This site is an archive for interesting videos to be used in training and in the classroom.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Sugata Mitra: The child-driven education



Education scientist Sugata Mitra tackles one of the greatest problems of education -- the best teachers and schools don't exist where they're needed most. In a series of real-life experiments from New Delhi to South Africa to Italy, he gave kids self-supervised access to the web and saw results that could revolutionize how we think about teaching.

About Sugata Mitra

Sugata Mitra's "Hole in the Wall" experiments have shown that, in the absence of supervision or formal teaching, children can teach themselves and each other, if they're motivated by curiosity

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Kseniya Simonova's Amazing Sand Drawing



Kseniya Simonova is a Ukrainian artist who just won Ukraine's version of "America's Got Talent." She uses a giant light box, dramatic music, imagination and "sand painting" skills to interpret Germany's invasion and occupation of Ukraine during WWII.

Friday, July 2, 2010

Carrot Mob.Org


Carrotmob Makes It Rain from carrotmob on Vimeo.

Eco-Friendly Porsche

http://carsworldblog.com/eco-cars-concept/eco-friendly-porsche

Bottle Recycle Center



Many of us return our plastic bottles and cans. Noticeably fewer recycle their glass. Maybe that's because we don't get any money in return, as we do for cans and plastic. Can we change this attitude by making recycling glass fun to do? So you are not just rewarded with a good conscience, you also get a smile. See the results here.

World's Deepest Garbage Bin



To throw rubbish in the bin instead of onto the floor shouldn’t really be so hard. Many people still fail to do so. Can we get more people to throw rubbish into the bin, rather than onto the ground, by making it fun to do? See the results here.

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