Transforming Education
The Impact of Praise
How to praise and not praise is the question addressed by a short video designed for educators. The narrator shares the results of a simple experiment that details how praising learners' efforts results in better performance.
Transforming Education
SEL for Educators: Mini Module #6
Keep stress low by establishing balance and boundaries with Mini Module #5. In this social-emotional learning video, educators discover the ins and outs of final high-leverage practices—understanding the "cost of caring," forming healthy...
Transforming Education
SEL for Educators: Mini Module #5
Mini Module #5 examines the high-leverage practice of orienting towards optimism. In this 11-minute video, educators take in the importance of optimism as they progress through their social and emotional learning journey, paying special...
Transforming Education
SEL for Educators: Mini Module #4
In this social-emotional learning journey, educators watch an 11-minute video that examines how to cultivate compassionate curiosity. Mini Module #4 details how to use an asset-based lens, listen empathetically, and look at behavior as a...
Transforming Education
SEL for Educators: Mini Module #3
Mini module #3 focuses on exploring emotions—one of the five high-leverage practices in an educator's social and emotional development. Viewers take in a 10-minute video that looks at how to label emotions, recognize physical reactions,...
Transforming Education
SEL for Educators: Mini Module #2
A 12-minute video details the first social and emotional learning practice—examine identity; how do educators work on their social and emotional wellbeing. One of five high-leverage practices looks closely at values and purpose,...
Transforming Education
SEL for Educators: Mini Module #1
Become a champion of social-emotional development with an informative series created for educators. In this first video, the host details the what, why, and how of social-emotional learning. In just over 15 minutes, viewers discover...
Transforming Education
Student and Parent Perspectives on Mindfulness
Turn a breakdown into a breakthrough. In a short video, scholars and a parent share what they have learned about mindfulness and how developing the skills inherent in this competency can help in school and at home.
Transforming Education
Meet Teri (Growth Mindset)
Anything is possible if you practice, practice, practice! That's Teri's advice to scholars struggling to acquire a new skill.
Transforming Education
Let's Talk About Self-Management: Marshmallows, Stop Signs, Squeezy Balls, and Teaching
The big idea behind a short video designed for educators is that self-management skills are taught and that those who develop this skill are more successful now and in the future.
PBS
Future-Self | Social-Emotional Learning
Help young people see their future self, help them establish goals, and give them strategies to achieve these goals. Knowing who they are, what their strengths are, and helping them develop social and emotional confidence are the keys to...
PBS
Responsible Decision-Making | Social-Emotional Learning
Being able to identify problems, analyze situations, solve problems, and to evaluate, reflect, and recognize ethical responsibility all come into play when making responsible decisions. A short video offers teachers and parents an...
PBS
Relationship Skills | Social-Emotional Learning
Communication, social engagement, relationship building, and teamwork are the heart of relationship skills. Parents and teachers share strategies for helping young people develop these important skills.
PBS
Social-Awareness | Social-Emotional Learning
A short PBS video offers suggestions for how to help 21st-century learners develop social awareness. Perspective-taking, empathy, appreciating diversity, and respect for others are the targeted aspects of this social and emotional...
PBS
Self-Management | Social-Emotional Learning
Stop, think, act. Impulse control, stress management, self-discipline, self-motivation, and goal setting are among the skills associated with self-management, one of the social and emotional learning competencies. A short video suggests...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Highlights for High School: Highlights of Calculus
Students learn about the basics of calculus through a series of short videos. The videos are split into three sections including an introduction, the highlights of calculus, and derivatives.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Chemistry Behind the Magic: Death of a Gummy Bear
A great video demonstration along with teaching notes that shows the release of energy and resulting byproducts when a gummy bear is oxidized when heated with potassium chlorate.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Blossoms: The Pythagorean Theorem: Geometry's Most Elegant Theorem
Use this video to help teach the Pythagorean Theorem. The video can be downloaded, there is a transcript of the video, and a teacher's guide to aid in using the video. [21:38]
BBC
Bbc: History: World War Two Movies
A series of five excellent Flash presentations on: Dunkirk, the Blitz, the evacuees from British cities (due to the bombing), the British SOE forces and D-Day. You can also view the presentations with subtitles. Archived.
Library of Congress
Loc: Experiencing War: Courage, Patriotism, Community
A collection of audio files of veterans talking about their moments of courage, patriotism and community.
Library of Congress
Loc: Experiencing War: Sweethearts, Family Ties, Buddies
Audio and video files of soldiers telling their stories about sweethearts, family ties and their soldier buddies.
Library of Congress
Loc: Experienceing War, Forever a Soldier
37 tales of servicemen and women who served our country in every major war from World War I through the current conflict in Iraq.
Library of Congress
Loc: Stories From the Reunion
Stories captured during the National World War II Reunion over Memorial Day weekend in 2004.
Library of Congress
Loc: Experencing War, Voices of War
Relates war through the eyes of 60 veterans and civilians caught up in the momentous conflicts of the 20th century.