Nicholas Negroponte: Negroponte Takes OLPC to Colombia
December 1, 2008 (over 15 years ago)In this talk, Tech visionary Nicholas Negroponte takes the One Laptop per Child project to Colombia, and he has gotten amazing results. He also defines this endeavor as an education project which will help make children the agents of change.
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Barack Obama: The President Addresses Joint Session of Congress
February 24, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Barack Obama's address during the joint session of congress sheds a light on the path towards reclaiming economic stability and away from the economic crises America has been facing.
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Stewart Brand: Four Environmental 'Heresies'
June 1, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Stewart Brand shows four technological advancements that humanity is having a hard time accepting yet which if widely adopted would be essential in getting through our current environmental crisis.
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Ken Robinson: Schools Kill Creativity
February 1, 2006 (over 18 years ago)Ken Robinson talks of how our modern education systems have put creativity and the arts on the back burner for quite some time.
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Barack Obama: The President Explains His Larger Vision on the Economy
April 14, 2009 (about 15 years ago)The hustle and bustle of the White House since President Barack Obama took over are all stepping stones to the bigger plan of helping the American economy to flourish again.
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Alex Tabarrok: How Ideas Trump Crises
February 1, 2009 (over 15 years ago)In this powerfully positive talk, Economist Alex Tabarrok tells us about how Ideas trump crises. He talks about how man has progressed economically through history and that we are now living in a world moving inexorably towards prosperity. With free trade, globalization, and the proliferation of ...
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Alan Kay: A Powerful Idea About Ideas
March 1, 2007 (about 17 years ago)In this talk, Alan kay thinks of new and better ways to educate our kids. He shows us how we can use a different perspective and pair it up with technology to teach young children higher levels of science and math. A level of learning that we would not have considered teaching to their age group.
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Paul Sereno: Paul Sereno Digs Up Dinosaurs
February 1, 2005 (over 19 years ago)Paul Sereno talks about his expeditions in looking for dinosaur remains and his aim to encourage kids to be interested in his line of work.
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Patrick Awuah: Educating Leaders
June 1, 2007 (almost 17 years ago)In this impassioned talk, Patrick Awuah tackles the need for transformation in Africa. He contends that Africa needs to be led by enlightened leaders. In order for this to happen, the African education system must change and train their youth properly to be the leaders that their country needs.
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Charles Leadbeater: Education Innovation in the Slums
April 1, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Charles Leadbeater talks about how education should present itself as practical in the slum areas to attract the poor to study.
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