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TED-Ed
TED-ED: The power of creative constraints - Brandon Rodriguez
Imagine you were asked to invent something new. It could be whatever you want, made from anything you choose, in any shape or size. That kind of creative freedom sounds so liberating, doesn't it?
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The neuroscience of imagination - Andrey Vyshedskiy
Imagine, for a second, a duck teaching a French class. A ping-pong match in orbit around a black hole. A dolphin balancing a pineapple. You probably haven't actually seen any of these things. But you could imagine them instantly. How...
Psych2Go
Hayao Miyazaki's Thoughts on Creativity & Imagination
Hayao Miyazaki is the mastermind behind Studio Ghibli films. His animated films became home to millions of people, due to the creative nature of his movies. The link between child imagination and creativity is told through his vast...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Mary's Room: A philosophical thought experiment - Eleanor Nelsen
Imagine a neuroscientist who has only ever seen black and white things, but she is an expert in color vision and knows everything about its physics and biology. If, one day, she sees color, does she learn anything new? Is there anything...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Will future spacecraft fit in our pockets? - Dhonam Pemba
When you picture a rocket, you might imagine a giant ship carrying lots of fuel, people and supplies. But what if the next wave of spacecraft were small enough to fit into our pockets? Dhonam Pemba details the future of microspacecraft,...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: The real story behind Archimedes' Eureka! - Armand D'Angour
When you think of Archimedes' Eureka moment, you probably imagine a man in a bathtub, right? As it turns out, there's much more to the story. Armand D'Angour tells the story of Archimedes' biggest assignment -- an enormous floating...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: How to recognize a dystopia - Alex Gendler
The genre of dystopia _ the 'not good place'_ has captured the imaginations of artists and audiences alike for centuries. But why do we bother with all this pessimism? Alex Gendler explains how dystopias act as cautionary tales _ not...
Then & Now
On Experience, Memory, Evidence: Joan Scott & Allan Megill
Can we trust our own experience of the world? How does our experience fit into a wider narrative? I look at how experience, memory and evidence become more problematic than we might imagine, through Joan Scott's influential essay, the...
Curated Video
Special Needs Baby Spurs Clothing Line - Littlest Warrior Apparel
Eric and Michelle Sullivan found out at the 20 week ultrasound that their baby had many of the signs of Down Syndrome. A few weeks later the blood test confirmed it.
Despite several serious medical...
Despite several serious medical...
ProTeachersVideo
Primary Writing Starters - Lily & Ermine
An animation presents KS2 English students with the chance to undertake creative writing.
This animation, told simply through pictures and without dialogue, provides an opportunity for imaginative and descriptive writing for...
This animation, told simply through pictures and without dialogue, provides an opportunity for imaginative and descriptive writing for...
NativLang
What else fits the pattern? - thinking with analogies -- Linguistics & Logic 101
Take abstract thinking one step further with me. We'll explore analogies, a basic building block of thinking and speaking. We've already used abstractions to create new ideas based on the common features we pull out of objects. Analogies...
Ti & Me TV
How To Choreograph A Lyrical Dance with @Miss Auti
I walk you through some tips and tricks to choreographing a lyrical or contemporary dance! Use these ideas to get your creativity flowing.
Curated Video
Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular Lights Up A Zoo!
Everyone could use a few more smiles in their daily lives…and watching a funny video will often do the Trick... or Treat! OnlyGood TV celebrates Halloween with videos that highlight all the costumes, candies, and...
Curated Video
Black Girl Geek Magic – She’s Blazing The Trail For All Like Her
Her family’s love of good stories, whether they were comics, anime, video games or even the Harry Potter Books, were all a key part of shaping the “geek” in Jamila Rowser’s personality while traveling the...
Curated Video
Rhode Island Zoo Glows with 1000's of Jack-O-Lanterns
Everyone could use a few more smiles in their daily lives…and watching a funny video will often do the Trick... or Treat! OnlyGood TV celebrates Halloween with videos that highlight all the costumes, candies, and...
Curated Video
The Day Henry Met...A Cow
Henry meets a Cow and learns about where milk comes from. Unfortunately, the gate to the cow field has been left open & the Cows have gone during the night. Henry becomes a Cowboy & helps round up the lost herd in time for the Barn Dance!
Curated Video
The Day Henry Met...The Moon
Henry meets the Moon. He learns all about space & astronauts. Henry becomes an Astronaut for the day, blasts off into space, meets a satellite and dodges meteors before having a lovely picnic on the Moon.
Curated Video
The Day Henry Met...A Car
Henry meets a friendly Racing Car. Henry learns about engines and finds out that Racing Car has never finished a race. Henry becomes a Racing Driver for the day, races around the track, & even manages to help Race Car finish his first race.
Curated Video
The Day Henry Met...A Lighthouse
Henry meets a Lighthouse who needs to light the way for a boat as it heads towards the shore but his bulb has gone. Henry becomes a Lighthouse Keeper for the day & after climbing lots of steps, carrying a bulb he finally saves the day.
Curated Video
The Day Henry Met...A Letter
Henry meets a Letter as he prepares for her first trip out into the world. She has missed the postman so it falls on Henry to save the day. Henry becomes a Postman & gets lost in the sorting office before finally delivering Letter on time.
TED Talks
TED: What's your happiness score? | Dominic Price
How do you rediscover a happier, more purpose-driven (and less productivity-obsessed) self in the wake of the pandemic? Quiz yourself alongside work futurist Dominic Price as he lays out a simple yet insightful four-part guide to...
Then & Now
Theories of Nationalism and National Identity: An Introduction
In this video, I introduce some foundational theories of nationalism and national identity. I look at primordialists like Edward Shills and Clifford Geertz and modernists including Ernest Gellner (Nations and Nationalism) and Benedict...