Another great talk from TED that looks at how the human brain in built to learn.

In a TED talk from March 2008 Robert Ballard paints the argument for increased exploration of the oceans here on planet Earth. 75% of the planet is covered in water, but we have mapped and explored a surprisingly small amount of it. He makes the point that we have maps of Venus and Mars but [...]

I should probably just link this entire website to the TED website, since it has been my recent source for amazing content. In a recent talk at TED Dave Eggers explains the creation of a free tutoring centre he started in San Fransisco. It is run out of the front section of a magazine/book editing [...]

I’d heard about this DIY interactive whiteboard project before, but hadn’t actually seen it in action. He used a Wii remote and a home made IR pen, and demonstrates drawing, multi-touch surface interactions, and amazing head-sensing safety glasses. After watching this video I think every school should pool the change they find in the halls [...]

I recently found 20 minutes to sit down and watch a TED Talk with Alan Kay, titled ‘A powerful idea about teaching ideas’. It is a talk given by Alan in March 2007, but just found its way online this March. I haven’t watched nearly enough content provided by TED, and plan to watch most [...]