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Sunday, February 14, 2010

The Best Teacher Resources For “TED Talks” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

The Best Teacher Resources For “TED Talks” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...:

"I’ve written several posts recently about TED Talks, and thought I’d pull together a short list of resources that would be helpful to other teachers (and me) as we consider how to use them most effectively in our classes.

I’m going to start off with a quote from their website explaining what these “things” are:

“TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader.

The annual conference now brings together the world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes)."