This site is an archive for interesting videos to be used in training and in the classroom.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Sunday, September 12, 2010
The Education Crisis in 2 Minutes
TakePart: Participant Media - Waiting For 'Superman' - Infographic from Jr.canest on Vimeo.
http://www.letsredu.com/2010/08/video-the-education-crisis-in-two-minutes/
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 curiosityThursday, 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
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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- Born and raised in juneau, Alaska, I have had the opportunity to travel around the world, hosted by incredible people, and always glad to be home where nature is everywhere.