Last Friday, I posted on Twitter a comment and link about Siftables which were introduced to the world through a TED talk. In response to my mention of a TED talk, Twitter user Jackie Gerstein shared a link to a great wiki that she has started about building lessons around TED Talks. The wiki is called Teaching With Ted. The pages of Teaching With Ted are organized to feature a TED Talk(s) followed by links to related resources and ideas for teaching the concepts/ideas discussed in the TED Talk video. For example, there is a wiki page featuring Jill Bolte's talk about brain science and strokes. Following the video is a link to a page of activities about neuroscience.
Applications for Education
Teaching With TED is a good place to find thought provoking videos and discussion questions for use in your classroom. Teaching With TED is a wiki so if you have ideas about teaching with TED Talks submit your suggestions to Teaching With TED.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Teaching With TED Talks
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3 comments:
Wow, Richard, Teaching with TED is such a great idea! I know I will be making use of it often.
Thanks for the link.
Jimk
Thanks for helping me find this WIKI,it is awesome. I have long been a listener of TED talks and I can now complete the missing link of how to use them in my teaching.
Jackie's wiki is very good and we have found that teaching with TED is a great experience at my school.
Our sophomores are currently working on what we are calling the TEDxClassroomProject. They are analyzing 600+ TED talks and blogging their reflections. They have had several speakers comment on their blogs and a few Skype in to chat with our students. It's been a great experience for the kids and true authentic learning.
You can check it out at http://tedxproject.wordpress.com. They would love to have your comments as well.
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