, Jay says that just because marriage, work and kids are happening later in life, doesn't mean you can't start planning now. She gives 3 pieces of advice for how twentysomethings can re-claim adulthood in the defining decade of their lives. May 13, 2013 10:01 AM
Unmoderated Tag: How To Rating: No Votes Hits: 50 Comments: 0 Ted Talks: Ken Robinson: How to Escape education's Death Valley Ted Talks: Ken Robinson: How to Escape education's Death Valley Sir Ken Robinson outlines 3 principles crucial for the human mind to flourish -- and how current education culture works against them. In a funny, stirring talk he tells us how to get out of the educational "death valley" we now face, and how to nurture our youngest generations with a climate of possibility. May 10, 2013 11:01 AM
Unmoderated Tag: New York Rating: No Votes Hits: 34 Comments: 0 Ted Talks: Angela Lee Duckworth: The Key to Success? Grit Ted Talks: Angela Lee Duckworth: The Key to Success? Grit Leaving a high-flying job in consulting, Angela Lee Duckworth took a job teaching math to seventh graders in a New York public school. She quickly realized that IQ wasn't the only thing separating the successful students from those who struggled. Here, she explains her theory of "grit" as a predictor of success. May 9, 2013 9:01 AM
Unmoderated Tag: TEDTalks Rating: No Votes Hits: 44 Comments: 0 Ted Talks: John Legend: Ted Talks: John Legend: "True Colors" In a heart-melting moment, TED Talks Education host John Legend sits at the piano to sing "True Colors," giving the lyrics a special meaning for kids and teachers. "So don't be afraid / to let them show / your true colors / are beautiful, like a rainbow." May 8, 2013 11:04 AM
Unmoderated Tag: TEDTalks Rating: No Votes Hits: 26 Comments: 0 Ted Talks: Geoffrey Canada: Our Failing Schools. Enough is Enough! Ted Talks: Geoffrey Canada: Our Failing Schools. Enough is Enough! Why, why, why does our education system look so similar to the way it did 50 years ago? Millions of students were failing then, as they are now -- and it's because we're clinging to a business model that clearly doesn't work. Education advocate Geoffrey Canada dares the system to look at the data, think about the customers and make systematic shifts in order to help greater numbers of kids excel. May 8, 2013 10:01 AM
Unmoderated Tag: TEDTalks Rating: No Votes Hits: 19 Comments: 0 Ted Talks: Bill Gates: Teachers Need Real Feedback Ted Talks: Bill Gates: Teachers Need Real Feedback Until recently, many teachers only got one word of feedback a year: "satisfactory." And with no feedback, no coaching, there's just no way to improve. Bill Gates suggests that even great teachers can get better with smart feedback -- and lays out a program from his foundation to bring it to every classroom. May 8, 2013 9:01 AM
Unmoderated Tag: TEDTalks Rating: No Votes Hits: 25 Comments: 0 Ted Talks: Ramsey Musallam: 3 Rules to Spark Learning Ted Talks: Ramsey Musallam: 3 Rules to Spark Learning It took a life-threatening condition to jolt chemistry teacher Ramsey Musallam out of ten years of "pseudo-teaching" to understand the true role of the educator: to cultivate curiosity. In a fun and personal talk, Musallam gives 3 rules to spark imagination and learning, and get students excited about how the world works. May 8, 2013 9:01 AM
Unmoderated Tag: England Rating: No Votes Hits: 66 Comments: 0 Ted Talks: Malcolm London: Ted Talks: Malcolm London: "High School Training Ground" Young poet, educator and activist Malcom London performs his stirring poem about life on the front lines of high school. He tells of the "oceans of adolescence" who come to school "but never learn to swim," of "masculinity mimicked by men who grew up with no fathers." Beautiful, lyrical, chilling. May 8, 2013 9:01 AM
Unmoderated Tag: California Rating: Amazing Hits: 26 Comments: 0 Ted Talks: Pearl Arredondo: My Story, from Gangland Daughter to Star Teacher Ted Talks: Pearl Arredondo: My Story, from Gangland Daughter to Star Teacher Pearl Arredondo grew up in East Los Angeles, the daughter of a high-ranking gang member who was in-and-out of jail. Many teachers wrote her off as having a problem with authority. Now a teacher herself, she's creating a different kind of school and telling students her story so that they know its okay if sometimes homework isn't the first thing on their mind. May 8, 2013 9:01 AM
Unmoderated Tag: TEDTalks Rating: No Votes Hits: 45 Comments: 0 TED Talks: ShaoLan: Learn to read Chinese ... with ease! TED Talks: ShaoLan: Learn to read Chinese ... with ease! For foreigners, learning to speak Chinese is a hard task. But learning to read the beautiful, often complex characters of the Chinese written language may be less difficult. ShaoLan walks through a simple lesson in recognizing the ideas behind the characters and their meaning -- building from a few simple forms to more complex concepts. Call it Chineasy. May 7, 2013 9:01 AM
 
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