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AWS Tutorial AWS Solutions Architect and SysOps Administrator - Bootstrap EC2 Instances
This video explains how to bootstrap EC2 instances. This clip is from the chapter "EC2 Advanced - Virtual Servers in AWS Cloud" of the series "AWS Tutorial: AWS Solutions Architect and SysOps Administrator".This section focuses on EC2...
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Sports, Technology and Accessibility
Theo Wait, Director of Operations at Lichess, shares the unique story of how software developer Thibault Duplesis built one of the world's biggest, free and open-source internet chess server through extensive community input and the...
All Ears English
2022 - How to Answer an Unasked Question in English
Native speakers sometimes answer a question before it is even asked using a unique and super-advanced construction. Find out what it is and how to do it today!
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How Playing Music Helps Anxiety and Changes Your Brain
Playing a musical instrument is one of the best things you can do to exercise your mind and improve your overall mental state. Playing an instrument is very different from listening to music. Listening to pleasant music is great, but...
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Four Subtle Ways You Can Show Lack Of Empathy
Empathy is key in relationships. It allows us to connect with others and understand their feelings. In this video, I share four subtle ways you can show a lack of empathy without realizing it. By being aware of these behaviors, you can...
All Ears English
1935 - Rescue the Connection When You're Caught Not Paying Attention
Do you ever have a friend or coworker talking to you while you are doing something else? Like scrolling on your phone? Today get 3 things you can say to let them know you're focused and invite them to continue in English.
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BE - Advanced Vocabulary to Introduce Examples
Today you'll hear a special episode from our IELTS podcast, so you can learn high-level phrases to introduce specific examples in meetings and sales pitches.
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Did You Hear That?
Miss Palomine hears a near accident outside. She tells the student that her ears told her what had happened. She and the student then play a game of trying to guess a variety of sounds.
All Ears English
1871 - Let's Practice Real English with Native Speakers! Wait for or Wait on?
Are you waiting on anything? In American English, we have a little more flexibility than British English when talking about things you're waiting for. Find out what we mean in today's episode!
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IELTS vs Cambridge English Exams - Which One Is Best For You?
Let's compare the IELTS vs Cambridge English exams so that you can decide which exam is best for you. Let me know in the comments which exam you plan on taking.
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Taking Turns
Mrs. Triggle and Dr. Algae have a deep conversation and concentrate on listening to what each other is saying.
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Vietnam's Shadow
Classicist and political theorist Josiah Ober (Stanford) describes how the experience of the Vietnam War affected his research on classical Athens.
Learn French With Alexa
Écouter (to listen) in 5 Main French Tenses
Alexa teaches you how to conjugate the French verb ÉCOUTER (to listen) in 5 main French tenses.
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Towards Historical Truth?
UC Berkeley historian and Byzantine specialist Maria Mavroudi gives her candid view that a historian’s principal task is to try to recover as much of the truth as possible despite the fact that we can naturally never recover the whole...
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Classical Athenian Persuasion
Classicist and political theorist Josiah Ober (Stanford) gives us a detailed view of the ancient Athenian deliberative assembly.
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A Two-Way Street
Stanford University classicist and political scientist Josiah Ober relates how the interests of elites and the general population were intertwined in classical Athens, and how we might be able to harness some of those ancient concepts in...
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Attuned to Their Audience
Classicist and political theorist Josiah Ober (Stanford) paints a vivid picture of an ancient Athenian assembly, describing how speakers had to find a way to consistently appeal to two very different audiences simultaneously.
Music Matters
What is Colour in Music - Music Appreciation
Colour in music can mean a number of different things. Some musicians experience Synesthesia in which particular notes, keys or chords are experienced directly in relation to particular colours. We talk about the Blues or about white...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Melissa Henning - Using the Four Domains to Help ENL Students Learn
Melissa Henning is the Educational Content Manager for Source for Learning, the non-profit parent company of TeachersFirst. She has over 16 years of experience in education. Melissa is a frequent presenter at national and regional...
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Tammy Dunbar - Social Emotional Learning
Tammy Brecht Dunbar, M.Ed., S.T.E.M. teaches 5th grade in Manteca Unified School District. She is a 2018-19 Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms Fellow, won the ISTE 2018 Literacy PLN Award for Cultivate World Literacy and was named...
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Donnie Piercey - Podcasting in the Classroom
Donnie Piercey is the 2021 Kentucky Teacher of the Year and teaches fifth grade in Lexington, Kentucky. After graduating from Asbury College and earning his master’s from Auburn Montgomery, he has been teaching in Kentucky since 2007....
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Syllable Drum: Clap to the Beat
A video entitled “Syllable Drum: Clap to the Beat” which models how to clap the syllables that make up words.
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Navigating Conflict: Cooling Off and Seeking Solutions Part 2
In Part 2, Kevin provides a recap of the different conflict styles and presents the "STOP, THINK, TALK/LISTEN, CHOOSE" framework for conflict resolution. He emphasizes the significance of pausing, thinking about possible solutions,...
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Navigating Conflict: Cooling Off and Seeking Solutions Part 1
In Part 1 of the "Navigating Conflict" series, Kevin discusses the inevitability of conflicts and their impact on social and academic life. He introduces the importance of cooling off before attempting to resolve conflicts and emphasizes...