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TED Talks
TED: How we're teaching computers to understand pictures | Fei-Fei Li
When a very young child looks at a picture, she can identify simple elements: "cat," "book," "chair." Now, computers are getting smart enough to do that too. What's next? In a thrilling talk, computer vision expert Fei-Fei Li describes...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Sir Ken Robinson - Can Creativity Be Taught
“If there was a moment when our crisis in education hit critical mass it may well have been the date Sir Ken Robinson’s TED talk went up on YouTube. In just 19 minutes his wry but eviscerating presentation gave voice to what so...
Oxford Comma
Romanticism Explained Through Paintings
This is just one example of how you can use visual art to examine literary Romanticism. Main elements of Romanticism: Love of Nature Focus on Emotion Fascination with the Sublime Individualistic Byronic Heroes Interest in the...
Weird History
Popular Beliefs About Hell That Aren't In The Bible
From the intricate paintings of Hieronymous Bosch to the excessive pulp of movies like Constantine, hell has been depicted in dozens of different ways. However, its most common elements - hellfire, souls screaming in torment, and...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Group theory 101: How to play a Rubik's Cube like a piano - Michael Staff
Mathematics explains the workings of the universe, from particle physics to engineering and economics. Math is even closely related to music, and their common ground has something to do with a Rubik's Cube puzzle. Michael Staff explains...
ProTeachersVideo
The Brain: Creativity
Can new neurological research throw some light on how we teach creativity? We look at the innovative work of Dr Paul Howard-Jones of the University of Bristol. Find out about links between brain function and teaching creativity. Using...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Linda Hillringhouse - Painting, Poetry and Imagination
Linda Hillringhouse is a self-taught painter who has shown her work at many local museums and galleries throughout the Tri-State area including the Newark and Paterson Museums, the Ben Shahn Center for Visual Arts at William Paterson...
Oxford Comma
Chapter by Chapter (Never Let Me Go): Chapter Twelve
Welcome to the twelfth video in our chapter by chapter analysis of Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go! In this video we'll look at possibles, dream futures, and the fact that the students are CLONES!
Teaching Channel
Building Analysis Skills Through Art
Useful teaching strategies abound in this inspirational, informative video! Walk step by step through one teacher's two-part lesson in her special education/ELL class as they develop text analysis skills by first beginning with...
The School of Life
Art/Architecture - Caspar David Friedrich
The episode from the "Art/Architecture" playlist examines the paintings of the famous Nineteenth Century German romantic landscape artist. The narrator focuses on Friedrich's belief that art can teach us about the importance of...
Crash Course
Into Africa and Wole Soyinka: Crash Course Theater #49
There are two distinct periods of African theater: BC (before colonialism) and AC (after colonialism). The 49th installment of the Crash Course Theater and Drama introduces viewers to African dance and theater traditions. However, they...
British Council
Much Ado 2: Fun to Play
Audiences around the world love Shakespeare. A video and set of accompanying tasks, part of the Shakespeare English Exercises series, discusses how audiences in Japan react to Shakespearean plays. The exercises after the video help check...
British Council
Stratford 1: Shakespeare, Glove Maker
Shakespeare did not go to university, and that may have been the best decision he ever made. A video, part of the Shakespeare English exercises series, describes the famous playwright's early years in Stratford-Upon-Avon, sharing details...
Crash Course
North America Gets a Theater...Riot: Crash Course Theater #29
Welcome to America! A very entertaining video teaches pupils the history of drama and how it made its way to America. It discusses those that were not pleased with the appearance of theater in the New World and even tells the tale of a...
Study
Parallelism: How to Write and Identify Parallel Sentences
Parallelism pitfalls are the focus of a short video that models for viewers how to craft parallel constructions using coordinating and correlative conjunctions. The transcript, as well as a short quiz to check for understanding, are...