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Inspirations for Teachers
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Ages: 7 - 18
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Very unusual approach to teaching, this class in Asia, this is a touching and valuable video to watch for every teacher who has a class in which a child has a death in the family. Very moving. At one point, the teacher is quoted as saying, "Empathy i...s the greatest thing." Nearly ten minutes in length.
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August 13, 2010 at 11:45 PM
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Ages: 17 - 18
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This motivational slide show, set to music, encourages teachers to keep up with the times (and the students) in this digital world we live in. Statistics, questions, and thoughts run across the screen as the music plays. Run time 07:44.
May 18, 2010 at 08:28 PM
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Ages: 18 - 18
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This is a wonderful speech about the power of creativity and importance of arts education. Very inspiring and important. Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than und...ermines) creativity. Run time 19:23.
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November 27, 2010 at 09:35 PM
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Ages: 17 - 18
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This inspirational power point, set to music, addresses the changing world we live in and encourages teachers to keep up with the technology and challenges of our students. Statistics and thoughts run across the screen while the music plays. One sta...tisic states, "According to former Secretary of Education Richard Riley, the top ten jobs that will be in demand in 2010 didn't exist in 2004. We are currently preparing students for jobs that don't yet exist... using technologies that haven't yet been invented... in order to solve problems we don't even know are problems yet." Run time 6:00.
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May 18, 2010 at 08:23 PM
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Ages: 18 - 18
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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. Run time 18:00.
November 27, 2010 at 09:38 PM
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Ages: 12 - 18
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Companion video to research about PLNs that was conducted at the beginning of 2010. Full results can be found at: http://vestaltech.edublogs.org/2010/01/09/p...
April 3, 2010 at 09:03 PM
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Ages: 18 - 18
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A school-age boy gives a powerful opening speech to Dallas school employees in 2008. Dalton Sherman was a 5th grade student at the time. His speech begins... "I believe in me. Do YOU believe in me?" (08:04)
July 31, 2011 at 10:27 PM
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Ages: 18 - 18
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John Hunter puts all the problems of the world on a 4'x5' plywood board -- and lets his 4th-graders solve them. At TED2011, he explains how his World Peace Game engages schoolkids, and why the complex lessons it teaches -- spontaneous, and always sur...prising -- go further than classroom lectures can. (20:28)
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April 30, 2011 at 06:22 PM
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Ages: unspecified
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In an interview with TOP-Ed co-host Kathy Baron, Ravitch, author of The Death and Life of the Great American School System, blasts No Child Left Behind, as well as excessive testing. A must watch for teachers who want to hear what a researcher and fo...rmer member of the Republican Party's education insider group says in this eight minute video.
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May 16, 2011 at 12:16 AM
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Ages: 7 - 18
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The reading of this poem "Sickle Cell" was taken at the Fort Lauderdale Regional Finals. It is about the disease and its impact. It could be used as an inspirational video and/or as a video that shows students how they can read their own poetry.
June 1, 2011 at 11:13 PM
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