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Curated Video
Reading Dialogue with Dialogue Tags: How Good Readers Use Tag Words
In this video, the teacher explains how good readers read dialogue by using dialogue tags. They demonstrate the process of stopping at quotation marks, checking for tag words before and after the dialogue, and adjusting their voice to...
The Wall Street Journal
Brianna Wu on Dealing With Haters Online
You get called a foul name online or threatened via direct message, what’s the best response? Brianna Wu talks about her own experiences with internet trolls and gives advice on the best approach to dealing with online hate.
Flame Media
Real Future: The future of ASMR
Several years ago, people on YouTube started talking about a phenomenon they described as 'orgasms' — a tingly head sensation they felt when they heard certain sounds like whispering or crinkling paper. They called this sensation ASMR...
Rachel's English
Intro to Word Stress: American English Pronunciation
An Introduction to Word Stress in American English.
Science360
Musical training affects older adults' speech perception in a noisy environment
Playing a musical instrument can do wonders for our brain. But how does it affect our hearing later on in life? Dr. Nina Kraus of Northwestern University is studying just that.
IDG TECHtalk
Windows 10: Answering your most important questions
Computerworld Windows expert Preston Gralla and Executive Editor Ken Mingis are back to answer your questions about Windows 10.
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Chapter 10 | You're Thinking About Tomatoes | STORY
You're Thinking About Tomatoes - Chapter 10 Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen A sequel to the very popular ‘You're Thinking About Doughnuts’.
Curated Video
Sample Band 8+ Part 3 Answers Children and Commercials
Today you’ll hear sample band 8+ Part 3 answers about children and commercials.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Jancey Clark - Learning with Choice and Voice
Jancey Clark is an Elementary School Learning Coach at the American International School in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. EDUinnovator, international presenter, and aspiring author and consultant. Jancey is passionate about personalized learning...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Antoinette Brim-Bell - 'Eve/Woman/Wife
Antoinette Brim, author of These Women You Gave Me, Icarus in Love and Psalm of the Sunflower, is a Cave Canem Foundation fellow, a recipient of the Walker Foundation Scholarship to the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, and a...
Curated Video
Art as Activism: Statements of Democracy
Art is a powerful democratic tool because it can inspire emotion and empower people to take direct action to achieve a social or political goal.
The Wall Street Journal
What's Next for Alexa?
The duo behind Alexa and Amazon's in-home devices explain what's coming in the next wave of voice technology and machine learning that will power connected homes, search and shopping.
Curated Video
Fluently Reading Dialogue: Recognizing Who's Speaking
In this video, the teacher provides tips and strategies for reading dialogue fluently. Using examples from a passage, the teacher emphasizes the importance of recognizing who is speaking and understanding the character's age,...
Curated Video
Writing a Conclusion: Restating the Big Idea
In this video, the teacher provides a step-by-step guide on how to write a conclusion for an essay or constructed response. The students are taught to restate the big idea and summarize the evidence using their own voice. The teacher...
The Art Assignment
Find Your Band Highlights | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
This week Sarah shares some of the excellent responses to Bang on a Can's assignment to Find Your Band.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Kevin Hancock - Shared Leadership
Kevin Hancock is an award-winning author and speaker. The CEO of Hancock Lumber Company, one of the oldest and best known family businesses in America, he is a recipient of the Ed Muskie Access to Justice award, the Habitat for Humanity...
The Economist
Why Vietnam’s “Lady Gaga” lives in fear
Despite Vietnam's sweeping social and economic reforms, it is still a repressive one-party state which spies on its people. Mai Khoi, one of the country's most celebrated singers, is fighting back.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Nikhil Goyal - Schools on Trial
Nikhil Goyal is the author of the new book Schools on Trial: How Freedom and Creativity Can Fix Our Educational Malpractice (Random House).
Weird History
Actor Christopher Lee Was a Real Life Badass
Christopher Lee had one of the most fascinating lives of all time - From fighting Nazis to holding not one but THREE Guinness World Records to playing some truly iconic film roles, beloved actor Chrisopher Lee is a real life Badass.
Barcroft Media
Indian Slum Kids Deliver Their Own Tabloid Newspaper
NEW DELHI, INDIA - MAY 19: A NEWSPAPER is giving a voice to children from Indias slums - by employing them as reporters. Translated as Voice of Children, Balaknama is run and edited by street children, many of whom are former drug...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Barry Lane - After THE END
Barry Lane has taught writing in grades K-12, and written many professional books to help teachers teach writing with joy and passion. He is a sought after keynote speaker and divides his time between classroom visits, workshops with...
Curated Video
Talking Like Characters: How Good Readers Bring Dialogue to Life
In this video, the teacher explains to students how good readers can talk like the characters in a story by using their knowledge about the character. The teacher demonstrates this by reading dialogue from a book and identifying the...
National Theatre
Playwrights Series: A Journey of Style and Content
This video features a playwright discussing the evolution of her voice and style, touching on the importance of form in relation to content and the power of verbatim theater to heighten audience engagement and appreciation for the beauty...
Music Matters
Is this the Greatest English Work of the 17th Century? - Composer Insights
The famous Dido’s Lament from ‘Dido and Aeneas’ by Henry Purcell. Features of Purcell’s style are unpacked and the word painting & emotional life of the music are explored. A Ground Bass is repeated 11 times, while the melodic line and...