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Why Does Only One Place in the UK not have an MP?
There is one area in the UK that doesn’t have a voice in the House of Commons. Their representative can’t vote in parliament and they can’t voice their opinions on the floor. How is this allowed in a modern democracy and will it ever...
Curated Video
Using Speech Marks | Punctuating Direct Speech
Learn how to use speech marks (and other punctuation) to punctuate direct speech.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Daniel Blanchard - Overcoming Adversity "No Hear, No Speak"
Dan Blanchard is a Bestselling and Award-Winning Author, Speaker, Educator, and TV Host who has been featured on over 100 TV and radio shows as well as several of the World’s Top Ten Podcasts. Dan is also a Life Coach, two-time Junior...
Curated Video
How to develop active listening skills
In this video, viewers will learn about active listening skills and the importance of developing these skills skills, especially in today's fast-paced world of communication. The video also provides examples of active listening, such as...
Mazz Media
Wave
This live-action video program is about the word Wave. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word Wave through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated...
Institute of Art and Ideas
What are the limits of language?
The power of words is a wonder, and language perhaps our greatest skill. Yet the gap between the sound of a bell and its description is huge. Are the limits to language so profound that the big questions of science and philosophy are...
Executive Finance
Planning Your Presentation: Mind Maps, Message Maps, and the Rule of Threes
In this video, the teacher discusses the importance of planning a presentation using mind maps, message maps, and outlines. They also emphasize the rule of threes in chunking information and incorporating soft breaks to avoid cognitive...
Cerebellum
The United States Bill Of Rights - Amendment 23-27
Learn what makes the Bill of Rights so important to America! Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America That preface begins the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the Constitution of the...
Curated Video
How Microphones and Speakers Work: Electromagnetic Induction and Motor Effects
This video explains how microphones and speakers work by using electromagnetic induction and motor effects, respectively. The video goes on to describe the inner workings of a microphone, which includes a conducting coil attached to a...
Curated Video
Using Ellipses in Dialogue
In this video, the teacher explains how writers use ellipses (...) to indicate pauses or breaks in dialogue. The lesson includes examples and guidelines for using ellipses correctly, as well as a practice activity for students to revise...
Curated Video
Understanding Efficiency: Examples and Equations
In this video, the concept of efficiency is discussed in relation to devices that transfer energy from one form to another. The video provides three examples of calculating efficiency, including a light bulb, a speaker, and an electric...
Oxford Comma
Speaker or Author: She Dwelt Amoung the Untrodden Ways
By using William Wordsworth's famous poem we seek to draw the distinction between author and speaker and determine which one was in love with the mysterious Lucy.
Soliloquy
How would the UK House of Commons look under MMP?
The UK House of Commons uses the first past the post voting system. This system doesnât proportionally represent the votes cast by the population as there is only one winner in each seat. Hypothetically if one party gained 51% of the...
Schooling Online
Perfecting Poetry: Rosemary Dobson - Young Girl at a Window
Discover how Dobson uses the image of a girl at a window to explore the complex experience of coming of age. A young girl stands at a window, wondering whether she should open it. What is the poem really about? The young girl represents...
Hip Hughes History
Eric Cantor's Surprise Election Defeat Explained
Some musings and analysis on Eric Cantors recent primary loss to a relatively unknown challenger.
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Communication Professor's Reaction to Jordan Peterson Lecture & Delivery Skills
Communication Professor's reaction to Dr. Jordan Peterson lecture on intelligence to look at his public speaking delivery skills. Peterson is a Professor at the University of Toronto where he teaches Psychology. He wrote the best-selling...
Cerebellum
The Legislative Branch Of Government - The Buildings Of Government And Key Roles
This video looks at how Washington DC became the USA capital and the building of many of the key buildings of government including the Supreme Court, The Capital and The White House. The ways that divided government and comprimise works...
FuseSchool
Sound Waves In Action
Sound Waves In Action | Waves | Physics | FuseSchool Did you know that birdsong is a disturbance? In this video we will look at how sound waves travel and see them in action: how a Ruben’s tube shows sound waves and how the human ear...
Schooling Online
Perfecting Poetry: Rosemary Dobson - Over the Hill
Discover how Dobson uses the image of a workman on a hill to explore the experience of enduring life’s challenges.
It’s the end of a long day for a workman, trudging home at sunset. He pauses at the top of a hill to light his pipe,...
Oxford Comma
When You Break a Poet's Heart: A Reading, Summary, and Analysis of Yeats' "When You Are Old"
Written as more of an indulgent thought experiment, than a love poem, "When You Are Old" still contains that trademark Yeatsian beauty.
Oxford Comma
Omen of Death. Reading, Summary, and Analysis of The Owl by Edward Thomas
In English literature, an owl usually indicates that death and tragedy are close at hand. As the world descended into The Great War, a freshly enlisted Edward Thomas drew upon this literary tradition to create "The Owl." In this video...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
How Many Times to Practice a Speech?
How Many Times to Practice a Speech?
XKA Digital
Momentum is more important than a perfect strategy
Claire is an experienced communications and marketing strategy lead and planner across a broad range of sectors such as Entertainment, FMCG, Finance and retail. She currently jointly leads the planning department at MediaCom with...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Communication Professor Reacts to Brené Brown Netflix Special
Communication Professor reacts to Brené Brown's Netflix special to look at her public speaking skills. Brene Brown's special, Call to Courage was based upon her popular books that look at the connection between vulnerability and courage....