Entries Tagged as 'TED'

Communities Trump Content

September 13, 2010 · 1 Comment · 21st century classroom, 21st Century Literacies, learning

Jeff Utecht presents “Communities Trump Content.” This is one of the best 16 minutes of listening to Jeff. The highlights of the talk was Jeff discussing the four generations of technology use- digital immigrants, digital natives, the web generations, and the mobile generation.  He makes reiterates a big point- learning is about making connections and [...]

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Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world

April 9, 2010 · No Comments · Miscellaneous

Games like World of Warcraft give players the means to save worlds, and incentive to learn the habits of heroes. What if we could harness this gamer power to solve real-world problems? Jane McGonigal says we can, and explains how. * TED Talks 2010 http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world.html

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Adora Svitak: What adults can learn from kids

April 8, 2010 · No Comments · 21st Century, inspirational, Miscellaneous

Can we learn from children? Listen to Adora…….. * Ted Talks 21010 at http://www.ted.com/talks/adora_svitak.html

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Temple Grandin: The world needs all kinds of minds

February 25, 2010 · 2 Comments · Miscellaneous

“Temple Grandin, diagnosed with autism as a child, talks about how her mind works — sharing her ability to “think in pictures,” which helps her solve problems that neurotypical brains might miss. She makes the case that the world needs people on the autism spectrum: visual thinkers, pattern thinkers, verbal thinkers, and all kinds of [...]

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Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?

September 28, 2008 · No Comments · 21st Century

I found this video from TED to be most powerful in thinking about learning and teaching in the 21st century. I hope you enjoy. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. TED started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become broader. The annual conference [...]

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