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TED Talks Demystified for Teachers | The History Teacher's Attic
Mummert's great groupings of TED talks.
Discovery, Realization and Dirty Jobs
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For example, Rowe tells us about a pig farmer in the United States, who managed to amass a fortune ever since he started transporting and feeding his pigs the leftovers from restaurants in Las Vegas. The farmer knew that the discarded food was rich in protein. When the pigs ate the protein rich meal they would grow faster and bigger which meant a bigger turnover. The farmer jokes of how he turned down an offer of $60 million for his farm recently. Who would have thought there was so much money in pig farming?! Did you?
teachingwithted / Lively Data and Statistics
This project, TeachingwithTED, has really taken shape. This page shows how some really bright people are using visualizations to manipulate data and create some stunning conclusions.
Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing creativity | Video on TED.com
If you watch only one TED talk this week, watch this one. Twice. Inspiring.
Chris Jordan pictures some shocking stats | Video on TED.com
Chris Jordan talks about how to he uses data and represents it visually. These images made the rounds last year, but his talk really shows how well they transfer the information he is trying to get out to people.
YouTube - Do schools today kill creativity? (Ken Robinson, TEDTalks)
Sir Ken Robinson's talk about creativity in schools
TED | Talks | Alisa Miller: Why we know less than ever about the world (video)
Alisa MIller's short TED talk about the dearth of world news coverage and some of the causes for that. Great for showing the how and why of our news stories.
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