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Spanish Bite - Masculine and Feminine nouns
Here’s a quick video to help with understanding the gender of nouns in Spanish.
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Using DE with possessed objects in Spanish!
Here's a video to help you understand when to use "de" to talk about when things belong to someone. This is also known as "possession" but not in the religious sense!
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Learn Spanish with a Joke - (#55)
¡Feliz viernes! A ver si les gusta este chiste. ~~~~~~~~~~~ Happy Friday! Let's see if you like this joke.
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How to say "Turn around!" in Spanish (Día 112)
In this lesson, we'll talk about two verbs to use to say: Turn around!
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How to say "Stand up! / Get up!" in Spanish (Día 105)
But now I'm back starting the school year and speaking of school year, for August we'll learn some phrases that could be used in (and outside of) the classroom!
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How to say "Open your book!" in Spanish (Día 110)
En esta lección, usamos el verbo "abrir" para formar algunos mandatos. -------- In this lesson, we use the verb "abrir" to form some commands.
Curated Video
Google LaMDA AI is Not Sentient - Here's Why
Google LaMDA AI is Not Sentient - Here's Why
Curated Video
Can AI Detect Your Emotions?
There's been a lot of hype about AI-based emotion recognition. How much is reality?
Curated Video
Sherlock Holmes vs. Stamp Collecting
Astrophysicist Scott Tremaine, Institute for Advanced Study, describes his initial lack of interest in astronomy, how a keener sense of how our understanding of physics can be applied to the heavens made him change his mind, and what...
Curated Video
Bad Assumptions
Lisa Feldman Barrett, Northeastern University, describes how the concept of variability is a key concept to understanding the brain that has been consistently overlooked as we developed invalid assumptions of brain processing based upon...
Curated Video
Context and Variability
Cognitive scientist Lisa Feldman Barrett (Northeastern) highlights how our current models of psychology are often based on false principles, using metaphors for the mind that simply don’t apply to the brain.
Curated Video
Mindset vs. Confidence
Psychologist Carol Dweck (Stanford) highlights the difference between adopting a growth mindset and having confidence.
Curated Video
Revisiting the Stanford Prison Experiment
Psychologist Philip Zimbardo (Stanford) discusses how he was forced to revisit his notorious Stanford Prison Experiment decades later and the effect that it had on him.
Organizational Communication Channel
9 Bad Leadership Qualities
There are telltale signs of bad leadership. We look at 9 qualities of bad leaders from Johnson and Hackman's book on leadership.
Curated Video
Analyzing Historical Context
A video entitled “Analyzing Historical Context” which evaluates the historical background of a piece of nonfiction.
Schooling Online
Shakespeare's Richard III - Context
When Shakespeare crafted Richard III, he packed it with lots of juicy details and references to history. Not only does the play draw on the famous Wars of the Roses, but it also reflects the ideas and values of Elizabethan England. Join...
Schooling Online
Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird - Context
Join us for a comprehensive lesson on the context of Harper Lee’s classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Published in 1960, To Kill a Mockingbird reflects the tensions in American society during the Civil Rights Movement. But the novel’s...
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F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby - Context
Ever heard of the phrase ‘life imitates art’? Well, in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s case, it was ‘art imitates life’! If you think The Great Gatsby is a wild tale, wait until you hear about Fitzgerald’s ride from rags to riches and back again!...
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Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway - Context
Join us for an overview of Virginia Woolf’s life and influences. We’ll show you how the events of Woolf’s life and the world of early 20th century Britain shaped her ideas in Mrs Dalloway. As one of the most influential composers of the...
Schooling Online
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein - Theme of Ambition and Hubris
Having ambition is usually a good thing - it pays to back yourself! But what happens when pride and ambition go too far? Mary Shelley explores this question in Frankenstein and frightens us with the outcome. Join us for an in-depth...
Schooling Online
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein - Context
Did you know that Frankenstein has its own thrilling backstory? Get ready to enter the turbulent world of Mary Shelley! In this lesson, you’ll learn all about her life, her loves, and what inspired her to write THE ULTIMATE science...
Schooling Online
Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Context
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was an instant hit back in the day, and is still a rip-roaring read. But what inspired Robert Louis Stevenson to write such a bizarre horror story? To answer this, we delve back into Stevenson’s...