TED Talks
Pick and listen to an education-related podcast or TED Talk of your choice from the list below. For the discussion board assignment, you will provide the title and speaker (and/or organization if applicable) as well as a short synopsis (no quotes).
Additionally, you will answer the following prompts:
Why did you pick this podcast?
What did you learn?
How will you use this new information?
Of course, if it was the worst podcast you’ve ever listened to, share that as well.
Here is a link to a Podcasts website related to education:
NAEYC Podcasts Radio Website (Links to an external site.)
Here is a list of TED Talks (if you know of one you want to watch that is NOT on this list, feel free to do so):
Access: TED Talks (Links to an external site.)
“The Economic Case for Preschool” (Timothy Bartik)
“Play is More Than Just Fun” (Stuart Brown)
“Tales of Creativity and Play” (Tim Brown)
“Want Kids to Learn Well? Feed Them Well” (Sam Kass)
“The Linguistic Genius of Babies” (Patricia Kuhl)
“How I Teach Kids to Love Science” (Cesar Harada)
“Life Lessons Through Tinkering” (Gever Tulley)
“5 Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Kids Do” (Gever Tulley)
“Easy DIY Projects for Kid Engineers” (Fawn Qiu)
“Let’s Teach for Mastery – Not Test Scores” (Sal Khan)
“3 Rules to Spark Learning” (Ramsey Musallam)
“The Birth of a Word” (Deb Roy)
“Kids Need Structure” (Colin Powell)
“My Wish: Once Upon a School” (Dave Eggers)
“Turning Trash into Toys for Learning” (Arvind Gupta)
“A Manifesto for Play, For Bulgaria and Beyond” (Steve Keil)
“To Raise Brave Girls, Encourage Adventure” (Caroline Paul)
“What Do Babies Think?” (Alison Gopnik)
“The Surprisingly Logical Minds of Babies” (Laura Schulz)
“Nature is Everywhere – We Just Need to Learn to See it” (Emma Marris)
“Teaching One Child at a Time” (Shukla Bose)
“Help for Kids the Education System Ignores” (Victor Rios)
“What Adults Can Learn From Kids” (Adora Svitak)
