Brainwaves Video Anthology
Ron Berger - The Quality of Student Work
Ron Berger is Chief Academic Officer for EL Education. EL Education guides a network of over 150 public schools in more than 30 states – an organization that partners with districts and charter boards to found public schools in...
National Theatre
Jane Eyre: The Importance of Movement in Storytelling
This video features a discussion of the use of movement and music in storytelling. They explain how movement can give space to a story and convey emotions and experiences, and shares examples from their work as a choreographer for a...
Curated Video
Encouraging Innovation in Businesses: Approaches & Examples
The video discusses how businesses can encourage innovation within their organizations. It presents four main approaches to achieve this goal: Kaizen, team collaboration, benchmarking, and entrepreneurship. The video also highlights the...
Curated Video
Universal Recycling Law Keeps Food from Landfills
A new law in Vermont has created an opportunity. This law requires institutions to avoid sending lots of food waste to landfills. Now, much of the food that would have been thrown away is being donated to hungry local residents instead....
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Heroes of American Manufacturing ACR Electronics
ACR Electronics, a client of FloridaMakes (the MEP Center in Florida and part of the MEP National Network is the leading development center for emergency beacons that are designed with one purpose: to save lives. Through their combined...
Healthcare Triage
Where is the Waste in Health Spending?
Up to 25% of health spending in the US is wasteful. Where is that money being lost? What can we do about it?
Science360
Scientists detail Front Range air pollution - FRAPPE
Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and partner organizations are using specially equipped aircraft, mobile radars, balloon-mounted sensors, and sophisticated computer simulations to measure local and...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Robert Pianta - Teacher-Student Interactions
Robert Pianta, Ph.D., is the Dean of the Curry School of Education, Novartis US Foundation Professor of Education, and Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia. He is also Chairman of the Jefferson Education Accelerator...
Blockchain Central
How VeChain Creates Secure Business Environment? | Blockchain Central
This week on Blockchain Central: we'll talk about VeChain, which is commonly known as the Ethereum for business. It aims to create mre transpatent production and supply chian by implementing blochchain-based business...
SWPictures
The Plant that Cures Malaria: Artemisia Annua
The Plant that Cures Malaria part 2/5: This video showcases the story of Clovis Kabaseke and his passion for the medicinal herb Artemisia Annua. He believes that this plant can help address the problems of poverty and malaria in his...
3D Print General
How Fast Can You 3D Print?
In this video, I check out how fast you can 3D print, and what limitations may be involved in printing fast.
Food Farmer Earth
Balancing Urban Expansion and Farmland Preservation: Oregon's Model
This video examines Oregon's unique urban growth boundary system, designed to control urban expansion while preserving valuable farmland and natural resources. It highlights the success of this approach in maintaining the state's...
Curated Video
Understanding the Differences Between LRAS and Keynesian Aggregate Supply Curve
The video discusses the differences between the classical long-run aggregate supply curve (LRAS) and the Keynesian aggregate supply curve, with a focus on their shapes and shifts based on changes in factors of production.
Healthcare Triage
Hospital Competition Can Impact Your Health
It turns out, hospital and health system consolidations can result in worse outcomes for patients. These mergers reduce competition, and it turns out that hospitals compete more often on quality than they do on prices. The result is that...
Healthcare Triage
Data and Studies on Malpractice
Malpractice is a complicated subject. Studies seem to indicate, however that there are some effective strategies for reducing the costs associated with medical errors.
Healthcare Triage
Retail Clinics are Convenient, Reliable, and Kind of Affordable
Aaron and his wife both work. When one of their kids wakes up complaining of a sore throat, they begin a ritual staredown to determine which of them is going to have to wait for the doctor's office to open, call them, wait on hold,...
Healthcare Triage
Medicaid Report Cards Are Out, and Life Isn't About Grades
The Trump administration has released Medicaid report cards, which allow citizens and health care journalists to look at the results of Medicaid, state by state. The good news: our beloved Indiana is doing OK! The bad news, there's a lot...
3D Print General
3D Printed Chess Set and Carrying Case
In this video, I 3D print and assemble an awesome chess set with a roll-up board and carrying case. Print your own on MyMiniFactory: http://bit.ly/2xE0iUn
National Institute of Standards and Technology
What's Next for YOU?
Terry May, President of MESA Products, provides guidance to conference attendees on using the Baldrige process and Criteria for Performance Excellence to assist in taking your organization's Baldrige journey forward. This presentation...
Science360
NSF's merit review process determines which research has the greatest potential
NSF receives about 50,000 research proposals every year. The Foundation's mission is to promote the progress of science, but it's able to support only a fraction of the proposed research with its limited resources. This video briefly...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Andy Hargreaves - Professional Capital Transforming Teaching in Every School
Andy Hargreaves is the Thomas More Brennan Chair in the Lynch School of Education at Boston College. The mission of the Chair is to promote social justice and connect theory and practice in education. Before moving to Boston, he taught...
Curated Video
Sustainable Growth
In this video, the speaker provides a lesson on sustainability and focuses on the importance of achieving sustainable growth through shifts in the long run aggregate supply curve. He discusses two situations: a simple outward long run...
Healthcare Triage
Cost Effectiveness in Medicine is not a Dirty Word
Last week, we discussed how to measure the utility value of different health states. These can be used as a proxy for quality in measuring how effective therapies are. How? That's the topic of this week's Healthcare triage.