Tag Archives: TED
Freedom vs Control – important lessons to be learned
Cyber crime expect Mikko Hypponen delivered a talk at the TEDxBrussels event that has made it this week onto the TED site. If you’re at all interested in conversations surrounding privacy in this digital age, then it’s 10 minutes well … Continue reading
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Prescribed viewing – Daniel Kraft on Medicine’s future
Watch this, and tell me that doctors will resist these changes to their profession. They won’t. They’ll embrace them, because health matters to all of us, and we will demand uptake. We lay people will be involved in it too, … Continue reading
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Helping students with current issues research
One of the things I really do appreciate in my school is the willingness of our English teachers to recognise the skill set of Teacher-Librarians. Over the last few weeks my staff and I have worked closely with Year 11 … Continue reading
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School’s out Friday
Does this remind you of anyone? You, maybe? Those of us who tweet regularly, update our status on facebook, those of us who blog? Once again, improveverywhere have made me smile, and plenty of others in that audience too by … Continue reading
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10 minutes well spent
If you ever find yourself a spare ten minutes or so, you should do yourself a favour and check out the TED: Ideas worth spreading site. I do so on a regular basis, most often when I’m in bed browsing … Continue reading
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School’s out Friday
Thanks go to Frances Manning, who pointed me in the direction of this amazing virtual choir, featuring 2052 performances of ‘Sleep’ from 1752 singers in 58 countries, individually recorded and uploaded to YouTube between September 2010 and January 2011. Here’s … Continue reading
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Teaching design for change – great ideas from Emily Pilloton
Emily Pilloton delivers an inspiring TED talk that is worth the 16 minutes you need to invest to hear her message. People who give of themselves to assist those in communities where there is real need are special. Emily and … Continue reading
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Knowing thyself
Gary Wolf suggests here that in order to operate effectively in the world you have to know yourself well. I think I know myself pretty well, but I’m not sure I want to know all this about myself. At this … Continue reading
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Crowd accelerated innovation – time to step up.
All teachers should watch Chris Anderson (the guy who heads up TED ideas worth spreading) talk about crowd accelerated innovation, and the impact this IS having and WILL HAVE on how people educate themselves through web based mediums like online … Continue reading
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School’s out Friday
This is the poet, Rives, speculating on the mysterious hour of four in the morning. It’s worth hanging in there for the entire 8 minutes of his performance, just to appreciate the effort that’s gone into sourcing the material for … Continue reading
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