Truman School - PBiS & STARLearn how to be a STAR by watching your teachers make fools of themselves.
Sir Ken Robinson - How to Escape Education's Death ValleySir 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.
Clay Shirky - How Social Media Can Make HistoryWhile news from Iran streams to the world, Clay Shirky shows how Facebook, Twitter and TXTs help citizens in repressive regimes to report on real news, bypassing censors (however briefly). The end of top-down control of news is changing the nature of politics.
John McWhorter - Txtng is Killing Language. JK!!!Does texting mean the death of good writing skills? John McWhorter posits that there’s much more to texting — linguistically, culturally — than it seems, and it’s all good news.
Adora Svitak - What Adults Can Learn From KidsChild prodigy Adora Svitak says the world needs "childish" thinking: bold ideas, wild creativity and especially optimism. Kids' big dreams deserve high expectations, she says, starting with grownups' willingness to learn from children as much as to teach.
Sugata Mitra - Build a School in the CloudOnstage at TED2013, Sugata Mitra makes his bold TED Prize wish: Help me design the School in the Cloud, a learning lab in India, where children can explore and learn from each other — using resources and mentoring from the cloud. Hear his inspiring vision for Self Organized Learning Environments (SOLE), and learn more at tedprize.org.
Sir Ken Robinson - How Schools Kill CreativitySir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.
Joachim de Posada - Don't Eat the MarshmallowIn this short talk from TED U, Joachim de Posada shares a landmark experiment on delayed gratification — and how it can predict future success. With priceless video of kids trying their hardest not to eat the marshmallow.
Sir Ken Robinson - Bring on the Learning Revolution!In this poignant, funny follow-up to his fabled 2006 talk, Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning — creating conditions where kids' natural talents can flourish.
Sir Ken Robinson - Changing Education ParadigmsThis RSA Animate was adapted from a talk given at the RSA by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education and creativity expert and recipient of the RSA's Benjamin Franklin award.
Raising Small Souls - Animal SchoolAn inspiring and insightful perspective on education and how we raise our children.
Rona Richter - School's Out: Lessons from a Forest KindergartenNo classroom for these school children: this documentary film takes us to a forest kindergarten in Switzerland where children age 4 to 7 spend every day outside in the forest. This is a thought-provoking film about public education in early childhood. By U.S. director Lisa Molomot and producer Rona Richter. With animations by multimedia designer Ingeborg Dena Faber.
Karl Fisch - Did You Know 3.0The New HD Version on the progression of information technology researched by Karl Fisch, and modified by Scott McLeod; Globalization & The Information Age. It was adapted by Sony BMG at an executive meeting.
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