education
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Kylie Jenner, Jimmy Fallon, and Kendall Jenner
Kris Jenner: "I guess they were cold LOL @kendalljenner @kyliejenner @jimmyfallon @fallontonight #fallontonight" -@KrisJenner
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HOw Jurassic Park Changed the Movie World
When Jurassic Park debuted in 1993, computer generated special effects barely made it to the big screen. Only a few movies were able to incorporate them in their movies, but even then, it looked unbelievable. Here's how Jurassic Park changed all that and…
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Mummies: Ice Maiden
This is a video about the "Ice Maiden" one of the three Llullaillaco children sacrifices discovered by Dr. Johan Reinhard and his archaeological team on 16 March 1999 at Mount Llullaillaco (lies on the border of Chile and Argentina). She is the oldest mum…
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Mummies: Rosalia Lombardo (Sleeping Beauty)
Encased in a glass coffin for almost 100 years is the beautiful mummified body of 2 year-old Rosalia Lombardo, Italy's Sleeping Beauty. She's known by a lot of names: the Girl in the Glass Coffin, Sleeping Beauty, the World's Most Beautiful Mummy, the Bes…
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Michael Sandel: Why We Shouldn't Trust Markets With Our Civic Life
Another educational video from TED. Michael Sandel, one of my favorite academic scholars, talks about the value of money in our everyday lives. He even instigates a little debate that concerns monetizing education. It's definitely worth a watch. Perspecti…
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Malcolm Gladwell - The Unheard Story Of David And Goliath
We're all familiar with the biblical story of David and Goliath. Although, there maybe some details in the story that we may have overlooked. Check out this interesting and educational video regarding unseen perspectives of the classic underdog story.
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Taylor Mali on "What Teachers Make"
What Do Teachers Make? Well, watch this video and get some insight. Goosebumps. Tears. Incredible spoken-word poetry.
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Ted Talks: Bill Gates- Teachers Need Real Feedback
Bill Gates talks about the need for teacher feedback systems in improving educational systems.
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Ken Robinson: How To Escape Education's Death Valley
Sir Ken Robinson outlines 3 principles crucial for the human mind to flourish -- and how current education culture works against them. In a funny, stirring talk he tells us how to get out of the educational "death valley" we now face, and how to nurture o…
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Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?
Ted Talks brings us another video of Sir Ken Robinson who provides us with a refreshing view on how schools impact society. Are schools inexpedient in their purpose? Do they stunt creativity? Do they limit intellectual freedom? Watch this insightful and p…
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Idea Wall
Teachers should allow for the free flow of ideas within the classroom setting. Intellectual freedom should make for liberal exchange of output and student interaction with other members of the academic community
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Who's To Blame?
I've long been an advocate of revisiting the idea of revising our society's educational system. We rock back and forth blaming the teacher, the student. Maybe it's time we realize that it's the system's fault.
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School exam cheating rampant in graft-ridden Indonesia | Inquirer News
Another manifestation of the faulty educational system that society has adopted. Students are now more concerned about passing tests than they are about acquiring information and knowledge.
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I Will Not Let An Exam Result Decide My Fate
This is a video depicting spoken word poetry at its finest. It seeks to question the very educational system that our society has adopted and why it no longer satisfies the very principles it exists for. We must not allow the shackles of status quo contin…
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RSA Animate - Changing Education Paradigms
As a resident of a third-world country, I witness firsthand the effects of mediocre education on a daily basis. Have we as a society been consumed by the idea of individual greatness and progress, that we overlook the many faults and loopholes in the syst…
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The History Of Mother's Day
An informative video on the history of Mother's Day. How did this celebration of motherhood become a national holiday?
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45 Strange Facts About US Presidents
A weekly show hosted by John Green, where knowledge junkies get their fix of trivia-tastic information. This week, John discusses 45 rather odd facts about the lives of US Presidents such as which one ran over a lady with his horse, or what Richard Nixon'…
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Why Do We Play Games?
Could you boomerang a football? Origin of the word "nerd" etymology of "jock". How to be named the world's greatest athlete. Maslow's Hierarchy. Games and needs. Excellent Numberphile videos about football statistics.
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Computer Programming - What most schools don't teach - Coding
Learn about a new "superpower" that isn't being taught in in 90% of US schools. Starring Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, will.i.am, Chris Bosh, Jack Dorsey, Tony Hsieh, Drew Houston, Gabe Newell, Ruchi Sanghvi, Elena Silenok, Vanessa Hurst, and Hadi Partov
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The Debt Limit Explained
The United States debt limit explained. Unfortunately, that appears to be what politics is, or rather the way we tend to do it. It's the blame game, and I'm sick of it. Republicans blaming Democrats, refusing to cooperate, Democrats blaming Republicans a…
