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Curated Video
Why Sign Language Was Banned in America
Sign Languages are just as linguistically valid and vibrant as spoken languages, and beneficial to learn for Deaf and hearing people. So why for decades was it illegal to teach them in American schools?
Curated Video
China's First TV Program Exclusively for Mobiles: A New Era in Entertainment
China's first TV program made exclusively for mobile phones, this five-episode romance appointment takes advantage of the booming mobile phone market in the country. With episodes only five minutes long, the show focuses on close-ups and...
The School of Life
Philosophy - Ludwig Wittgenstein
Why does communication between people go wrong? According to Ludwig Wittgenstein, it's because the words we use make pictures in our minds but do not create the same picture in the minds of our listeners. Introduce young philosophers to...
TED-Ed
Aphasia: The Disorder That Makes You Lose Your Words
Do you ever have a moment where you can't get the words in your head to come out precisely? Or do you mix up words that sound similar? For some of us, these are simple errors in communicating, but for others, this is called aphasia....
Crash Course
History of Media Literacy Part 1: Crash Course Media Literacy #2
Even Plato understood the importance of media! Part of an ongoing series of media literacy videos, the resource takes viewers to where it all began ... ancient Greece. The video covers the emergence of media and the written word, the...
Crash Course
Migrations and Intensification: Crash Course Big History #7
What happens when the earth reaches its carrying capacity of humans? As human populations grow, societies change from hunters and gatherers to agriculture to the industrial age and beyond. A video takes a global perspective of migration...
Camelea Publishing
Camelea: Like a Seagull
Hummingbirds and seagulls—how different and alike are the two birds? At her brother's birthday party, Camelea taps into her inner bird as she dances like a zippy hummingbird. But when it is time to sleep, she thinks of the calm seagull...
TED-Ed
How Miscommunication Happens (And How to Avoid It)
The transactional model of communication is used in this short video to explain how miscommunication happens and to offer suggestions for how to improve listening and communication skills.
PBS
When the Book is Better than the Movie
Sometimes the book is better than the movie; other times, the movie comes out on top. A video discusses the topic of novels and their film adaptations, pointing out specific texts and how the tale translated to the big screen. The...