Brainwaves Video Anthology
Deborah Meier - The Power of Their Ideas - AERO Conference 2015
Deborah Meier is currently senior scholar at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Education She has spent more than four decades working in public education as a teacher, principal, writer, advocate, and ranks among the most...
The Wall Street Journal
The State of the Market
LevelTen Energy’s Gia Clark discusses supply and demand dynamics playing out in the corporate market for renewable energy and the implications for energy transition.
Religion for Breakfast
The 3 Wise Men: Ancient Magicians?
"Wise men" or "Magi?" What did this mean for the inhabitants of the ancient Mediterranean?
Curated Video
Crafting a Powerful Conclusion: Leaving Your Reader Thinking and Taking Action
In this video, the teacher provides helpful tips on how to write a conclusion that leaves the reader thinking. They emphasize the importance of summarizing the thesis in a different way, highlighting the positive changes that will occur,...
Oxford Comma
Chapter by Chapter (Never Let Me Go): Chapter Ten
Welcome to the tenth video in our chapter by chapter analysis of Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go! In this video we'll look at the students' transition to the Cottages. In doing so, we'll also learn about the creepy, off putting guy who...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
China Goes for Gold?
In part 1 of INET's interview with David Hale, he discusses how China is positioning the RMB as a possible reserve currency by buying gold, and what this means for the dollar and the euro
The Art Assignment
Air Guitar: Book Club # 1 | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
This week we kick off The Art Assignment Book Club with Dave Hickey's "Air Guitar: Essays on Art & Democracy." We discuss everything from John geeking out in a library to Michael Jackson's chimpanzee - Bubbles. Oh, and we discuss the...
Music Matters
The Difference Between 3:4 and 6:8 Time Signatures - Music Theory
We investigate the difference music in 3/4 and 6/8. Is there a difference between the two time signatures? Mathematically it appears that 3/4 and 3/8 are two very different time signatures. Musically they are closer to each other than...
Curated Video
English at Work 20 – Considering Options
English at Work 20 – Considering Options is an entertaining video that explains how to discuss various options and improve your conversation skills using subordinating conjunctions. The video covers grammar, idioms, vocabulary and...
History Hit
The Silk Roads with Peter Frankopan: Our thoughts on history
What do we normally do when we think about history? Is there a problem thinking this way? The Silk Roads with Peter Frankopan, Part 1
Catalyst University
tRNA "Funny Bases": More than 4 RNA bases?
tRNA "Funny Bases": More than 4 RNA bases?
Science360
From This...That! Basic Research to Bridge Sensors
Mehdi Kalantari Khandani at the University of Maryland has created a sensor system that constantly monitors different types of stresses on bridge structures and, when it detects anything unusual, alerts those who need to know. But...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Is Poverty More Worrying than Inequality?
Xavier Gabaix argues that public policies should prioritize alleviating deprivation at the bottom over narrowing the rich-poor gap. Gabaix discusses why economies fluctuate, and postulates that firm-level shocks, meaning when a large...
Brian McLogan
Using Parallel Lines to Find your Variables X and Y
👉 Learn how to solve for an unknown variable using parallel lines and a transversal theorems. Two lines are said to be parallel when they have the same slope and are drawn straight to each other such that they cannot meet. In geometry,...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Mariana Mazzucato: Government Risk and Private Sector Reward
Is there a role for the state in fostering innovation? The usual caricature of government involvement in business, which has become especially prominent in the last 40 years, can be seen in the classic American aphorism: “The government...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Christian Belabed and Thomas Theobald: Inequality and the Current Account
Most economists think about aggregate consumption through the lens of Friedman's permanent income hypothesis or Modigliani's life-cycle hypothesis. But long ago there was a third contender, Duesenberry's relative income hypothesis, which...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Margaret Levenstein - Financing Innovation or Speculation, the Case of Cleveland
Did you know that around 1920 Cleveland, Ohio, had a technological cutting edge not unlike Silicon Valley today? Probably you didn't, because Cleveland lost its edge during the Great Depression, and its innovation networks were never...
Sustainable Business Consulting
Content and Launch
Details the type of content you should include in your CSR report and tips on launching your report when complete
History Hit
The Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher with Charles Moore
Charles Moore discusses the legacy of Margaret Thatcher, the Iron Lady: where she succeeded, where she failed and why she still matters today.
The Art Assignment
Imprint Highlights | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
This week Sarah and John review your submissions to Sopheap Pich's Art Assignment "Imprint" while doing the assignment themselves.
Global Health with Greg Martin
Finding a job at a UN agency - This Week in Global Health
This episode focus on finding a job in the global health space, particularly within the UN agency system, including the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the World Bank etc.
The Backyard Scientist
Making Plasma, Microwaving grapes --- SMS#2
Plasma, like solid liquid and gas is considered a state of matter. Plasma is ionized gas, and can be created by applying energy to a gas, like electromagnetic or electrical energy like this transformer. As you can see it puts out an...
Curated Video
Choosing a Writing Topic for an Informational Text
In this video, the teacher explains how to choose a writing topic for an informational text by asking questions about your interests. The importance of selecting non-fiction topics with factual resources is emphasized, and the three...
Amor Sciendi
Battle of San Romano: Big Fluffy Hats
We discuss Uccello's 1453 Battle of San Romano, one of the earliest examples of Renaissance perspective, and attempt to gauge the volume of a huge hat.