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
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
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
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
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
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
