In the “history teacher’s attic” I found a great list of Ted talks where the material has been sorted out making it easier for educators to discover something appropriate for the sifferent disciplines. This is a great list to use when preparing for class. Click here to find the full list. I found this site via Larry Ferlazzo’s great website about storytelling. I have only added some of the topics that are of most interest to me! Enjoy!
| Technology/Computers in Education | |||
| Evan Williams | How Twitter’s spectacular growth is being driven by unexpected uses | 0:08:00 | |
| Erik Hersman | Erik Hersman on reporting crisis via texting | 0:03:56 | |
| Tim Berners-Lee | The next Web of open, linked data | 0:16:23 | |
| Brenda Laurel | Why didn’t girls play videogames? | 0:13:08 | |
| Juan Enriquez | Beyond the crisis, mindboggling science and the arrival of Homo evolutis | 0:18:50 | |
| David Merrill | Siftables, the toy blocks that think | 0:07:09 | |
| James Surowiecki | The moment when social media became the news | 0:16:59 | |
| Earth Science/Environment | |||
| Al Gore | 15 ways to avert a climate crisis | 0:16:17 | |
| Juan Enriquez | Why can’t we grow new energy? | 0:18:10 | |
| Education | ||
| Sir Ken Robinson | Do schools kill creativity? | 0:19:24 |
| Richard Baraniuk | Goodbye, textbooks; hello, open-source learning | 0:18:34 |
| Alan Kay | A powerful idea about teaching ideas | 0:20:37 |
| Stuart Brown | Why play is vital — no matter your age | 0:26:42 |
| Mae Jemison | Mae Jemison on teaching arts and sciences together | 0:14:48 |
| Sugata Mitra | Can kids teach themselves? | 0:20:59 |
Reblogged this on Joel E. Lewinsohn.