Click on the link below to view this week’s featured TED talk:
David McCandless shares some amazing ways to visualize data to see patterns we might not otherwise notice. http://www.ted.com/talks/david_mccandless_the_beauty_of_data_visualization
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Click on the links below to view past featured TED talks:
Sir Ken Robinson advocates for revolutionary change in the way we view what should be happening in schools.
http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_changing_education_paradigms.html
Alison Gopnik talks about exciting work she and her colleagues have been doing that shows how we underestimate the cognitive capabilities of children.
http://www.ted.com/talks/alison_gopnik_what_do_babies_think.html
Daniel Tammet reminds us that not everyone perceives the world in the same way.
http://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_tammet_different_ways_of_knowing.html
Angela Lee Duckworth shares her theory of “grit” as a key predictor of success.
http://www.ted.com/talks/angela_lee_duckworth_the_key_to_success_grit.html
Sugata Mitra shares his TED Prize 2013 wish. http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_build_a_school_in_the_cloud.html
Suzanne Talhouk’s talk is the first Arabic language talk to go up on the main TED.com site. She gave the talk at TEDxBeirut 2012 and though not without controversy, it went viral. If you need English subtitles you can select them from inside the video frame. http://www.ted.com/talks/suzanne_talhouk_don_t_kill_your_language.html
Malcolm London is a Chicago poet, activist and educator. Take three minutes and listen to what he has to say: http://www.ted.com/talks/malcolm_london_high_school_training_ground.html
Tyler DeWitt aims to inspire science educators to loosen up a little. http://www.ted.com/talks/tyler_dewitt_hey_science_teachers_make_it_fun.html
Catherine Bracy reminds us of the importance of getting involved. http://www.ted.com/talks/catherine_bracy_why_good_hackers_make_good_citizens.html
