Two videos to watch.

These two videos are quite thought provoking in different ways. The first is project based learning explained, by the common cvraft show – http://youtu.be/LMCZvGesRz8. Isn’t this how we should be teaching? The second is from TED - Mike Matas: A next-generation digital book – http://www.ted.com/talks/mike_matas.html Traditional publishing company will need to adapt if they are to [...]

Sir Ken Robinson – Bring on the learning revolution

TED 2010 saw many well known faces standing on stage presenting in under 20 minutes their moving and inspiring presentations. For me Sir Ken Robinson is the best of the videos I have watched (I would love to one day make it to TED). This is another stunner. As I watched I wondered how gently [...]

Life lessons from Rock Climbing

This is a TED talks video. Its short sweet and to the point. In this video Matthes Child’s outlines his 9 life lessons he has derived from rock climbing. Just like all the TED talks its to the point and conveys the message in a short space of time (under 5 minutes) If you haven’t [...]

POP!Tech

http://poptech.com  They are popping up (please excuse the pun) all over the place. First there was TED and now there is POP!Tech. This is what they say about themselves…. “Pop!Tech is a one-of-a-kind conference, a community of remarkable people, and an ongoing conversation about science, technology and the future of ideas.” Like TED – they [...]