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I want my students to be doing the work of readers and writers, not the work of school, as often as possible. So, whenever I come across a text that interests me, I immediately wonder about the possibilities for application in the classroom. For years, I have been using TED talks as non-print text for ‘reading,’ but recently I started to think about TED talks as a model for writing. One of our power standards for our last unit was the 8th grade English Language Arts Common Core Standard 7…

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When we think of TED Talks we often think of thought provoking talks that challenge our way of thinking or that try to teach us a lesson. And while this is true – there are also a lot of highly entertaining TED Talks out there too.

10 TED Talks in 10 days that will change your life: 1. How Great Leaders Inspire Action by Simon Sinek Simon Sinek breaks down the golden circle: • Every… | 373 comments on LinkedIn

TED Talks Education, hosted by John Legend, premiered May 7, 2013 on PBS. Watch full-length versions of talks from the show right here.

Some of the most valuable online resources in recent years have been TED talks.

There have been some rumblings that TED Talks may have jumped the shark--a topic our own Nathan Jurgenson took on recently . Either way, there have been some worthwhile talks given on ideas for changing education, and the folks over at TED have done us all a solid by piling 10 of them together in a single post , starting with the ubiquitous Ken Robinson "Bring on the Learning Revolution," then including Emily Pilloton's ideas on design in learning, Dan Meyer's ideas on a potential math…

The 10 Best TED Talks About Healthy Living, Fitness & Wellness

Ted Talks and Talk Like TED 2 Books Collection set (TED Talks: The official TED guide to public speaking ,Talk Like TED: The 9 Public Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds): 9789123859412: Books - Amazon.ca

TED Talks on Twitter: "Here’s how to apologize: 1. Look them in the eye. 2. Explain why you are sorry. 3. Acknowledge why they were hurt. 4. Tell them what you will do differently next time. https://t.co/givLVARod2"

Cameron Russell's TED Talk on her life as a model went viral. In response, she decided to start a magazine, one centered on a bold idea.