Brainwaves Video Anthology
Rhys Daunic - Media Literacy in the Classroom
Rhys Daunic is founder and Director of Brooklyn-based The Media Spot. Rhys has facilitated student media productions, and developed media literacy curricula with educators throughout the country and abroad, primarily within New York City...
Curated Video
The Blowouts
In 1968, thousands of Latino students walked out of school in Los Angeles to protest against racial inequality in the classroom. Their collective action, known as the Blowouts, was a defining moment of the Chicano Movement.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Elizabeth Watts Bromery - Teaching in the Global Pandemic - USA
Elizabeth Watts Bromery, an English Professor at Broward County Public Schools, Florida, became an educator in 1990 as her parents raised her to equate education with social justice. She chose teaching to empower students to make...
Wonderscape
Unity in Diversity: Harnessing the Power of Multicultural Perspectives
Uncover the advantages of embracing cultural diversity, from enhanced creativity to fairer societal outcomes. This video explores how diverse environments in schools, workplaces, and communities lead to innovative thinking and better...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Sonia Nieto - Affirming Diversity
Dr. Sonia Nieto has devoted her professional life to questions of diversity, equity, and social justice in education. A native of Brooklyn, New York, she began her teaching career in 1966 in an intermediate school in Brooklyn, later...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Askhat Zhumabekov - Teaching in the Global Pandemic - Kazakhstan
Physics teacher Askhat Zhumabekov, from Nazarbayev Intellectual school of Physics and Mathematics, Semey, Kazakhstan, is a progressive educator who advocates a global viewpoint and differentiated learning techniques for each of his...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Angel Mejico - Teaching in the Global Pandemic - Corona, California
Dr. Angel Mejico was the 2019 California Teacher of the Year and a top fifty finalist for the 2020 Global Teacher prize.A medical student deciding to pursue a career of teaching art may seem like an unusual choice, but for, Dr. Angel...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Keishia Thorpe - Teaching in the Global Pandemic - USA
Keishia Thorpe is the 2021 Global Teacher Prize winner. Keishia teaches English to 12th-grade students who are English language learners at the International High School Langley Park, Bladensburg, Maryland, United States, a school where...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Prince Olusegun Adeniyi - Teaching in the Global Pandemic - Nigeria
Art teacher Olusegun Adeniyi, who teaches at Caleb British International School, Lagos, Nigeria, is not only renowned for bringing out the creative side of his fortunate students with two decades of nurturing new talent and creating...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Ron Beghetto - The Paradoxical Nature of Creativity
Dr. Beghetto is an international expert on creativity in educational settings. He serves as Professor of Educational Psychology in the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut. Prior to joining the faculty at UConn, Dr....
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Xiao-lei Wang - AQ: The Adversity Quotient
Xiao-lei Wang is Dean, The Ruth S. Ammon College of Education and Health Sciences at Adelphi University. She received a Ph.D. Educational Psychology, from the University of Chicago (1992). Her interdisciplinary research is in areas, such...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Kimberly Eckert - Teaching in the Global Pandemic - West Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Kimberly Eckert serves as the Director of Educator Development at the Louisiana Department of Education while still teaching Educators Rising in West Baton Rouge Schools. She holds a BA in social work, an MEd in Special Education, and is...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Marybeth Gasman - Educating a Diverse Nation
Marybeth Gasman is a leading scholar of Minority Serving Institutions in the United States and around the world. A historian of higher education, Gasman works with MSIs — Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Serving...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Rurik Nackerud - Gaymes in Education
Rurik Nackerud, has been named an Emerging Leader by Phi Delta Kappa International. He is among the 25 recipients that PDK has identified across the US under the age of 40 that demonstrate innovative practices in education. The 2013...
Curated Video
When Music and Cultural Heritage Combine, You Get the Young Students of INTEMPO
In a sun-filled church in Stamford, Connecticut, a small group of young students sit with their musical instruments. Among them are many instruments you'd expect to see in a classroom—like violins and guitars—and also several that you...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Rodney Robinson - Diversity and Student Success
Rodney has over 20 years experience as an educator with Richmond Public Schools. He graduated from King William High School in rural Virginia in 1996. He received a bachelor’s degree in history from Virginia State University in 2000 and...
TED Talks
TED: One woman, five characters, and a sex lesson from the future | Sarah Jones
In this performance, Sarah Jones brings you to the front row of a classroom in the future, as a teacher plugs in different personas from the year 2016 to show their varied perspectives on sex work. As she changes props, Jones embodies an...
Curated Video
Perspectives on Chatting Safely Online
Young teens discuss the role of feeling safe when interacting with people through online gaming and social media. Use this video in your classroom in conjunction with the lesson plan, Safe Online Talk:...
Wonderscape
Social Studies Kids: Cultural Diversity
This video explores the importance of cultural diversity and multiculturalism. It discusses the definition of culture, the benefits of embracing diverse perspectives, and the barriers to multiculturalism. It also provides suggestions for...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Elsa Elisabeth Jones - Diversity
Elsa Elisabeth Jones is a Child Development Specialist and Advocate with 34 years of broad-ranging experience. Ms. Jones is the Program Chair of Early Childhood Education and an Associate Professor at Post University. As an Independent...
Curated Video
Diversity and Inclusiveness in the Computer Science classroom | Doug Bergman
Discover how to create an inclusive computer science classroom that meets the needs of all learners, attracts and retains girls and students from a variety of backgrounds to ensure that students going into computer science represent the...
Curated Video
Supporting English Language Learners With Digital Storytelling
English-language learners come to our classrooms with a diverse set of learning needs, including the need for more opportunities to practice using English in a variety of settings. But can digital communication help increase ELLs'...
The Royal Institution
Unconscious Bias in Science
We can’t always control what our brains do, and we all have unconscious prejudices, make unfair judgements, and are biased. Sociologist Louise Archer, business psychologist Binna Kandola, astrophysicist Emma Chapman and the IOP's Jessica...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
José Luis Vilson - This is Not a Test: A New Narrative on Race, Class, and Education
José Luis Vilson is a math educator for a middle school in the Inwood / Washington Heights neighborhood of New York, NY. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in computer science from Syracuse University and a master's degree in...