SciShow
Am I Really A Visual Learner?
You might consider yourself a visual learner, but is there really a way to categorize different types of students?
Curated Video
What Makes an Effective Communicator?
What makes an effective communicator? Is it confidence, is it clarity, is it conciseness, maybe an engaging answer - well that’s what I'll be sharing in this video, so if you struggle with this then this is the right video for you. What...
Curated Video
ADHD and Education
Psychologist Stephen Hinshaw (UC Berkeley) gives his view that teachers need more support, both financial and psychological, to deal with ADHD in and out of the classroom.
Curated Video
Inquiry Based Learning with Digital Media
Educators, learn how to plan and facilitate inquiry based learning approaches with digital media & technologies in the social studies classroom.
Neuro Transmissions
Are learning styles real?
You may be familiar with the four learning styles: visual, aural, reading/writing, and kinesthetic. It's hard to miss this popular concept that is supposed to give you a leg up in learning. But are learning styles legit? Or are they just...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Learning Styles Auditory Visual Kinesthetic
You can use learning styles--visual, auditory, and kinesthetic (VAK)--when public speaking. FREE 7 Instant Tips for Confident & Composed Public Speaking http://www.communicationskillscoach.c... Whether for leaders, teachers, or students,...
Sustainable Business Consulting
Understanding Different Learning Styles
Lays out the characteristics of introverts and extroverts and how to play to your employee's strengths when incorprating sustainability and working to increase engagement
Sustainable Business Consulting
Understanding People and Learning Styles
Discussion of understanding how your employees will react to change as well as recognizing different learning styles
Teaching Channel
New Teacher Survival Guide: ADHD in the Classroom
Discover one teacher's efforts to improve in-class transitions and help students to remain engaged and on-point during class. You'll begin by viewing a sample lesson in a special education classroom with follow-up commentary...
Smithsonian Institution
Sending "Learning Styles" out of Style
What the research says about learning styles may be different than you think. A quick video gives an overview of the research to show how teaching to a pupil's learning style isn't necessarily an effective strategy. Use the video as a...
Smithsonian Institution
Why Right Brained Is Wrong…Brained
The brain is an especially complex organ. A PD lesson from the Good Thinking series discusses the importance of not isolating processes to the right or left side of the brain. The instruction uses specific examples to illustrate how...
Smithsonian Institution
Conceptual Change: How New Ideas Take Root
Get into their heads. Understanding how pupils think is an important consideration when developing lessons. A video presentation from the Good Thinking PD series explores how learners develop new concepts cognitively. It also provides...
Macat
An Introduction to Lave and Wenger's Situated Learning
Learning begins with observation. A video summary of Lave and Wegner's Situated Learning discusses the importance of observation and apprenticeship in learning as part of a larger playlist on the world's greatest ideas. The video...
Veritasium
The Science of Thinking
How does your brain manipulate and store information? The installment of the Veritasium playlist explains the role of long-term and working memory. The lesson shows psychological problems and tests to illustrate these roles.
TED-Ed
8 Intelligences: Are You a Jack of All Trades or a Master of One?
There are more ways to be intelligent than just book smart or street smart — eight ways, to be precise. Howard Gardner, a developmental psychologist who has studied the concept of multiple intelligences at length,...
Teaching Channel
Using Expertise to Group Students
If you've been looking to increase the level of differentiation in your teaching, this video is a great place to start. A selection of teachers from Lincoln Middle School explain how they use their individual expertise to...
Teaching Channel
I Do, We Do, You Do
One simple teaching strategy can have a powerful effect on student learning on a daily basis. Take a look at one teacher's approach to preparing class members for independent work with "I Do, We Do, You Do", and discover how this...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Common Core Mathematics: Differentiated Instruction
A video highlighting ways in which to integrate differentiated instruction while exercising argumentation and critique within math lessons. [3:07]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Create a Culture of Questioning
Educators encourage the development of a comfortable classroom of mixed abilities where students feel secure enough to discuss problems and ask questions. [3:02]
Edutopia
Edutopia: Project Based Learning: Using Today's Tools to Study Yesterday's
This video describes how a group of fifth-grade students learned about historical tools through the use of their technology, research and writing skills. Includes a discussion of a project-based learning field trip. 10 minutes, 4 seconds
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Ideas in Action: Hand It Over to the Students
Encourage peer work by limiting teacher instruction in front of the room. This provides students more working opportunity to practice in the classroom and work through challenges independently or in small groups to freely develop...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Ideas in Action: Group Strategically
Strategically developing groups in the classroom can increase understanding of common core math lessons. [1:49]
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Science Education Center: Sending "Learning Styles" Out of Style
Research has shown that teaching students directly to their preferred learning styles does not really improve their performance. Instead, we should teach a topic (in this case science) in a variety of ways for all students. [7:17]
BBC
Bbc Future: Week of 12 03 12: Temple Grandin: Rethinking the Way We Think
Animal behavior expert and autism advocate Temple Grandin describes how different brains process information and how we can join people with different types of minds to solve complex problems. Includes video [3:23]