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TED talks

TED talks can show us what other people consider important and worthwhile in their lives.   We will watch some of these in class, but in case we don't have time for all (which is likely) here is a running list of some of my favorites!  Please let me know if you have a video to add to the list!

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The danger of a single story
Dave Isay: Everyone around you has a story the world needs to hear

Growth vs. Fixed Mindset
Edwardo Breceno: The power of belief-mindset and success

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Phil Hansen: Embrace the shake
William Kamkwamba: How I harnessed the wind
Kenneth Shinozuka: My simple invention, designed to keep my grandfather safe 
Esha Alwani: What it's like to have Tourette's- and how music gives me back control
Francis de los Reyes: Sanitation is a basic human right
Bryan Stevenson: We need to talk about an injustice
Zak Ebrahim: I am the son of a terrorist. Here's how I chose peace
Susan Cain: The power of introverts
Louie Schwartzberg: Nature. Beauty. Gratitude.
Richard Turere: A peace treaty with the lions
Jane Goodall:How humans and animals can live together
Jack Andraka: A promising test for pancreatic cancer from a teenager
Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are
Maurice Ashley: Working backward to solve problems
Patti Dobrowolski: Draw your future

LXD: In the Internet age, dance evolves..
The Amazing Effects of Gratitude
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Additional videos to discuss...
 A Floating Soccer Field
What if He Falls? The Terrifying Reality of Filming "Free Solo"
A Dance to Lift Your Spirits
Diane Ferlatte: Penny for your thoughts

Diane Ferlatte: Personal story
Diane Ferlatte: Next Town (Jim Crow)


The Upstanders Series
The Mosque Across the Street
A Racist's Rehabilitation
From War to Montana

Great Big Stories
FIBA Allow Hijab
A Fold Apart: Origamist Robert Lang
This Man Turned a Car Into a Motorbike to Escape the Desert
Second Chance Ink: Covering Up Messages of Hate
The Ultimate Polyglot: This Man Speaks 32 Languages
Steven Wiltshire: Drawing our World Entirely from Memory
Spoken Without Words: ASL Slam Poetry
This Turkish Language Isn't Spoken, It's Whistled
The Gnomist


The New Heroes Series
​Muhammad Yunus: Microloans
Mimi Silbert: Delancy Street
Dr V. and David Green: Affordable Eye Surgery

​Maria Teresa Leal: Seamstress for the poor in Brazil
Moses Zulu: Children's Town
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