- -: Google Earth: Bringing Visual Data into the Classroom
November 3, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/10/10/Applying_Technology_in_21st_Century_Classrooms_Part_2 Tina Ornduff, director of Google Earth Education Outreach, demonstrates how Google Earth can be used in classrooms to visually complement lessons. Ornduff shows areas of Japan damaged by the tsunam...
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Edward R. Murrow: Address to the Radio-Television News Directors Association & Foundation
October 14, 2005 (over 18 years ago)In the film "Good Night and Good Luck," Edward R. Murrow (David Strathairn) delivers a speech that evokes ideas on how mass media is improperly and ineffectively used in information dissemination.
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Thomas Goetz: It's Time to Redesign Medical Data
October 1, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Thomas Goetz tries to redesign the modern heathcare system by providing ready information to patients that will encourage them to take action on their health needs without compromising their actual execution.
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Diana Laufenberg: How to Learn From Mistakes
November 1, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Diana Laufenberg talks about the changes in education that have gone through the years through the advent of experiential learning.
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Dan Meyer: Math Class Needs a Makeover
March 1, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Dan Meyer shows how to make patient problem solvers in students and help these student develop an affinity to math and its accompanying word problems.
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James Surowiecki: When Social Media Became News
February 1, 2005 (about 19 years ago)James Surowiecki talks about the positives and negatives of blogs and blogging as they relate to human's perception of information.
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Gary Flake: Is Pivot a Turning Point for Web Exploration?
February 1, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Gary Flake shows how Pivot can change our browsing and internet life into a more information-extracting web experience.
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Yochai Benkler: The New Open-Source Economics
July 1, 2005 (almost 19 years ago)Yochai Benkler shares the benefits of having open-source systems as a means for lower costs and more efficient outcomes.
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Sean Gourley: Mathematics of War
February 1, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Sean Gourley presents an equation that can perhaps help us better understand and ultimately solve wars in the future.
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David McCandless: The Beauty of Data Visualization
July 1, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)David McCandless gives a different approach to data and information by arranging it in beautiful visuals for problem solving.
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