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ESL TEDTalks: September 2010
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Http:/ www.ted.com/pages/view/id/195. Thursday, September 30, 2010. James Randi's fiery takedown of psychic fraud. Legendary skeptic James Randi takes a fatal dose of homeopathic sleeping pills onstage, kicking off a searing 18-minute indictment of irrational beliefs. He throws out a challenge to the world's psychics: Prove what you do is real, and I'll give you a million dollars. (No takers yet.). For this 18 page esl lesson (nine pages per partner) in a .pdf format, download directly from:.
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ESL TEDTalks: January 2010
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Http:/ www.ted.com/pages/view/id/195. Friday, January 8, 2010. Arthur Benjamin's formula for changing math education. Someone always asks the math teacher, "Am I going to use calculus in real life? And for most of us, says Arthur Benjamin, the answer is no. He offers a bold proposal on how to make math education relevant in the digital age. For this 2 page esl lesson in a .pdf format, download directly from:. Arthur Benjamin's formula for changing math education. Friday, January 08, 2010.
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ESL TEDTalks: October 2010
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Http:/ www.ted.com/pages/view/id/195. Monday, October 25, 2010. Sugata Mitra: The Child-Driven Education. Education scientist Sugata Mitra tackles one of the greatest problems of education - the best teachers and schools don't exist where they're needed most. In a series of real-life experiments from New Delhi to South Africa to Italy, he gave kids self-supervised access to the web and saw results that could revolutionize how we think about teaching. Sugata Mitra: The Child-Driven Education.
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ESL TEDTalks: July 2009
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Http:/ www.ted.com/pages/view/id/195. Monday, July 6, 2009. Barry Schwartz on our loss of wisdom. Barry Schwartz makes a passionate call for "practical wisdom" as an antidote to a society gone mad with bureaucracy. He argues powerfully that rules often fail us, incentives often backfire, and practical, everyday wisdom will help rebuild our world. For this 14 page ESL lesson in a .pdf format, download directly from:. Barry Schwartz on our loss of wisdom. Monday, July 06, 2009. Monday, July 06, 2009. Subsc...
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ESL TEDTalks: John Hardy - My Green School Dream
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Http:/ www.ted.com/pages/view/id/195. Wednesday, December 1, 2010. John Hardy - My Green School Dream. Join John Hardy on a tour of the Green School, his off-the-grid school in Bali that teaches kids how to build, garden, create (and get into college). The centerpiece of campus is the spiraling Heart of School, perhaps the world's largest freestanding bamboo building. For this 6 page esl lesson in a .pdf format, download directly from:. John Hardy - My Green School Dream. Wednesday, December 01, 2010.
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ESL TEDTalks: June 2010
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Http:/ www.ted.com/pages/view/id/195. Saturday, June 19, 2010. David Deutsch: A New Way to Explain Explanation. For tens of thousands of years our ancestors understood the world through myths, and the pace of change was glacial. The rise of scientific understanding transformed the world within a few centuries. Why? Physicist David Deutsch proposes a subtle answer. For this 7 page esl lesson in a .pdf format, download directly from:. David Deutsch: A New Way to Explain Explanation. Saturday, June 19, 2010.
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ESL TEDTalks: Michael Specter: The Danger of Science Denial
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Http:/ www.ted.com/pages/view/id/195. Sunday, November 14, 2010. Michael Specter: The Danger of Science Denial. Vaccine-autism claims, "Frankenfood" bans, the herbal cure craze: All point to the public's growing fear (and, often, outright denial) of science and reason, says Michael Specter. He warns the trend spells disaster for human progress. For this 10 page esl lesson in a .pdf format, download directly from:. Michael Specter: The Danger of Science Denial. Sunday, November 14, 2010.
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ESL TEDTalks: December 2009
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Http:/ www.ted.com/pages/view/id/195. Monday, December 14, 2009. Richard Dawkins on militant atheism. Richard Dawkins urges all atheists to openly state their position - and to fight the incursion of the church into politics and science. A fiery, funny, powerful talk. For this 17 page esl lesson in a .pdf format, download directly from:. Richard Dawkins on militant atheism. Please feel free to comment with constructive suggestions for future lessons. Monday, December 14, 2009. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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ESL TEDTalks: August 2011
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Http:/ www.ted.com/pages/view/id/195. Sunday, August 28, 2011. Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution! In this poignant, funny follow-up to his fabled 2006 talk, Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning - creating conditions where kids' natural talents can flourish. For this 10 page esl lesson in a .pdf format, download directly from:. Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution! Sunday, August 28, 2011.